Smacked by my own principles . . .
When I teach writing, I often start out by explaining the four stages of competence: unconscious incompetence, when you don’t know what you don’t know; Conscious incompetence, when you realize…
Author: Angela Hunt
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Nature’s First Green . . .
I may have posted about this before, but it’s an annual spring tradition for me. When I was in high school, every year Mrs. Williams would lead us out of…
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Have you heard God speak?
Because I indie-published my last book, I used ChatGPT as an editor–and it did a good job, I must admit. It didn’t pick up subtext, and it had problems about…
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Numbers
Yesterday I sat down to count the books I’d finished. I’ve been saying 165 for a couple of years now, so I did a recount and came up with the…
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The Heirs of Cahira O’Connor
I’ve been thinking about this series because it’s still popular and it’s been out a while. (That’s one advantage to writing historical fiction–it’s never dated, because it started OLD.) The…
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My Writing Philosophy . . .
Years ago, when I was first starting out as a writer, someone asked me this question in an interview–what did I consider myself? A Christian writer or a writer who…
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Solomon and his ramblings
I’ve never paid too much attention to the book of Ecclesiastes, and have even heard that Solomon was a little off his rocker when he wrote it near the end…
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Lev Olam
If you love Israel, if you want to help support many small businesses and farmers who have been hard hit by the war in Israel (most of the men were…
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My Kickstarter Campaign
Several years ago, I wrote a book on spec, and it wasn’t exactly what the publisher wanted, so I wrote them another one. That first manuscript sat in a drawer….
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The AI debate
A lot of writers are talking about AI: artificial intelligence. Some bemoan the rise of AI, and others, like me, are delighting in it. I use it for all kinds…
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Introducing–the Good Seed Collective
Because I write for kids, I’m always being asked to recommend good books for boys, for girls, for kids of certain ages. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but books…
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I’m writing something new . . . just don’t know what yet.
Before I jump in, have you watched any episodes of THE PROMISED LAND? They can be found on YouTube, and here’s a link to the first episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSI04-1oLwg It’s Exodus-meets-The…