I plugged “ISBN 0802447317” into Google to check out my book and it came up with the coolest results! One of them is here on paperbackswap.com There is actually one member who has my book on his/her wish list. Woohoo! Or go to bestbuysonbooks.com for the lowest price I’ve ever seen! And foreign language sites […]
Archive | Writing
Stephen King and Jerry Jenkins–BFFs
Thanks to Bonnie E. for pointing this out. Writer’s Digest has an incredible interview with two of the best known authors of our time: Stephen King and Jerry Jenkins. I loved the slant of the interview: it’s focus on faith and how it translates into our written words. Even if you’re not a writer, you’ll […]
Somebody Pinch Me
ACFW sent out a list of all the authors who will have books in the conference book store come September. This gives all of the conferees a chance to salivate over the list and budget for extra books for the next month or so. I clicked the email, and perused the first few lines, looking […]
Love is on Pause
I still have Part Two of “Love is in the Air” pending, but a rush edit job came my way and pushed blogging aside. An editor requested a past client’s full manuscript. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the one I had edited, so I’m doing a full book edit in four days. Whew! Pray that “B” will […]
Two Tips to Change Your Life
How annoying is it when you’re trying to get that perfect piece of cling wrap cut and the tube jumps out of the box? I know! Pretty much the only things worse are shark attacks and weird suntan lines from sunglasses. Did you know that there are little tabs on either side of the plastic […]
Fiction’s Purpose–Agenda or Entertainment?
I thought the divorce was bad enough, but on Monday we experienced a huge tragedy in our family. The amount of stress is unbelievable. You all know that I live transparently, but this is not my story to share at this time. Please, everyone, pray for my parents, and the other family members involved. I […]
Looking for an Agent?
Michael Hyatt at Thomas Nelson has compiled this list of Christian Literary Agents. I haven’t seen such a succinct list with all the contact info in one place before. Huge resource! I’ve been very blessed in my relationship with the Van Diests and hope to have a fruitful partnership for years to come. If many […]
Think You Know My Occupation?
One of the best–by which I mean least favorite–part of the end of the year is getting back the broken crayons, the three colored pencils left in the pack, the one-tree’s-worth of old papers, … But I found this gem in the April 15th entry of Joshua’s journal: My mom is a writr She finisht […]
Windblown
A windstorm blew through this afternoon. The kids, their friends, and I ran out and stood in it–well away from the tall trees, of course! (I have two extra kiddos overnight because their parents are away celebrating their fifteenth anniversary. Congrats, Pete and Amy!) We’d heard the Emergency Broadcast on the radio as we drove […]
A Mom Moment … and More!
Joshua got hurt the other day and I said something about his owie. “What are they really called, Mom?” Uh … what ARE they really called? It’s been “owie” for more than decade. “Wounds?” I quavered. Sure, that sounds good. Come on, people, what’s the grown up word?? Random God moment: Someone I know works […]