What? When I was five, I made a purse. That sucker was hideous, but I made it. Sometime around that same age, my mom taught me to make "broomstick lace" by crocheting onto a broom handle. And yeah, we used a real broom handle. We were thrifty in those days. Sure wish that idea had rooted Continue Reading
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Who’s My BFF? This guy!
In this week's blog post, we're supposed to do, "Meet My Best Friend." Well... (note: links in this post may be affiliate links which will give me a small commission at no additional cost to you!) I kind of feel stupid. You see, I saw the whole "Meet my best friend" and went, "Um... how do I Continue Reading
Write What You Know: What it really means
You've heard it. I'm sure you have. The ubiquitous advice for all would-be authors: "Write what you know." Half of me wants to say, "That's totally true. Do it." The other half of me says, "That's garbage. If we only write what we know, we'll never explore the greatest parts of our Continue Reading
Why My Editor Is Losing Hair: & other stuff
My editor probably doesn't know it. But she is. I do it to her with every book. Let me set the scene. This is how I imagine things go when she opens that email with the subject line: "Here You Go!" (That really is usually the subject line. Just sayin'.) (note: links in this post may be Continue Reading
Summer on Sunset Ridge: a book review
.Summer on Sunset Ridge by Sharlene MacLaren intrigued me from the moment I read the synopsis. Quakers? I don’t believe I’ve ever run across Quakers in Christian fiction, so I had to try it. See, my knowledge of Quakers is severely limited to Thee Hannah, Friendly Persuasion, and Miss Alice in Continue Reading
To Binge or not to Binge: Is there even a question?
Anyone who enjoys a good TV show probably has, at some point in his or her life, "binge-watched" a show or twenty. Me, at different times in my life, I've done it a LOT. So, when this week's #MFRW blog prompt was "Shows I Binge Watch", I got a bit nervous. Let's face it. There's a limit to how Continue Reading
Counting Grains of Sand: a book review
When I received the invitation to review Counting Grains of Sand by Natasha Metzler, I wasn't quite sure what to think. I've never read anything by her, I usually stick to fiction on my blog, and really, what do I know about infertility? I'm glad I listened to what I think was the prompting of Continue Reading
Kaye Is a Fraud: Where Kaye’s Clutter Hides
Kaye Harper: de-clutterer extraordinaire and queen of less. She gives workshops on how to remove the extraneous from your life and fill it with peace, joy, and space instead. And she's a fraud. (note: links in this post may be affiliate links which will give me a small commission at no Continue Reading
“I Will Survive!”: Or how my family does, anyway.
This week's challenge topic is "How My Family Survives My Writing." Survives. It's a good choice of words. I think it's true of any job. It can take over your life at times. The real estate agent who needs just "one more showing" to get that sale, the doctor who just makes one more round to Continue Reading
A Few of My Favorite Things: #MFRWauthor
"...brown paper packages tied up with strings. These are a few of my favorite things!" I don't often get involved in the many challenges that are out there. The reason is that I love so many and could, literally, spend every second of my waking hours keeping up with them. But when I found this Continue Reading
New Year= New Book! It’s Release Day!
As if proof of my inconsistencies and hypocrisies, I've always loved the new. And the old. Like Anne Shirley, I love that tomorrow is a new day--"fresh with no mistakes in it." I love that the Lord's mercies are "new every morning." Nothing relieves me more than a "fresh slate" when I need one Continue Reading
Where Two Hearts Meet: a book review
Liz Johnson’s Red Door Inn was one of my favorite books of 2016. So, when I heard that the next book was releasing this fall, I knew I HAD to get it, and Liz was gracious enough to send me one (and a gorgeous PEI ornament as well!). Where Two Hearts Meet might even be a better book than the first. Continue Reading
