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 of things: brainstorming, getting title ideas, getting questions for my readers' group, coming up with games for events, creating videos, creating original songs, editing my manuscripts, finding overused phrases in said manuscripts, creating … [Read more...]

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 in general today have become a lot more . . . how do I say this . . . well, there's a lot in them that doesn't conform to Christian ideals. So a couple of my writer friends put their heads together and we have formed the "Good Seed … [Read more...]

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 Office. It's hilarious, but it never laughs at God . . . only at the all-too-humans involved in the story. I am about to finish my last book in the matriarchs series, the story of … [Read more...]

As you may remember, I started painting during Covid . . . and then things got busy and I sort of set my paint brushes aside. Or, to be completely accurate, I stopped going out to the caboose that serves as my painting studio. (What else are you going to do with a caboose in the front yard?) But the other day a woman actually wanted to buy one of my older paintings, so I went out to the … [Read more...]

My husband and I have been startled to realize how many outstanding Christian leaders have gone to heaven recently--and they weren't all old: Charlie Kirk, James Dobson, John MacArthur, Vodie Baucham . . . so many! We need to pray that God raises up others to speak the truth, to speak God's Word, and to be faithful to pick up the shield of faith and a megaphone. Just in the wake of … [Read more...]