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Criticism is something we can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. –Aristotle ~~ Virginia Smith and I were all smiles after the Kentucky Christian Writers Conference a few weeks ago. Ginny was the keynote speaker and did a fantastic series of speeches about the writing road. She used her own experience including the potholes and bumps …
Whew! Whoever said twins were no more work than one couldn’t have been talking about toddlers. We had the boys here at the house for a few days last week and believe me, I got my exercise without worrying about setting aside time for a walk. There wasn’t any setting aside time for anything except chasing boys. Especially when we …
It starts with two. A man and a woman meet and some spark ignites in their hearts. They maybe dance around one another for a little while until they decide to become lifetime partners. Then they get married and have children. That’s the way it was for my mother and father-in-law. My mother-in-law didn’t get married until she was 26. …
The best part of book launches has to be meeting readers. Signing books is fun too, but I love to hear what readers have to say about my books and books in general. There is a lot of discussion going around now about whether print books will survive with the onslaught of e-books. ~~ So I’ve been asking people what …
I just sent off my new Shaker book to my agent and my editor before my deadline tomorrow, July 1. It’s a good thing I had a deadline on this one or I’d probably still be dragging my feet and trying to figure out what happened next in the story. I had to really push myself to get Lacey’s story …
What do you think about the cover of my next book, Angel Sister, scheduled for release in February 2011? I really like it. The little girl is a perfect Lorena and doesn’t it just look like she’s gazing up at her “angel sister?” I had been holding off sharing the new book cover since The Seeker has just hit the …
What do you say to the author of a book you’ve just read? Well, if you like the book or even love the book, you might go to the writer’s website (most writers have one these days) or find their page on Facebook and send them a message telling them how glad you were to read their book. Those messages …
Is there any safer place to be than with your head on your daddy’s shoulder? This is my oldest son with one of his twin boys. With five kids he gets plenty of practice being dad. My other son has four kids so he’s a busy dad too. Both are hands on dads who can do whatever needs doing for …
The letters on the keypads of my keyboard are disappearing. You think that means I’ve typed too many words? Look at it! The n and m are completely gone. The l is going, and the e is half gone. And the e key is worse than disappearing. It’s collapsing. Still works, thank goodness. Can you imagine trying to write anything …
Here I am with Virginia Smith, writer and great keynote speaker at the Kentucky Christian Writers Conference. Ginny did a great job of firing up all us writers at the conference with her three speeches on The Road to Publication. She told us about her bumpy road as a writer when she went for years without selling any of her …