You’re Not Crazy, You’re Super Menopausal Part 1

Rachel HauckAlisha Powell, health care, worship, Writer's Life, writing a book 8 Comments

(Written in 2015. Part 1 of 4.) You know how sometimes things stick with you? Whether you want them to or not? We go the long way around town to avoid where we once had an accident. We refuse to go to that restaurant where we once got sick on the way home? I came up on a feeling like that this past …

Becoming a Writer

Rachel HauckAngela Hunt, happily ever after, historical romance, how I got started writing, midwest, Susan May Warren, the south, writing a book 8 Comments

I’ve always wanted to be a writer. In first grade, I had a red diary with a lock. I actually wrote in it. Think… what makes a six year old want to write down her daily activity and thoughts. It’s a bit funny to me some forty years later, but it was the beginning of my destiny. A revelation of …

Writing about food

Rachel Hauckbaking, cakes, Christmastime, cookies, cooking, food, Judith Jones, Julia Child, Molly Wizenberg, recipes, Suzan Colon, writing a book 7 Comments

I’m writing about a character who can’t cook, but food is central to her world. It’s challenging — not only to write a sympathetic engaging character, but one who lives in the foodie world but does not feel apart. In that way, Joy is very much like me. But how do I show it? I don’t get the foodie world. …