Act Now, Think Later
Opposites attract - my husband and I support that theory. Our first 4th of July together, we bought some poppers - those boxes of tiny, paper wrapped explosives that pop when you throw them on cement. The hubs wanted to wait until nightfall, but I wanted to hear things explode. [...]
Professional Development: Lookin’ Good!
Photo Credit Three years ago I attended my first big fiction writing conference. Hundreds of writers - beginning and published, famous and not - mingled in the hotel lobby. Somewhere in the crowd was my favorite author. I'd read every book she had published, and her sense of [...]
The Ramblings: At My Next Wedding …
The next time my husband and I get married, I'm trying on more dresses. Photo Credit I generally hate dress shopping. I'm 5'10" and a size 16-18/XL. I'm not proportional, with a nice sized belly, but no hips and minimal bust. When it comes to dresses I have [...]
Focus on Non-Fiction: The Interview
My first non-fiction writing assignment required an interview. I'd read plenty of interviews, but never conducted one. Fortunately for me I'd recently attended a writing conference where I happened to sit in on a class about interviews. Talk about serendipitous! There's more to an interview than just sitting down and [...]
Book Review: Come to the Table by Neta Jackson
Kat Davies is suddenly wondering if her good deed was a bad idea. Kat may be new in her faith, but she’s embraced the more radical implications of Christianity with reckless abandon. She invited Rochelle—a homeless mother—and her son to move in the apartment she shares with two other housemates. [...]