You think you might like to write? You’re consumed with a burning idea but no clue how to take it from writing to publication? Maybe you’re sure you don’t write well enough yet. Don’t let that stop you! Go ahead and attend a Christian writers’ conference. The benefits are astronomical. Here are just a few. You will: Jumpstart your writing dream (You know you have one, right?) Be inspired by fantastic motivational speakers Learn from… Read More
Writers' retreats are one of the highlights of the writing life. Talk about joy and blessing! Last week ten of us bubbled over as we arrived at Green Lake Conference Center's Christian Writing Center. Yup, that's it. An eight-bedroom, half-timbered English mansion overlooking ... ah ... you guessed it ... Green Lake. (The windows under the two gables on the far right of the second floor mark the location of my room. The large window to… Read More
I don't recall the disagreement, but I'd had enough. "I'm not staying where I'm not wanted!" I shouted at my new husband. In a flurry of anger, I set out in the dead of winter, marching down Algoma Blvd toward the college campus. It was Sunday ... I was pregnant ... and I had no clue where I was going. Though a student at Wisconsin State University-Oshkosh, I suddenly recalled the campus was all but shut… Read More
Only a month after our wedding, Jim and I faced each other in the living room of our tiny apartment. Sadly, we admitted we'd made the biggest mistake of our lives. How could it be, when we had started out loving each other so very much? I swallowed hard and looked to my strong, handsome husband. "What do we do now?" He thought for a moment, and then quietly delivered his conviction. "We stick it out."… Read More