What? We have to be disciplined to be a writer? Writing is one of the arts, and everyone knows art flows out of passion and the fire within. You know, the muse. Yeah. Right. Tell that to your editor when your book is due in a month and your muse deserted you four months […]

My husband has been enjoying a series in the Daily Herald featuring different figures from the automobile industry. Surprisingly enough, it’s actually been fascinating to me, too—even though I’m someone who doesn’t care about what kind of car I’m driving just so long as it gets me there. The stories have contained a bit of […]

  This past weekend my husband and I watched some old home movies—movies I don’t think we’d seen since we originally taped them (and I do mean tape; this was before the digital age). Initially we had all of the usual reactions: marveling at how much our kids had grown; how different the house looked; […]

  If a friend told you they were hearing voices in their head, chances are you would gently recommend they seek psychiatric help. And you might be right to do so—unless your friend is a writer. I have lots of voices in my head. Okay, so I don’t “hear” them, but they’re there, all right. […]

The holiday season was light on new releases from my friends, as is January. However, I do have a new ad to share that Tyndale is planning to run soon in various publications. As you can see, my upcoming title, Springtime of the Spirit, is among them. The blurbs are too small to read, but […]