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Giving Back
Butchering chickens, wildcrafting, soap making, pressure canning, making herbal tinctures and supertonics–I’m fascinated by these basic survival skills, but primarily, I’m a homeschooling mom who loves to write. Meaning, I’m busy already and have plenty to learn! But to learn, one needs a teacher. Books and online resources can be excellent initiators to a subject,…
Can You Hear Me Now?
Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. Mark 4:1 NIV “You won’t believe what happened,” my husband…
Write for the Reader
“I write what I would like to read–what I think other women would like to read. If what I write makes a woman in the Canadian mountains cry and she writes and tells me about it, especially if she says ‘I read it to Tom when he came in from work and he cried too,’…
Carnival of Christian Writers #24 ~ October 2008
Carnival of Christian Writers #24 – October 2008 This month we have a variety of entries that will be sureto inspire and encourage you in this most colorful season! When you visit contributor links be sure to leave a comment &let them know you are there from the Carnival of Christian Writers! Literary Agent Terry…
The story behind Forsaken Canyon
I had so much fun writing Forsaken Canyon, and yet it was a hard book to write. Suspense stories with a strong mystery have to be carefully mapped out. You have to put just the right red herrings in but also keep the pace moving. I chose to write about the Lost City of Gold…
The Ripple Effect by Paul McCusker
It’s the 21st, time for the Teen FIRST blog tour!(Join our alliance! Click the button!) Every 21st, we will feature an author and his/her latest Teen fiction book’s FIRST chapter! Paul McCusker and his book: Ripple Effect (Time Thriller Trilogy, Book 1) Zondervan (October 1, 2008) Paul McCusker is the author of The Mill House,…
Solomon Summaries
Heather Goodman is an ultra cool writing/blogging buddy who is a voracious reader of all kinds of books. Not only is she down to earth, but she’s spiritually, intellectually and philosophically deep! Deeper than me, that’s for sure, and I’d like to share with you about her and her new ultra cool Solomon Summaries project.…
Blogging Hiatus?
And I’m seriously thinking of extending it! Ever since ICRS I’ve been losing steam for blogging. I’ve cut down on the product reviews and blog tours I’m doing and no one seems to be complaining. My weekly blogging schedule has been slacking and I can’t seem to muster up the energy to do all the…
Poverty and Blog Action Day
“Out of the most severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.But just as you…
Back Then…
Some times in writing, my first attempt is to take the easy way out. I was trying to do this with the book I’m currently writing, Blue Like Playdoh. This book shares much of my life journey, and I tried to tell it in sweet, devotional thoughts. My editor didn’t go for that. He wanted…