Thirteen Authors You Need to Read!
Thursday, May 17th, 2012Thirteen Authors You’ve Never Heard of but Should Have 1. Josephine Templeton – my dear friend and one of the Rowdy Girls. She has a pirate book and a fallen angel book coming out soon! 2. Leah Marie Brown – My dear friend. She is obsessed with Paris and has a book out about a [...]
Good storytelling or good writing?
Thursday, May 17th, 2012Recently, some events have come together like planets aligning (or the Confluence of the Three Moons – see Sword & Illusion – 31 May), and these things have gotten me to thinking about the difference between good storytelling and good writing. Which is more important? I read the Twilight series about four years ago or [...]
Teaser Tuesday – 15 May 2012
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012My book, Sword & Illusion will be released on 31 May – a mere 16 days from today!!!! I decided to institute Teaser Tuesday, one day a week where I will post snippets of my books for your enjoyment, and I hope, to entice you to put this book on your “To Be Read” pile. [...]
Meet Me Monday – 14 May 2012
Monday, May 14th, 2012Questions: 1. For Mother’s Day I spent most of it at my in-laws’ house. At around 9:30 Noah and I met Juliette at Ihop for a wonderful brunch. I had blueberry Belgian waffles. The three of us had a nice time together. Later, Juliette and I went to a Mother’s Day bowling tournament. That was [...]
Friday Fragments – 10 May 2012
Friday, May 11th, 2012I’ve neglected this blog but with Sword & Illusion coming out in three weeks (THREE WEEKS!!), I’ve started thinking more about my social media/promotion efforts. I’m so excited about this book coming out! I think it truly is the best thing I’ve ever written and I can’t wait for you guys to read it. Anyway, [...]
Not tempted to give up, but a little pissed anyway.
Monday, March 26th, 2012So, Steve challenged me to track my Weight Watcher points faithfully for six weeks. Two weeks ago, I started and when I weighed in last Monday, I has lost over three pounds. I was SO HAPPY. This past week, I tracked as well. I used less points in the early part of the week, so [...]
Some thoughts on heroes
Thursday, February 16th, 2012Let’s talk a little bit about our fictional heroes. First and foremost, your hero has to be heroic. I know this sounds pretty obvious, but it might not be. What does it mean for your hero to be heroic? After all, if he’s the hero, then the story revolves around him and he’s the one [...]
Building Churches? Or Circuses?
Monday, February 13th, 2012About 22 1/2 years ago, as I lay in a hospital bed about to give birth to my daughter nine weeks early, I had a dream. Jesus and I were walking through what appeared to be a construction site. People all around us carried huge blocks of stone, too big for any person to actually [...]
Some thoughts on Story Structure
Thursday, February 9th, 2012I’ve been editing content for Crescent Moon Press for almost a year now, and I just recently finished the first book. I know that sounds odd, and I agree. I wish things had gone faster, but there was apparently some issues at the publisher and some books were accepted and given contracts that shouldn’t have [...]
Time flies
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012Today my darling little girl started her last semester in college. In about months, she will have her BA in English Lit, and God willing, will have a job working in publishing. I’m so proud of her.
