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No Time for Doubt
Gina Conroy’s thought provoking poll won’t leave me alone this week. Here’s her Q, followed by three choices: “What is your top writing interruption?” “Job. Family. Procrastination/Self-doubt.” No surprise that over 50% of the votes go to the voices in our head telling us we can’t do it, or that we don’t have time. I…
It’s Official
It finally happened. Ruby Among Us officially released last week. What did it feel like? There are no words, but I will try. I walked into our local Barnes and Noble because I had already heard my book was spotted on shelves there by friends. We have other stores in town who are also going…
Carnival of Christian Writers #20 – May 2008
Woo! Hoo! Celebrating the 20th Carnival of Christian Writers! CONTEST EDITON Writer . . . Interrupted’s Blog Carnival of Christian Writers has been runningfor over a year and a half now and features blog posts about the craft and call of Christian Writing. To celebrate the 20th carnival we are giving away an awesome prize…
Gracie as President?
The other day I asked the kids to clean up the dress up box. They played dress up instead. Gracie (5.9 yrs) put on a double breasted black child size overcoat and proclaimed she was president. When asked what she’d do as president she said, “I’d kill people and take their money!” My reaction: Oh…
Is the Book Dying?
For years we have been hearing people predicting that the book was dying—on its way out the door. In the future people will read books on the computer or some kind of handheld device like the new Kindle at Amazon (which I do think is neat but way too expensive). I do think those devices…
Carnival of Christian Writers Contest
Only one week to go until the 20th Blog Carnival of Christian Writers! We are excited about the upcoming carnivial on Monday, May 26th. Look for several new contributors! And Writer . . . Interrupted is offering an awesome prize! Do you know of a great writing blog? Do you have a post about writing…
Woman
We were supposed to study Adam and Eve in Sunday School. As the teacher, I had been boning up on Genesis and the whole getting thrown out of the garden thing for weeks. I knew the story. I knew about when God came back into the Garden of Eden after the fall, and Adam and…
Breaking News on WIP and Agent!
Read all about my WIP request journey and current status on my writing career here! All comments on the posts on that blog will be counted towards the contest as long as you post between today and tomorrow! See, more chances to win!
Throw in the Anchor! Writing a Hook week 3
Happy Friday~! Susan May Warren here hopping over from http://www.mybooktherapy.com (where we’re talking about Writing Tension in a scene), to continue or Friday Fiction Chat about HOOKS! We’ve been talking about the elements of a great HOOK – using the acronym SHARP S= Stakes (Public or Private) H = Hero Identification (or Sympathy) A stand for ANCHORING! …
Are You Forgetting Someone?
Does a maiden forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet people have forgotten me, days without number. Jeremiah2:32 NIV Have any of you ever turned your back on God? Have you had thoughts that maybe you could handle this life on your own? I have, more times than I care to say, and I…