Over the weekend I attended an event that included an icebreaker game. We were to introduce ourselves not just with our name, but with an interesting fact no one would ever guess about us. I may not have mentioned this before, but I dislike icebreakers. Intensely. I suppose that’s because I’m an introvert, and such […]
Beautiful Destruction?
Over the weekend my husband and I were talking about how there are at least two kinds of destruction. One is by man and the other by God. Although the result of destruction from either source can be devastating, we were observing that when God destroys something there is often beauty in it. Consider a […]
Writing Device: MacGuffins
This week I’d like to talk a little about writing. I was inspired to write this after watching TCM (Turner Classic Movie channel) when a snippet of an interview with Alfred Hitchcock came on, the one in which he talks about a plot device called a MacGuffin: some object or emotion that the hero or […]
A Lesson From My Son
As many of you know who follow my blog, my oldest son suffers from Fragile X Syndrome. This means there is a protein missing from his brain that’s necessary for effective learning . . . and so, learning is difficult. Fragile X is called a spectrum disorder because patients who have it can fall on […]
Home from Writer’s Conference
This past weekend I had the privilege to attend the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference. It’s amazing to see how this wonderful organization has grown through the years. I enjoyed my first conference with them over ten years ago, when there were around 100 people in attendance. This time there were over 600! We’ve outgrown […]
A Book Giveaway!
I’m taking a mid-week opportunity to share the news that I’m doing a giveaway on GoodReads! I’ll be giving away 5 copies of my most recent novel, All In Good Time, the story of Dessa Caldwell and Henry Hawkins—two people with pasts they’re not ready to share. Here’s the description from the back cover: DESSA […]
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