Run As Fast As You Can! Take That Leap!
There is a quote that I love—attributed to Ray Bradbury, “Then the long march from the rim of the cave to the edge of the cliff where we flung ourselves off and built our wings on the way down.” Many people claim it as theirs. I’m giving Ray credit in many books and...
Lists, lists, lists
Hello! I'm an over 40 (duh!). Actually over 70. I'm an Indie Author, YouTube Creator, Speaker, Wife, Mom, G-ma, follower of Jesus, and I ain't dead yet! I will be making videos about the life of being an author, my faith, testimonies of how God has led me to be an...
What on Earth is a Pantser? A Plotter?
As an author, to simplify the many ways to write a story, there is the pantser/discovery way, or the plotter. The phrase pantser originated from early aviation, where pilots relied on their senses to navigate without advanced instruments. Flying by the seat of their...
My first short story and a 1930 Model A?
In a past column, I wrote about my journals. All 80 or more of them! As I write a certain day’s entry, I’ll maybe realize that this might be a story. Or in listening to a conversation … what if? (My two favorite words!). Well, it was a bright and beautiful...
Does Seeing a Blink Mean You’re Crazy?
Before my author career, I journaled. A lot. I now have over eighty journals—filled. And I don’t write in the little ones. I use either 8x10 or 9x12 sketch books. You can see a sample here. I call them my puke-it-out journals, because that is precisely what I do. I...
A New Take on Star Wars
A couple of summers ago Osceola Library Director, asked if I would help with the summer reading program. I entered the library, chatted with the director, and wandered around the building, waiting for the kids to show up. (Keep on reading. You’ve gotta read the story...
Thoughts about today, tomorrow, the new year …
I want you to know that none of us are in the place where we want to be. None of us know what the next step is for sure.
And I want to encourage you to seek God.
AI or Not?
I don’t know why I’m writing this. Well. I do know why. What is this AI or Artificial Intelligence? Why does it creep me out? Can we know the truth about it? Is it something useful, like the internet has been? People didn’t like the internet back then, either!...
Vitally United in Him
12/1/2025 - First day of December, 2025. The year is rushing away. Super important to be united in Him each day. I woke at around 5 am, got up, made my bed, weighed myself (every morning), made coffee, took my enzymes, turned our fake fireplace on, and started reading...
Before
Lord, I don’t know the end of the day from the beginning. I know what I have planned: screenplay, pick up cards from the printer, soaking and prayer time, but … really, until I lie on my bed and turn off the light, I won’t know until the end of the day. Right now at...
Scrivener
