It’s Been a Year, Part I (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 the place where we once had an accident. We refuse to go back to the restaurant where we once got sick on the …
Becoming a Writer
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
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. …
Exciting things coming up!
Just got off the phone with the great marketing and promotions team at Thomas Nelson and they have some fun and exciting things lining up for the release of The Sweet By and By. If any of you have a review blog or book blog, let me know, we might be able to give you an influencer copy of the …
Book Therapy!
Susan May Warren invited me to join her newly launched Book Therapy. I’m honored to do so! Can you make your characters come to life? How do you fix a saggy plot? What are your writing strengths, and how can you play to them? What makes a scene sing with life? How do you keep a reader hooked? Want to …