As a newbie author, I'm not a fan of marketing. Yesterday I had an especially bad day with it. Part of me felt like I was being thrown...

Little did I realize what was in store when this phrase swept into my mind a few Sundays ago --and how it would both flatten me and leave...

The words swept into my mind during Sunday worship. Spirit-words dancing on a song. I quickly sat down, grabbed my pen, and scribbled the...

Are you a tenter? I've become one. To be honest, for years I had no interest in camping. That's because years ago when our children were...

I recently had a discussion with my brother-in-law who'd just finished reading my novel. He said he loved all the poetry I incorporated,...

Another quote from my novel, followed by the excerpt: Ethan lifted his chin at the glowing orb. “I always preferred moonlight.” “Hmm. Why...

Are you familiar with the following poem? How does it make you feel? Even though Rewriting Adam is a novel, I wanted to incorporate my...

Do you ever feel like an African wildebeest jumping heedlessly into the unknown? I've felt like that ever since I took the plunge into...

In my granddaughter's mindfulness to the sound of an airplane in the sky, I realized something else. And that is, how important sound is...

The questioning words of my youngest granddaughter. She's obsessed with airplanes. This past weekend, we had her and her older sister for...

99,468. Does that number mean anything to you? How about if I told you that's the number of words in my novel. Does that mean anything to...

Okay. Okay. I know you've been patiently waiting. Hopefully it will be worth the wait! These were the four choices from my poll back in...

Are you familiar with the "Little Miss" book series by Roger Hargreaves? Well, a few years ago my daughter and her family gave me this...

It's been a rough month for me. How about for you? Dear Reader/Follower. I must apologize. I've been pretty quiet on social media of any...

Putao. Where in the world is that? And why am I writing about it? Does this map help you? Or maybe these names will give you more clue:...

I'll be the first to admit that I'm NOT technologically savvy. Up until now, I've done pretty well at learning the basics. But what I've...

"So God created man in his own image." --Moses "As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied...

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." George Orwell, 1984. The novel that brought us "Big Brother,"...

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Thus begins Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina (transl....

A novel's opening line. I've never been happy with mine. And so I've been reworking the opening scene to make it better. How do I improve...