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Serena Chase over at Edgy Inspirational Romance tagged me in her blog hop about the Writing Process so here I am, writing about writing! I did one of these recently but what the heck, let’s do it again. Here’s how it works: the blog hop proposes questions and I answer them. Fair enough? Okay, let’s go.   Q: What am I …

I love this song… [Tweet “May We Never Lose Our Wonder.”]

I saw this post on the UK book love site and busted a gut laughing. If you want insight into a writer’s life or if you’re considering it, read this! Number 4, 5 and 9 really resonated with me! Thank goodness I have Jesus and don’t have to be one of the depressed! In fact, His JOY is my strength. …

I love this verse out of Ephesians 2. v10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” I pause to meditate on the word workmanship. We are the very work of God. Created in Christ for good works. Good works! If I think of creating …

A few months ago I was talking with a friend about giving time to help others — in my case writers — and what it’s like to mentor people. I said something like, “Yea, we have to share out talent” Truth hit me like a shot. The parable of the talents, the one Jesus told, is not about money. Or …

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I’m a romance writer. Love stories capture me. A good rom-com movie? I’m there. But the romance must be central. Ro-mance. Meaning heart, mind, soul. A connection of one man and one woman. Romance novelist get a bad rap. Why? Because mainstream romance is more sexmance than ro-mance. But there is nothing like a romance to demonstrate God’s love for …

Hey all! I’m at the beach with the My Book Therapy for the Deep Thinkers Retreat, an advance writing retreat. And it’s raining. A lot. I’m thinking it should be warm and sunny. It was sunny this morning for a few hours. Here’s our beach shot. The Gang’s All Here.

Contests abound in the writing world. For a good reason. They provide feedback to the writer. Is your story resonating with the reader? Do you have the elements of craft in command? The Frasier is one of the best unpublished contests because judges look for the exact same elements as an editor or agent would look for in a new …