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Come Out Swinging: Fighting Fear as a Writer
The writer’s life is not for the faint of heart. There are moments that are downright scary. That first…
February 15, 2016-
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A Word in Season, UncategorizedCracked Pots
Sometimes we feel like cracked pots. An old story tells of a water-bearer in India who daily carried two…
February 4, 2016 -
Uncategorized, WARFARE!Overcome Evil With Good
I remember when I had my first Twitter shock a few years ago: I discovered that people post pornography…
February 1, 2016 -
Truth Be ToldKeep Those Batteries Charged!
I love my spin toothbrush. My teeth just feel cleaner. The other day I was surprised when it stopped…
January 25, 2016 -
A Lighter Look at the Writer's LifeAnd I Danced . . .
I recently had the opportunity to serve at the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Processing Center at Samaritan’s Purse Headquarters…
January 18, 2016 -
Writer EncouragementSimple Acts of Kindness
Kindness is such a simple word, yet all too often it seems vacant from our speech. Perhaps it’s the…
January 5, 2016 -
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Life Happens
I am writing this post toward the end of November. Ahh, the month of November, also known as NanoWriMo.…
December 30, 2015 -
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Where is Your Happy Place?
When you write, do you have a happy place? Do conditions have to be “just right?” When are you…
December 28, 2015 -
Writer Encouragement
Writers Being Thankful
I am writing this blog on the eve of Thanksgiving. Thinking about this holiday causes me to consider the…
December 21, 2015 -
Truth Be ToldPleasing Our Neighbor
Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor. (Romans 15:2, NRSV)…
December 6, 2015 -
Touching Soul and SpiritTaking Care of the Candle that is You
“Burning the candle at both ends” vividly captures the portrait of the day-to-day mêlée most of us call…
December 5, 2015 -
Create. Motivate. Inspire., Support
Take Another Look
One of my favorite drama exercises is to take a familiar object and brainstorm what that object could be.…
December 3, 2015 -
Truth Be ToldOver or Under?
Over or Under? Have you fought this battle in your house? In our home, my wonderful husband has deferred…
November 29, 2015 -
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
Writing: All the Feels
If anyone tells you writing is not an emotional thing, don’t believe it. Writing can be quite the emotional…
November 25, 2015 -
Create. Motivate. Inspire.
Writers—Grab a Book!
Would you like to improve your vocabulary, fire your imagination, and learn about story structure and character development from…
November 13, 2015 -
Writer Encouragement
Writer Interruptions
There it is again—another interruption. If it’s not the screaming baby needing to be fed, it’s the dog demanding…
November 6, 2015 -
WARFARE!Out of the Heart the Mouth Speaks, Part 2
Have you ever hit “send” for an email, or “publish” for a blog post, only to realize within a…
November 5, 2015 -
Writer Encouragement
Fixing the “Flat Tires” In Our Writing
There it was—the flat tire we dreaded finding. After discovering it flat twice that week, the expected deflation was…
November 1, 2015 -
Touching Soul and SpiritThe Jesus Imitation
Pope Francis has taken America by storm! Whenever a country receives a papal visit you expect teeming crowds of…
October 31, 2015 -
Truth Be ToldWith the Right Bait
I was browsing my local paper and right in the middle of the classified section I spied this teaser:…
October 25, 2015 -
A Lighter Look at the Writer's Life
The Comfort Zone Two-Step
I attend a small church in a rural area. We have contemporary worship and are probably more “progressive” than…
October 20, 2015 -
Create. Motivate. Inspire.Writers: Be Prepared for These Questions
The writing-life doesn’t look like other career-fields. A lot of what we do happens when we’re home alone or…
October 19, 2015 -
WARFARE!
Out of the Heart the Mouth Speaks, Part 1
I recently read a headline that jumped off the page to me: “Can a GOP So Divided by Anger…
October 17, 2015 -
Heart LiftIf I Only Had an “Always Learning” Brain
“No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest…
October 11, 2015 -
Truth Be ToldWhat If?
We rarely know what someone else is going through. People don’t usually wear signs announcing their need. Do you…
September 27, 2015
