Most of the dangerous adventures I encounter happen to fictional characters and take place within my imagination. But one morning this past week, I encountered a [slightly] dangerous real life situation. My 7 year old and I pulled out of our neighborhood onto a busy six lane road en route to the gym. I was driving in the middle lane when my car suddenly died. Luckily, there were no other … [Read more...]
More Weird Things Writers Say
The last time I blogged, I spilled the beans about the Weird Things Writers Say (and What They Really Mean). Today, in a follow-up piece to that post, I'm going to discuss the weird words and acronyms writers toss around as if normal people knew what they meant. My last post was a writer-civilian translation book, today's post is a dictionary. ARC - Advance reading copy. Sometimes publishers … [Read more...]
Christian Fiction Readers Retreat
Please extend a warm welcome to Christian fiction bloggers Bonnie, Carrie and Annie! I invited them to guest post at Inspired by Life...and Fiction today so that they can tell you about the FIRST ANNUAL Christian Fiction Readers Retreat that they're organizing. The event is for readers and writers and it's coming up in August in Nashville. I'll be there and I'm so looking forward to it! If … [Read more...]
Weird Things Writers Say (and What They Really Mean)
Those of us in the publishing profession have developed a lingo all our own. If you've spent any time at all interacting with authors on social media, then you've probably been treated to it. And if you're a reader and not a writer type, some of it may have struck you as peculiar and/or baffling. Thus, I thought I'd offer a writer-civilian translation guide.... "I'm on deadline." First of … [Read more...]
Cover Model Interview
If you happened to see my last blog post about the making of Her One and Only's cover, then you know that the couple on the cover are a real life husband and wife. Their names are Aaron and Melissa and they very kindly allowed me to interview them! Thank you so much, Aaron and Melissa. I'm honored to have the two of you on my novel's cover. It was a treat to get to know you via these … [Read more...]
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