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I’m in the wondering phases of novel writing. What does that mean? Oh, it means that I’m not ready to write yet. Not. A. Word. I’m daydreaming a lot. Asking, “What if…?” I’m typing about a kazillion Google searches a day, trying to follow… Continue Reading “Daydreaming and Change”
It’s November. You know that already, don’t you? What you might not know is that November is National Novel Writing Month (a.k.a. NaNoWriMo). A bunch of crazy people take this 30 days to write a 50,000 word novel to completion. Madness, I tell you!… Continue Reading “NaNoWriMo No No…For Now, At Least”
I was but an awkward teen, as many teens are. What a beginning for a blog post, huh? But it’s true. That day, in the summer or 1995, I sure was awkward. And I was a bit nervous because I was going to see… Continue Reading “McDonalds, Car Rides, Bugs, and Eric Vitz”
I was up late editing A Cup of Dust (it’s my new novel, scheduled for release in Fall, 2015 with Kregel Publications). The manuscript is due to the editor on Saturday. I’ve got plenty of time. Why was I up late? Because at 9:15… Continue Reading “If You Weren’t Afraid”
Like all good elementary schools, my kids’ school halls are decorated with artwork made from small hands and creative minds. Spending a fair amount of time in the building, I love to linger, drinking in the color and effort of the blooming artists. Elementary… Continue Reading “Be a Rainbow”
Eleven years ago this man and I stood at the front of a church and made promises to each other and God. We promised to be faithful and loving and respectful. We vowed to be together until death. I don’t know that we had… Continue Reading “The Author’s Husband”
This is me, at the end of a six and a half hour editing session (I know it doesn’t sound like much, but that’s a long writing day). My brain was absolute mush. Emotionally I was frizzle-fried (I cry a lot when I’m working).… Continue Reading “The Exhausted Author”
I’m writing this from a busy coffee shop. The sunrise is startlingly beautiful, the coffee is strong, the music is groovy. Two police officers sit at a table within my sight and I’m trying my very hardest not to observe them too closely (nobody… Continue Reading “On Distraction”
I have 2 weeks until A CUP OF DUST (my newest novel) is due to my publisher. People keep asking if the book is done. Well. Yes. And no. The story is done. The plot is formulated, the characters and dialogue as real as… Continue Reading “Talking to Myself”
I’m editing. Finding all the misplaced commas and overused verbs. I’m rooting out the homophones that don’t quite work (my face was read…um…red). I’m reading the whole thing, out loud. It helps, I promise. But the folks at Starbucks might think I’ve gone… Continue Reading “Editing Day”
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