Need to edit about 30 pages. Fifty would be better. Sometimes it goes quickly, other times I have to cut and rewrite. It’s hard in this final stage. Last rewriting before turning the book in. I’m not sure if the book is good or if I want it to be good. I’m so close to it, reading every work, dissecting …
Standing n the Surf
I love this image. Standing on the edge of a turbulent surf, watching, the storm roll in. As I took this picture of friend Beth Vogt, I imagined for a moment I was not on shore but out at sea. I wondered how high and how strong the waves crashed two, three, a hundred miles into the Gulf. No land …
Peace
The word peace shows up in the Bible something like 249 times. Jesus is the Prince of Peace. Lying awake at 2:30 a.m. this morning, I meditated on Psalm 4:8. In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety. In a world of anxiety and turmoil, mounting fear, and content worry, I …
Black Christian Fiction Author Parade: Rhonda Bowen
Hey all! Continuing my partnership with Patricia Woodside on the lovely Parade of Black Christian Fiction Authors. I’ve loved reading about these authors. They have some great stories and accomplishments. *** Today Black Christian Fiction Authors on Parade brings you author Rhonda Bowen. Rhonda is one of the newer authors on this year’s parade. Although she hasn’t been writing long, …
Laughter: The best medicine
I sat with my friend Susie last night in a weird, tall, ugly room (yes, it was tall, weird I know) with bold overhead lighting debriefing from the week… thinking out-loud how the Deep Thinker’s Retreat was going so far. With the technical details and issues, thoughts and adjustments, aside our conversation paused… Susie glanced at her email. “Oh, here, …
Black Christian Fiction Authors Parade! Shawneda Marks
Hey all! Continuing my partnership with Patricia Woodside on the lovely Parade of Black Christian Fiction Authors. I’ve loved reading about these authors. They have some great stories and accomplishments. **** Shawneda Marks, in her own words, “has loved reading and writing since she can remember.” Always a storyteller, after years of entertaining colleagues at Bank of America and Comcast …
Black Christian Fiction Authors Parade! Dwan Abrams
Welcome to the third week of black Christian author parade. I’m delighted to be reposting from Patricia Wooside at Readin N Writin with Patricia. Check out all of her reviews on her blog! *** Today’s author on parade is Dwan Abrams. Dwan Abrams is like a multi-faceted gemstone. There are so many sides to her, almost too many to count. …
Black Christian Fiction Authors Parade! Stacy Hawkins Adams
Continuing our celebration of black authors, here’s a post from Patricia Woodside’s blog. Please visit her blog for more authors and reviews. The parade has begun! Today’s featured author is Stacy Hawkins Adams. By Patricia Woodside Stacy Hawkins Adams burst on to the Christian fiction scene with Speak to My Heart in 2004. This book began the Spirit and Soul …
Heart of Gold by Robin Lee Hatcher
The truest treasure is found deep in the heart. Back in her beloved Virginia, Shannon Adair loved nursing injured soldiers back to health. But in Grand Coeur, Idaho-the rough-and-tumble place where her father has been called to lead the church-she’s not sure where she fits in. Then a critically ill woman arrives, and Shannon knows her place at last: to …
Don’t you wonder? The story of this swing? How long it’s been there? How long it will be? Did lovers sit here and declare their hearts? Or a crying mother over the plight of a child? Perhaps children ran screaming for the swing, Hopping up on it’s seat. Maybe the swing itself weeps, Of being alone, Beside the tree. I …