Encouragement
How to Disable the Disabler and Write What’s Truly Remarkable
As an editor, I love to encourage. It’s one of my favorite parts of my job. But all the encouragement in the world doesn’t matter against the Disabler. Eventually, he finds everyone. He slithers over and hisses in your ear, planting thoughts… “I don’t have what it takes.” “I’m nothing special.” “I don’t have anything…
Team Hope
“God doesn’t miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you’ve shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it. And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. Don’t drag your feet. Be like those who…
Motivation to Keep Going
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 What gets you out of bed on a lazy, rainy morning to brave a day of errands? What keeps you going when nothing you’ve planned is working? When your kids are defiant and your spouse just…
When God Fights
I remember when my middle daughter was seven being picked on by a boy a couple years older than her. His teasing was relentless and it was clearly bothering Abby. Finally, our oldest, Laura, could take it no longer. Pushing past Abby, she grabbed the boy by the shirt, drove him against a wall, and…
Follow Your Own Path
From the Editor: It’s hard not to compare ourselves with others. Even Christians have trouble with envy and jealousy and often wonder why one is more deserving of the other. “Why are they blessed financially while we struggle?” “Why did she get a contract before me while I’ve been trying longer?” “Why is my marriage…
The Hardest Thing About Being a Writer
“With great power, comes great responsibility.” I love that quote. I’ve used it with my children, and I’ve often reminded myself of its words, as well. When people ask me what I do, I usually say I’m a “stay at home” mom. I don’t often think of saying, “I’m a writer.” But I AM a…
20 Things I Wish I Would Have Known Before…
1. Sometimes the book you’re most passionate about doesn’t do well, when a book you aren’t as passionate about succeeds. 2. Quality of writing doesn’t = sales. And the fickle nature of sales is nearly impossible to figure out. Best advice? Write what you’re passionate about and leave the rest in God’s hands. 3. People…
10 Things I Wish I Had Known by DiAnn Mills
1. Research doesn’t mean a jaunt to the library or sailing through cyberspace. It means a trip into your characters’ lives. 2. Some critics are like boo birds that sit on their lofty power lines and crap (mess) on those beneath them. 3. When I grow up, I will know the difference between lie and…
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…
To Halve and To Whole
As a writer, I sometimes live disconnected from the world my body actually inhabits. I watch peImage by Ravages via Flickrople, notice their gestures, analyze how they perch on a chair, assess how they dress, listen to their conversations. I’ve learned to dig into the belly of my purse for my notebook and write these…
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