"It's not so much how much you weigh, as it is how much you obey." I found comfort in those words because, as my friends and family know, I'm no skinny Minnie. Would I like to be slender again? Yes! Am I expecting it to happen anytime soon? No. So why did that little poem pop into my mind while once again I ragged on myself over those extra pounds and ample inch-pinchings? I stopped… Read More
Believe it or not, it's time to get back to "14 Murder, She Wrote Tips for Balancing Your Writing LIfe." March 9, I shared the first half of those tips. I promised you seven more. So let's not waste any time. Here is Part Two of ... 14 Tips for Balancing Your Writing Life Jessica Fletcher, best-selling mystery novelist in the fictional Murder, She Wrote television series, had to manage the many facets of her writing… Read More
Tonight was a night to remember! Her Deadly Inheritance--the novel that had taken me years to write--won the Selah Award for "Fiction: First Novel." Though unable to attend the gala Awards night at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, I watched at home in Wisconsin through live-streaming, clapping for every recipient. It was such fun! I had plenty of friends who were up for awards. Suddenly I heard my name and jumped back in my… Read More
Just want to wish you all a ... How blessed we are today to remember the mothers in our life ... For those who have loved and nurtured us--whether a mother who is still with you or one who has passed as mine did last year, a grandmother who gave that extra measure of loving care, a mother-in-law who has loved and cared for you as a beloved daughter, or another woman in your life… Read More