Your Story: Emily Downs
I know that today is the 15th, so I SHOULD be posting an anecdote today, but with it being tax day I figured I'd wait until the day after so all of you procrastinators have a chance to read. And, maybe, I'm so busy getting ready for the Festival of [...]
Wednesday’s Weekly Writing (W)Prompt
Last year I had the pleasure of attending the Write-to-Publish Conference in Illinois. I learned so much and met such wonderful people (like Diana Flegal here, an agent with Hartline Literary Agency).Today's writing prompt is about your conferences experiences - what's your favorite/fondest memory of someone you met at a [...]
What Would You Like to Know?
I can hardly believe it - in three days I'll be at my first writer's conference - augh!!! I'm very excited!As I mentioned before, I'm a little bummed that I haven't had my business cards printed yet, so I'm going to go ahead and make some generic ones (thank you [...]
Conference Season!
It's that time of year folks - time for conferences! While the ACFW Conference isn't until September (and I AM going this year!!), next week I'll be attending my first conference. This year I'm going to the Festival of Faith & Writing at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.I can't [...]
The Sacred Journey by Charles Foster
"When Yahweh became a man, he was a homeless vagrant. He walked through Palestine proclaiming that a mysterious kingdom had arrived...He called people to follow him, and that meant walking." ~ Charles FosterI was excited to read Foster's idea on pilgrimage. It's not a topic about which I've studied much, [...]