My husband notices “the look,” a shift in my tone, the way I move the conversation from dialog to firing a hundred questions… He raises his hand to politely interrupt.“I forgot to warn you. She’s a writer. Anything you say can and mostly will end up in her novels. Speak at your own risk.”I can’t help it. People fascinate me. …
Write What You Don’t Know
When it comes to novels, many teachers say, “Write what you know.” I’m a rule-breaker by nature, so of course I did the opposite. I’ve always relied on writing as a tool to help me process the world around me. I especially love to accept freelance assignments with topics that are completely foreign to me. Whether medical articles for healthcare …
The Story Idea Factory by Beth Webb Hart
Now wouldn’t that be nice? A factory where an author could pick a story idea, a well-constructed, tightly-woven plot, some larger-than-life characters, a rich setting, a fitting point-of-view, a universal theme that stirs the soul and just plug it into the computer and go. A story idea factory. I heard they have these for preachers. How about one for authors? …
Where Do the Stories Come From? (by Lisa Wingate)
Happy Monday everyone! Have you recovered from your turkey coma yet? I hope it was a big Thanksgiving where you are. We traveled over the river and through the woods to the mountains of Arkansas, where we gathered the relatives, ate ourselves into oblivion, blew all the diets, and narrowly avoided the eight p.m. black Friday rush at Walmart. While …
A Writer’s Thanksgiving (from Lisa Wingate)
Happy Monday everyone! Today on the porch at BelleView, Thanksgiving is starting just a little bit early. But it’s never really too early for Thanksgiving, is it? Thanksgiving deserves a month of its own, don’t you think? These days, it’s easy to get so busy with the rush of life that we roll right through this season of gratitudes. Is …
Yeah, it was just a little bit crazy!
There have been a few crazy times in my life.College. I put myself through school so I always had to work. In junior college I worked 36 hours a week. I also lived in an apartment with other women from my church.At Ohio State, I worked 20 hours a week during school and two jobs in the summer.I carried a …
Connections — Up High, Down Low
Recently a friend and I were discussing the societal theories of High Context vs. Low Context. High Context meaning hard to get in, hard to get out. Low being easy to get in, easy to get out.Here’s a bit more of a Wikipedia Definition:Typically a high context culture will be relational, collectivist, intuitive, and contemplative. They place a high value …
If You’ve NOT Written in a Guest Book, Stop Here
Seriously, if you’ve not written in a hotel or B&B or wherever guest book, let us know why!I’ve written in guest books. There was one at the cabin where my husband and I honeymooned. A year and a half later, my brother went to the same cabin on his honeymoon. They found our guest book entry and wrote one of their …
Dreams are big with me. Maybe not so much dreams, but destiny. God has a dream and destiny for all of us, but sometimes the roads of life knock the wind out of us, push us back and down, and we forget to dream.We forget God dreams for us.When I started writing with a serious intent to become a published …
The Intersection of Love and Dreams by Beth Webb Hart
Everyone has a dream or two. Usually, they are tied to an innate gift or a passion. Dreams like these are – I believe – God-given and while they take a lot of hard work to achieve, they bear the sweetest, richest fruit. Other dreams are born out of wounds. If someone had a painful or tragic childhood, they may …
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