Archived Posts from: October, 2008

Wednesday Devotional: Letting Go, Letting God*

Filed in: Excerpts | Writing    Tags: 365 Daily Whispers of Wisdom for Single Moms | devotional
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This is the word of the GOD of Israel: “The jar of flour will not run out and the bottle of oil will not become empty before GOD sends rain on the land and ends this drought.”
1 Kings 17:14 MSG
There are too many times when the only peaceful moments in the day are when the [...]

Book Review – Dark Pursuit, Brandilyn Collins

Filed in: Book Reviews    Tags: Brandilyn Collins | Dark Pursuit
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Tonight, I’m going to take a slight detour from the usual type of post. I promise I’ll put up a devotional later this week, as well as a report on the conference in New Jersey. For now, I’d like to introduce you to Dark Pursuit.
The back cover copy outlines the premise:
Novelist Darell Brooke lived for [...]

Heading for NJ

Filed in: Travels | Writing | news    Tags: New Jersey Romance Writers | Put Your Heart in a Book Conference
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Finally, I have time to sit, enjoy a little milk, and take a deep breath. I’ve been scrambling tonight, preparing for my trip to New Jersey tomorrow, to attend the New Jersey Romance Writers “Put Your Heart in a Book” Conference.
I’m speaking on secondary characters, one of my favorite topics. Especially since my own usually [...]

Everyone Has One . . .

Filed in: Life    Tags: Election opinions
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An opinion. An elbow. A chin. A belly button.
You get the picture. We’re all entitled, I suppose. I know I have one. Here’s mine.
God is in control. He is my Lord and my King, and I trust him.
I may not always like what He does or what He allows to happen, but I choose to [...]

Recognizing God’s Work in Your Life

Filed in: Life | Writing    Tags: 365 Whispers of Wisdom | Monday devotional
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The following devotional is an excerpt from 365 Whispers of Wisdom for Single Moms, available from Barbour. This is an example of my devotional writing, and I hope it lifts your Monday a little. I know it’s a good one for me to keep in mind on this Monday.
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God in the Details
When we [...]

This and that….

Filed in: Wild Ramblings    Tags: The Taking of Carly Bradford
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Barbour gave me permission to post a few entries from the two books mentioned below, which I will do in a few days. I’m trying to get my blog linked with my Facebook and MySpace pages, and I’m a dolt about such things. I’m still waiting for ten folks to verify my blog on FB, [...]

Next!

Filed in: Writing | news    Tags: 365 Daily Whispers of Wisdom for Busy Women | 365 Daily Whispers of Wisdom for Single Moms | Barbour Publishing | Counting blessings
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OK . . . on to other things.
Thanks, again, to everyone who’s written about either the books (yeah!), the contest, or Rachel. We’re going on 3-4 weeks now with her congestion issues, and each day brings a different challenge. We went to the doctor on Friday, and we’re trying two new meds. This weekend saw [...]

The Evolution of a Hero, Part Five (The Finale)

Filed in: Musings on Craft    Tags: The Politician's Wife | The Taking of Carly Bradford | Trevor Eve
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This is my last post on this topic for awhile (promise!) because I have other things I want to talk about, including the preponderance of packages I received this week, including a couple of real goodies.
First, however, I want to, once again, thank everyone who has sent prayers and good wishes for Rachel’s illness and [...]

The Evolution of a Hero, Part Four (the Reveal)

Filed in: Writing    Tags: Barbara Machin | Beryl Markham | Denys Finch Hatton | Heat of the Sun | heroes | The Matrix | Trevor Eve | Waking the Dead
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So…we’ve come full circle, from the childhood admiration of hero types, through my writer’s journey, back to the beginning – searching for the heroes to admire, know about, dream about.
Only now, I’m the one doing the creating, based on all that has come before, all that God has placed before me in this buffet of [...]

The Evolution of a Hero, Part Three (A Writer’s Journey Rabbit Trail)

Filed in: Life | Wild Ramblings | Writing    Tags: A Murder Among Friends | Diana Galbadon | heroes | Orson Scott Card | Outlander | The Matrix | writing craft
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Welcome to the early 90s, which the Internet really began to be a part of everyday life. My (now ex) husband and I were early adopters, signing on with CompuServe in the mid-80s. I STILL have hard copies of posts from the CS Literary and Science Fiction forums, where I workshopped a story with Orson [...]