Join me each Wednesday for this virtual reading experience as I read a selection from Redefined: A Year of Poetry. By the end of the year, I will have read 52 of the 366 poems contained in this collection. I encourage you to subscribe to this blog in order to […]
My husband and my middle son are in a bowling league that meets on Monday nights. After several weeks of pause, they have been able to resume. But, since my husband had a prior commitment last night, I accompanied my son to the league. In the days prior, my son […]
Sometimes writers need a return to the basics. We need to consult with writing experts through publications, articles, and author groups. Sometimes all we need is a bit of encouragement to keep doing what we know we are able to do. Here are some of my favorite authors and “instruction […]
Join me each Wednesday for this virtual reading experience as I read a selection from Redefined: A Year of Poetry. By the end of the year, I will have read 52 of the 366 poems contained in this collection. I encourage you to subscribe to this blog in order to […]
I learned something (actually, more than one thing) last week when I was using the self-clean cycle on my new oven. Replace what no longer works. The first oven in our home functioned nearly twenty years. I cannot say the same for our other major appliances. We have replaced the […]
The other day I sent my husband a link about a program to help with plotting a novel. Actually, I was thinking a series of novels. (Slow down! Let’s not get too ahead of myself.) He studied it for a few minutes, but I could tell by his face that […]
As is true for me each Sunday evening–but perhaps more so at the beginning of a new year or the start of each month–I begin planning. Not only do I plan for the week ahead, but I map out my monthly goals. Most of what I plan influences those closest […]
Here are the titles I read in December. It was a relaxing month of simply reading books for fun. To Darkness and to Death and All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming: Five Stars. I enjoy the character juxtapose of chief of police, Russ Van Alstyne, and Reverend Clare Fergusson. These […]
This is the twenty-fifth poem I have written for my mother’s Christmas card. It marks the end of another year, and one we are unlikely to forget. May we remember Who makes all things new according to His will and for His glory. Behold, I am doing a new thing; […]
