The Converse Reality of Conferences
It takes a special breed of person to attend a writing conference. You need to be...well, you should probably be a writer. If you're not a writer you'll not only find it boring and uninformative, but you'll likely think the hotel is being overrun by a group of schizophreniacs: all [...]
What a Character!
I'm currently at my parents' house (on my to the American Christian Writers conference in Grand Rapids). I'm VERY excited about the conference, but I have a confession...I haven't been doing very well on my reading goals for the month.Novels? Oh, I'm set there. I think my goal was four [...]
Write-to-Publish: Lesson Three
Have the right heart.I know this post is quite removed from my earlier lessons, but it's taken me a while to explore it. I wasn't sure if I wanted to post it, but as I've thought about it (and it's haunted me) I feel the need to go with it.One [...]
My Dad: The Original
Happy Father's Day, Big Guy!My dad and I have a unique relationship. Sometime in high school I abandoned the term "Dad" and started calling him "Big Guy". That was great until he started calling me "Big Girl". It didn't quite occur to him that an 18 year old girl wouldn't [...]
For Those Looking For Some Encouragement:
Even though I was out of town for two weeks (livin' it up at WTP and hangin' with my fam) I am officially down 5 lbs. from my original weight - woo hoo!Let's stick with it! My goal? It's not really a weight or a pant size - I would [...]