The Beauty in Starting Over

It’s not good enough. Why don’t you rethink that? Something’s missing. These phrases and more strike terror into aspiring creatives’ hearts. When we pour our ideas and hours of time and energy into a draft of a story, or a proposal, or project, we wait with bated breath and tapping fingers for those whose words…

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Lessons of Thankfulness and Humility

With the holiday season approaching – Who am I kidding? It’s here isn’t it? – I’m shaking my head in wonder at how quickly 2022 has passed. Anyway, I digress… What does Thanksgiving mean to you? I’ve listed 3 things below. Do you agree? Disagree? Have something to add? Hit reply and share your thoughts….

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ACFW 2022 in Review

WE WERE IN PERSON! The big news for the annual conference of American Christian Fiction Writers for 2022 was just that – we were in person in St. Louis at the Arch. And for me, as I’m certain it was for many attendees, seeing writing friends both old and new, was the attraction this year….

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Where is Your Head?

Have you ever paid attention to the way you walk? I didn’t. Until I noticed an older woman walking hunched over – not by choice, but because the now-permanent curve in her spine wouldn’t allow her to straighten. The writer in me asked, “Has she always walked with a stoop, or did she once walk…

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