Sometimes when you’re writing it can be hard to let your reader know what you know. Sometimes you can sense the seasons changing, but how do you let your reader know it’s no longer winter or summer? How do you get them to feel the change along with y...

I must say, it was rather fun finding out the answers to all these questions. And discovering some other odd facts about my naming habits. Well, maybe they aren’t habits. Maybe they are just . . . quirks. But you are probably ready for the answers, a...

A few years ago, Angie shared a spreadsheet with all the different names she’d used in her Glad Tidings book which features 25 different short flash fiction stories. That got me thinking. I wondered what sort of names I used most in my stories. I kne...

I saw this a few weeks ago and, while I’ve read and heard it many times before, it struck me a little harder this time and made me think just a little more. Don’t get discouraged, He’s not done! Don’t get so focused on the problems now that you forge...

I needed something to post today. Life has been busy and my blog post creativity seemed to have either gone on strike, or be sleeping. I’m still not sure which. So, when Kate did this fun tag, I thought I’d grab it and do it too. Here’s how this tag...

I grew up in a house of books. My mom loves books and my grandparents were always reading books, so while I wasn’t an early reader, books have always been a part of my life. I’d like to take these four 5th Tuesdays of 2023 to share some of my favorit...

Some people have asked me if my stories ever evolve into something different than I was expecting. Or if my stories ever change as I’m writing them. Sometimes they do slightly, other times quite a bit. Did you want to see what the changes for one sto...

Do you ever feel like you are constantly fighting a losing battle against the every growing, ever widening pile of To Be Read (TBR) books? Does it sometimes feel hopeless and overwhelming to know which book to read next and if all the books on your k...

I discovered this fun blog tag–excuse me, it’s a book tag–on Kate’s lovely blog, and since she said anyone could steal it–wait, is it stealing if you have permission?–I thought you all might enjoy reading my answers. An author that you’d like to read...

This year was a busy year. It flew by at a rapid pace leaving me trying to stay caught up. I am still not quite sure what I did this year. Does that mean I was too busy? I don’t know. Let’s take a look at the goals I had for 2022 and see how […]