This is a good week despite marathon work days and lack of sleep. I received my advance for the 2-book deal offered me by Barbour Books a few months ago. Yay! There’s just something about holding that check in your hand that affirms your call to write and swells your heart with gratitude more than ...
Archives for June 2010
Playing Chicken with a Duck
As I was driving down a narrow, seldom traveled back road today, late as usual, I spied something moving in the road ahead. Partially obscured by tree shadows, it wasn’t until I was nearly upon it that I recognized the object in my path as a fat black and white duck waddling toward me down ...
Balancing Act
A literary agent’s blog I follow has been running a series on finding the right balance between accepting criticism and praise (for writers). A thought-provoking conundrum for real life, too, don’t you think? Most of us feel as though we get much more criticism than praise, or at least we remember the criticism more clearly ...
Want a Bun with that Beef?
I’ve got a new pet peeve. The cyber-selfish. I’ve always felt a bit annoyed when people with whom you’re chatting speak only of themselves. You know the type – a conversation consists of you asking them one question after another about their recent exploits because it never occurs to them to ask you anything personal ...
A Title is Born
Sooo excited to finalize the title of my newest Barbour book this week. After bantering back and forth, my wonderful editor and I agreed on a doozy: Too Blessed to Stay Stressed. It’s the first book of a series for frazzled women and I’ve been amazed about the feedback I’ve received in the few days ...
Squashed
I was riding my bike out in the country today when something caught my eye in the road. It was a colorful little snake coiled in a patch of sunshine in the middle of my lane. Traffic was very light – almost nonexistant – on this tree-lined back road late on a Saturday afternoon, so ...
Feeling Your Pain
I was preparing to speak about the healing power of empathy last week when God brought the point home in a very moving object lesson. Our neighborhood ladies Bible Study had just gotten under way Friday when Lynn (name changed) appeared at the front door, visibly shaken and puffy-eyed. “Can you please pray for me?” ...