• Jul. 7th, 2016 When You Want to be Somewhere Else with your Writing

    Not my son, but an accurate representation of his gloominess! I felt so sorry for him. My youngest son was surveying the scene on his first morning of day camp—and he was not impressed. Kids were running around playing with hula hoops, bouncy balls, Legos, Crayons, and board games. It was a kids’ paradise in [ read more ]

  • Jun. 30th, 2016 What I Learned in June

    I really enjoy taking a few minutes to think back over my month and share a few of the things I’ve learned. (This idea is from both Emily P. Freeman and Modern Mrs. Darcy ).  Here goes: 1. I am incapable of being calm when surprised with good news. (Or . . . I *will* make a goober out of myself [ read more ]

  • Jun. 24th, 2016 Interview on Blog Talk Radio with Christian Communicators Live!

    I hope you are all enjoying your summer! I am up to my eye balls in summer camps and a new romantic suspense story. To be honest, it’s been a challenging writing week. I had hit a wall – hard – when a friend of mine shot me an encouraging word about an interview I [ read more ]

  • Jun. 18th, 2016 A Few Thoughts….The Selah Awards – Part 2 edition

    A month ago I shared a few thoughts on being a finalist for the Selah Awards in the Mystery and Suspense category. (You can read that post here). In that post, I made the following statement…“I am not going to win.” Well… I was wrong. To my absolute and complete shock, Covert Justice won the 2016 Selah Award for Mystery/Suspense!  I’ve had [ read more ]

  • Jun. 8th, 2016 Hard Lessons on Envy

    I’m so excited to introduce you to my friend Felicia Bridges. Her new book, CzechMate , just released. I got a sneak peek a few weeks ago and it is awesome!! Perfect for the teens (and adults) in your life who love a great story and have a heart for missions.  Here’s a little bit about CzechMate… [ read more ]

  • May. 31st, 2016 What I Learned in April and May

    I missed the April version of this post because…well….you can read about that in a minute. So I’m squeezing two months into one. Here goes… Cancer Sucks. This isn’t new information, but it was brought home to our family when my Mom was diagnosed with Stage 3C Ovarian Cancer. In the past few weeks, she’s [ read more ]

  • May. 25th, 2016 A Few Thoughts . . . the Selah Awards edition

    Let me welcome you to my first “A Few Thoughts” edition. Some (like today’s entry) will be more serious and thought provoking, but not all! I have future “thoughts” to share with you on everything from the NCIS season finale (sniff) to chocolate. If you enjoy these, please let me know! Now… I’d like to [ read more ]

  • May. 23rd, 2016 Make the Jump

    I’ve been asking God to “Edit At Will” (you can read my last post here) and this week He took out His holy red pen and told me it was high time to MAKE THE JUMP.  Let me explain. I love Star Wars.  I’m not a complete nerd about it. I haven’t read all the books. I don’t know all the backstories. I can’t remember [ read more ]

  • May. 17th, 2016 Edit At Will

    For the past several years, I’ve been writing a monthly post for my dear friend Edie Melson’s amazing blog, The Write Conversation. I send it to her a few days in advance (ok, sometimes one day in advance) and I always include these words in my email … Edit At Will. I don’t want to publish junk. I [ read more ]

  • Apr. 14th, 2016 The Little Toes

    I don’t know about you, but there are parts of my body I take for granted.  I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how much I appreciate my spleen or my eyelashes. I mean, they’re doing a good job, but it’s not like I would miss them the way I would my fingers [ read more ]