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Discipline during COVID-19

I have read on Twitter or Instagram where other authors have had a tough time with lethargy and exhaustion. Reading the news too much, extra family around, worries, all play into a much different lifestyle than we are used to. For a couple days, I was okay. Even...

Journal Entry – Pandemic – 4/5/2020

Keep your heart brave! I'm up. I'm drinking coffee. My journal is on my lap. And I heard, "He's come to join our suffering." It's a line from a song on their 2019 album, "All Things New" by Flatirons Music. That line is from the song, "This Is Our God." It hit me!...

“Guts” is Grace Under Fire

COVID-19 is grace under fire. It's guts. From so many different platforms and lifestyles. My husband is a truck driver and is out driving amid the pandemic. He is kind of a germaphobe, thankfully, so he takes his antibacterial wipes in with him to check in. He wipes...

Manifesto for My Life

Manifesto for my life--i'm still working on this. It takes living life to figure out a manifesto! Wisdom Doodle 3/22/2020 Yeah. It's called Wisdom. "Does not skillful and godly Wisdom cry out, and understanding raise her voice [in contrast to the loose woman]? On the...

Prospective – I’ve Got Your back

Prospective – I’ve Got Your back

May 26, 2021

A couple years ago, my husband and I were camping with our dog, Paxton. We have a camper we pull with our pickup and...

Website Repaired–Finally

Apr 16, 2021

Have you ever gotten frustrated with a task that needs to be maintained, but you don't know how to do it, so you ......

Thunder Storms and Pondering Life

Sep 8, 2020

I woke up at 2 a.m.--the usual reason--bathroom. My body is aching because of all the yard work I did yesterday. I...

Write? Any Day But Today!

May 5, 2015

I'm tired and cranky and all out of sorts. And I have fifty chapters left in what I think is my 18th pass of edits....

To ISBN or Not ISBN? What’s a Girl To Do?

Apr 24, 2015

Writing. Editing. Revisioning. ISBNs. What? To ISBN or not to ISBN? Say that fast over and over all day, like I have...

Not Giving Up — Gittin’ Back In The Saddle

Jan 5, 2015

I don't do New Year resolutions, but I love getting my journal out and rehashing where I'm at with God, life, writing,...

Pe-e-e-ek!

May 4, 2015

This is a peek at the book cover. I can't believe this is...

Real Beginnings

Jan 19, 2015

Recently, I was asked to participate in an author panel at a local library. Me. I could get nervous if I let myself,...

Bargaining with NaNoWriMo

Nov 12, 2014

It's November. NaNoWriMo month. That's National Novel Writing Month. It's where ... maybe go to their site. They...

Scrivener Rocks!

Apr 30, 2015

I'm finishing (I hope!) edits on Released. Checking the thread of pipes. (Ask my sister or read the book! It...

Calendars, Scenes, and Sequences

Jan 12, 2015

My editor recommended setting up a timeline for the current fiction I'm editing. The story line was really messed up....

Isn’t He Cute?

Oct 24, 2014

I know. This is weird. You know where I am, or rather, what department of Menard's I'm in. Posting about being in the...

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