As a Writer, you’re always pushing yourself to write better, to write deeper, to write stories that will leave your reader with profound, life-changing truths. And that means you have to develop some skills to press on in the journey, wherever you are.
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Read the RestI spent Easter weekend doing research for my current WIP – a world war 2 novel about a Red Cross nurse (tentatively entitled Nightingale, due out in November) – in a small town in Wisconsin called Reedsburg. I stayed at the Park Road B&B, the lovely establishment of Donna and Tom Hannon. I had an egg and asparagus casserole, strawberry topped French Toast, a blackberry fruit dish, and red wine and blackberry sorbet that nearly made my eyes water. Walked into the movie set in my mind when I drove into old town Reedsburg. From bungalows to Victorians, from the ornate Presbyterian Church to the rich bells tolling from St. Peter’s Lutheran church, I fell back into time. We drove around the town snapping pictures, buried […]
Read the RestI’ve been privileged to work with some wonderful editors in the CBA. For the past four years, I’ve been under the tutelage of Thomas Nelson’s Senior Acquisitions Editor, Ami McConnell. She’s such a gift to me as a writer and story teller, helping me hone my skill and art, but by being my champion. When I sold my first 2 books to TNI, the ACFW Conference was in Nashville that year, home of country music and Thomas Nelson. The conference hotel was right across from the fiction (then West Bow) offices! Ami had just given birth to her third child, a beautiful girl. Even though she was on maternity leave, she took time to meet with me, picking me up from the hotel, driving me to coffee, and spending a […]
Read the RestWe worship God in song and prayer, reading the Word. Perhaps with our money and time. Most of us like to think we are humble and submitted to God in most areas of our life, but… Are we partnering with Him? One common phrase I heard from Believers in this election season was, “Well, God’s in control. He’s going to do what He wants.” Not to discourage my Reform and Calvinistic friends because there is a truth and reality to God’s sovereignty, but we are His Elect. A royal priesthood, a chosen nation. As we humble ourselves, He hears. In Song of Solomon, Jesus the Bridegroom beckons us to partner with Him. “Come with me my fair one. Over the mountains and through the valleys.” We are called to interceded […]
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