Let’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 …
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About 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 …
I’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 …
Today 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.
I don’t know if I can say sold really because the publisher doesn’t pay advances, but earlier this week, Steve and I signed a contract with Astraea Press (www.astraeapress.com) for the publication of Sword & Illusion! The editor said her reader couldn’t put it down and even said it was better than The Hobbit or …
Going over Noah’s backpack, I see he got marked down in conduct for saying, “What the heck” in class. I asked him why he said it, and he said: “Trinity was looming over me and I said, ‘What the heck?'” “She was looming??” He got mad at me and said, “You don’t get it.” “No, …
I have known about the Sidetracked Home Executives since about 1993 or 94, when my husband was in graduate school and my daughter was very young. I heard them on Focus on the Family and they spoke to me. Anyway, I have been “in the box” off and on for years. I spent a lot …
Here is my modern take on the annual Christmas letter. This will end up on Facebook where I “live” and most of my friends and family are there, or at least their kids are so it is my hope that everyone who needs to will see this. What can I say about 2011? It was …
This morning, after breakfast, my husband told Noah to put his breakfast dishes in the dishwasher. Noah, in typically dramatic fashion, said, “I’m just your slave.” Steve said, “You’re my slave? Because you have to put your dishes in the dishwasher? You need to understand slavery and what it really was.” Noah is a history …
…when it’s not National Novel Writing Month, which I won, by the way! I actually got to over 50,000 words on Tuesday (thank you, Rowdy Girls), and felt miserable yesterday with what I think is a sinus thing as I had a headache for three days. Anyway, I had a brief doctor’s appointment this morning …