Archived Posts from: November, 2005

Post-holiday Discipline

Nov

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Still counting my blessings. I want to slip into the prayer closet a while tonight, to go beyond my usual prayer time. I’ve been neglectful lately, with a lot of things, and the holiday break seems to have been good for me, to get my head on a touch straighter. It’s never going to be [...]

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Thankful for Crazy

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Warning: Shameless Self-Promotion Ahead

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2005

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As of this writing, I’m on the faculty of two 2006 writers conferences. At the end of May, I’ll be teaching three topics at the Blue Ridge Writers Conference in North Carolina, and in June, I’ll be in the writer-rich Texas Panhandle at the Frontiers in Writing Conference (topic tba).
These are two fabulous conferences, so [...]

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An Occasional Neon Sign Would Be Nice

Nov

2005

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I have a friend who says the hardest thing about prayer is shutting up long enough to listen for an answer. Not only that, she says sometimes she doesn’t even realize she’s gotten an answer until a couple of weeks later. We call that the “two-week effect”–that sudden thump on your head when you realize [...]

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Another Day, Another Blog

Nov

2005

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One book came out in April. I have a “Dollar Download” available from Echelon, and another on the way. I have a book coming out in 2007, now titled A Murder Among Friends, formerly Jackson’s Retreat. I’m trying to sell two more, and I have a bunch more in the works. Some time between now [...]

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Another Fall in Tennessee

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2005

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Today starts with a prayer and a sigh. Lots of prayers, only a few sighs.
The storms that moved through last night were awesome, in the truest sense of that word. I found myself caught in one wave of them, with wind buffeting my car around and water about six inches deep on the road. The [...]

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That Bubble of Ego

Nov

2005

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Sometimes I wonder what drives us to make certain choices. Obviously, priorties have a lot to do with it, but how do we assign those priorities? What drives us.
As a mom, I’ve put Rachel at the top of my list. Almost all I do these days is oriented around what I think will be best [...]

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Thanks, Ladies!

Nov

2005

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Special blogger greetings to Judith and Marla. I appreciate you chiming in on this mostly bereft blog. I’ve not felt much like posting this week. Life has been busy, with a few deadlines thrown in for good measure. Plus, I’m spending less time online at home, as I do more writing and packing.
The restlessness is [...]

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