I’m blogging over at Quid Pro Quills today. Here’s a teaser: About a month ago, I blogged about finding contentment on earth. My conclusion: It’s impossible. That blog, as well as the one from two weeks ago about how I react when I read great novels, both stemmed from a general feeling of unease I’ve had lately, the […]
READ ONMy husband and I went to Paris for our twentieth anniversary. There’s something magical about that city—for me, anyway. We wandered along the streets for a week, and always, in the back of my mind, rang the mantra: I could live here. I could live here forever and be happy. On the heels of that […]
READ ONI was honored to find my name on K.M. Weiland’s blog listing great book editors. See the post (and a lot of other great editors’ names) here: https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/good-book-editor/
READ ONI was in church a few weeks ago when the Lord whispered to my soul words I never thought I’d hear from God. “I don’t want to bless you.” I immediately tuned out the pastor. “What was that, Lord?” Surely I’d heard him wrong. Another minute or two passed while I waited. Finally, probably when […]
READ ONI’m blogging over at Quid Pro Quills today about New Year’s Resolutions and why they so often fail. Here’s an excerpt: We’re two weeks into the new year. How are you doing on those resolutions? Like many of us, I made some resolutions a few weeks ago. As I was considering the few successes and […]
READ ONMy kids don’t like pie. I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid, we had pie on Thanksgiving Day—always sweet potato and pecan. (And if you’ve never had sweet potato pie, imagine pumpkin pie, only much, much better.) But alas, my kids won’t eat it. And my husband’s not real keen on […]
READ ONTake the worst week you’ve ever had. Stick it in the worst month of your life. That about sums up my experience from mid-August to mid-September. I’d tell you all the details, but it’s not my story to tell. I find it harder to watch the people I love suffer than to suffer myself, and […]
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