Recently, Nona Willis-Aronowitz posted an article “The Virginity Mystique” on The Nation web site. Willis-Aronowitz challenges authors like Wendy Shalit (A Return to Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue) and other conservative authors, like Laura Sessions Stepp (Unhooked), Dawn Eden (The Thrill of the Chaste) and Lauren Winner (Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity) about their call for women to …
Why do you write?
My friend and author extraordinaire, Lisa Samson, posted an interesting blog. She wrote: A little while ago, my publisher asked me a question. He told me not to sit and think about it. “Give me your first response.” “All right.” To be honest, I was a little nervous. I’m one of those people who won’t answer in church unless I …
State of Grace by Traci DePree
A State of Grace by Traci DePree Synopsis: Kate Hanlon is at it again. Minister’s wife, stained-glass artist, and sometimes sleuth, Kate Hanlon discovers more than she bargained for when she visits a woman whose daughter is battling leukemia. Before she knows it she’s on the road uncovering clues that could be the girl’s very survival. Book #2 in Mystery …
Behind the Scenes: Lost In NashVegas
So many of you liked the Behind The Scenes blog I did for Diva NashVegas, I thought I’d back it up and write about Lost In NashVegas. Are you just trembling with anticiapation? Well, right, you should. This book was like birthing a baby, including the nine months. Once my agent and I decided to write about a song writer, …
I’m going to be on TV.
Yep, you heard it here. August 6th, Deeper Living. The show will be filmed live-to-tape in Atlanta with Tammy Alexander and me. We’re doing this to promote ACFW, but also our writing and books. I was really excited to go on the show, then I found out Tammy was going to be on. Now, nothing against Tammy – she’s a …
A Peek into A Writer’s Life, and an 80’s flashback
New York Times Best Selling author Jodi Picoult talks about a writer’s life in a recent issue of Writer’s Digest. Check it out. I appreciate Ms. Picoult’s candor. ***While walking Pal tonight, we passed a house that sits among the trees and it reminds me of the home my parents built in Tallahassee. For a moment, it walked through the …
A Morning With An Artist
After morning prayer at church, I trotted off to find an artist I know in town. Jon Houghton. His wife told me he was teaching a workshop on portraiture in Eau Gallie, so off I went again. I found the place – miracle enough – and Jon with his students. They were drawing the bust of a young woman who …
I said Yes, but didn’t go
For awhile now, oh, going on five plus years, I’ve had a yes in my heart toward the Lord about a certain thing. A lifestyle, really, to which I said a rousing “yes” in my heart when I first heard the message on the contemplative lifestyle even though I was full aware of my weakness to execute. But in my …
Old Florida Days
My family moved to south Florida, Homestead, in the mid ’70s. While the shock of losing the beauty of seasons, and learning to find shade under a palm instead of a maple took years to overcome, I new season entered my heart. Afternoon thunderstorms. Around 2 or 3, rich, dark clouds rolled in from the Atlantic, clashing and rumbling like …
Every Nation Under Heaven?
Tony and I were talking today about some interesting Bible verses. Here’s one that nabbed my attention a while ago: Acts 2: 5 “Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.” What do you make of the statement, “devout men from every nation under heaven?” Gives me the impression there were Jews in every …