Sometimes life sends a happy detour your way. The first week of this month, I was in York, England for a professional conference. Eric and I had a direct flight in and out of Edinburgh (Hugely less expensive) so added a couple days to the end, so we could explore that beautiful city, too. It was a time filled with conference sessions and relaxing. Ambling and rambling around cities just to see … [Read more...]
I love books, let me count the ways…
I love books! As part of our move, I gave away boxes of books as we packed. Then as we unpacked, I've given away more boxes. It pains me because these books are like friends. I know the authors, I love the characters, and I have to believe I'm sending them on to better friends. The latest boxes have gone to a church library that had grown a wee bit dated because of a lack of new books. That has … [Read more...]
Looking for a Writer’s Conference? Come to ACFW
In less than 40 days, one of my favorite times of the year happens. The ACFW conference! I'll never forget my first time at conference in 2005. I was coming with my dreams in my hands, scared that someone would tell me I was CRAZY to believe that I could write a book. Yet the dream hadn't died no matter how many times I'd tried to walk away from it. Still it was a dream I was scared to share … [Read more...]
Packing and Chaos and Books, Oh My!
We moved Saturday. The chaos is OVERWHELMING. Utterly, completely, creativity-killing overwhelming. Because we only moved a mile, this has been the long move. Literally, we've been moving things off and on for months. But Saturday, with the help of AMAZING friends, we moved the furniture. It's kind of mind-boggling how much stuff 6 people have. I thought we'd done a great job of purging and … [Read more...]
The Search for Creativity
As writers, we are always on the search for the next new idea. As a reader, I know that I want more books from my favorite authors. So I thought you might enjoy seeing the timeline to the creation of a book. I'm going to use Shadowed by Grace because it's a pretty typical process though a bit longer than some. [Tweet "Creativity is intelligence having fun. #Einstein says and @cara_putman … [Read more...]
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