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ACFW: What a Difference a Year Makes!
It’s amazing the difference a year can make in a writing career. Last year at this time I was counting down the days to conference, fretting over one sheets and pitches and which agents I’d be talking to. This year I haven’t had much time to think about the conference, though I’ve helped plan the…
Shine Like a Star
by Guest Author Mike Dellosso Did you ever go outside on a cloudless evening in an area devoid of light pollution and look up at the night sky? Sometimes, if you catch it just right and if everything is just so, it looks like God sprinkled the heavens with diamonds. It’s beautiful, majestic, glorious. And…
I Remember! My 9/11 Story
We will never forget! I can remember where I was when I saw the smoke from the towers. It was in the morning and I don’t remember why I turned on the television, but I saw the towers fall live on tv, even before the reporters knew what were happening. Coming from NY, I knew…
Office Must-Haves…
My name is Tricia and I confess … I have office envy. I’ve been talking my some of my novelist friends lately and they have pretty nice offices … A comfy chair? A lamp? A mini fridge??? Sweet! I share my 12 x 12 office with four other people. We have five computer stations, and…
Michelle Sutton On Publishing and Her First Release!
Like most new authors, I wrote my first book with enthusiasm, polished it, sent it out (to Steeple Hill) and got a rejection. I didn’t know why they didn’t want my fabulous book, of course they only take like 1% of the submissions they get. So I decided what I needed was an agent. I…
Man-World
My son got into a tussle with a bully in the hockey dressing room this week. The kid had picked on one of the smaller boys, and Grayson had had enough. He stood up and gave him a taste of his own medicine. “See how you like it,” he told the tough guy. News of…
It’s Not About Me by Michelle Sutton
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing It’s Not About Me Sheaf House Publishers (September 1, 2008) by Michelle Sutton ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Michelle Sutton has lived in Arizona and since 1991 and has two sons and a husband of 18 years. She began writing fiction in August 2003 when God inspired her…
I’m Burning
Many years ago, my brother dated a girl who was both cute and sweet. She was the kind of girl who sat cross-legged on the couch and giggled the most precious giggle at opportune moments in a conversation. She didn’t offer her opinion unless you asked for it. She was smart and sensible and…
The Cure for the Common Writer’s Block
The dreaded writer’s block. That wall of nothingness that, sooner or later, plants itself directly in front of every writer’s path to creative bliss. That ominous obstruction that fuels frustration and threatens to drive even the most prolific writer absolutely batty. Writer’s block: public enemy number one. Writer’s block is something that affects every writer,…
Family Traditions Ringing Bros.
“The circus, the circus, I love the circus!” Okay, who doesn’t, (can you guess what Disney movie that’s from?) And no one does the circus better than Ringling Bros. I can’t remember my first Ringling Bros. circus, but I do remember the excitement and awe of watching the high wire and traipse acts! Not to…