Okay, yes, a two week hiatus from MBT seems like eternity! I didn’t really MEAN for that to happen – I was finishing up a book before Memorial Day weekend, getting ready for a big event, and well, it consumed my brain! And left no room for otherwise coherent thinking. (And we all lost about 5 lbs, too. *g*) Last week, I spent…are you ready?…34 hours driving. Yes. Driving. I did listen to the Last Juror and The Kite Runner on CD, so it wasn’t just mindless. But why, you ask, did you spend the equivalent of 5 hours (roughly) a day driving? One word: KIDs. Or maybe…Three words: I’m A MOM. See, despite the fact that yes, there are weeks when the kids scrounge through the house, eating things […]
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Crossing the first Threshold
Many times in life we are challenged – challenged with change, with stepping out, leaving our comfort zones. I believe to be effectual for the Kingdom of God, we have to step out of ourselves and trust Him. I mean, who wants to pray for the crippled man in the supermarket? How embarrassing. But if the Spirit whispers, “Pray for him,” then we must step out, over come our fear and do it. It’ll be worth it! It’s the same for our fictional characters. We drive them to a place of fear or doubt, then have the leap out in “faith” to overcome. Peter boldly beckoned Jesus to call him out of the boat to walk on the turbulent water. Jesus saw his faith and said, “Come.” Look at what […]
Read the RestREAL Supernatural Aid
I’ll never forget the day my hubby came home from Moody Bible Institute’s Founder’s week, after listening to a sermon by Bruce Wilkinson…no, not a sermon, a challenge to go to Russia, to help the school system (yes!) teach a morals and ethics curriculum, to introduce the gospel to a country that had denied God for 70 years. His enthusiasm swept me away, and I was right there with him, ready to sell every thing we had, to pack up our life, and our two little children (ages newborn and 14 months) and hop a plane for Russia. Thankfully, God gave me a little time to prepare, but a year later, there we were, filling out forms. And I stood at the pinnacle of an incredible journey…and panicked. What if […]
Read the RestHandling Back story Paul’s way
This week we’re going to be talking about back story. What is back story, you ask? It’s the history of your characters. Past events, family, career, friendships, you name it. Anything that happened before “today.” One problem writers face, especially new writers, is weaving in back story so the reader and story is not overwhelmed. Back story, as you will learn this week, slows down the action. It jerks the reader from “now” and lures them to the past where they most likely forget the “current action.” The same is true for real life back story. We need to learn how to deal with our past, our history. Paul writes to the Philippians in chapter 3 verses 13 – 14 “… but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind […]
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