Last week I saw this question on X: "A group of cats is a clowder. A group of dogs is a pack. A group people is a crowd. What is a group of writers?" I then posed the question to my writer friends. I started with "a procrastination of writers," and then they sent in a lot of other great suggestions. Lacking the poetic gene, I decided to ask Grok for some help turning those answers into … [Read more...]
The Mathematics of Dancing
A Sneak Peak of Proclaimer by Megan Schaulis When you live in a relatively small town, you don't expect to meet other published Christian Fiction authors, but Abilene, TX now has at least two of us! Funny enough, I didn't actually meet Megan until she introduced herself to me at an ACFW conference. Last year we met up again at a local public library event, and I eagerly invited her to do a … [Read more...]
Inside a Writer’s Brain
I thought it might be fun to take you inside a writer's mind. Readers often ask me, "Where do you get your ideas?" That's a hard answer to give because ideas come from so many different places. A research tidbit I ran across years ago. A place I visited. A book I read. A television show I watched. A Bible verse. The fact that I wanted something to explode. All of those have been sources of … [Read more...]
My last D was in QBA!
The last D I made was in college in QBA—Quantitative Business Analysis, and even then I think my Harding University professor (Dr. Priest) had mercy on me after so many hours of private tutoring. Math and I have never been fast friends. Which makes it so funny that our son Kurt majored in Mathematics (with minors in Chemistry and Christian Ethics) and loves trig and calculus. Shoot me now. He … [Read more...]
I love my writing life
Many times over the last 40+ years, rather than say, “I love writing,” I’ve said, “I love having written.” That is still true; I love having written. I love meeting my word goal and feeling good about the accomplishment. However, I’m in a stage of my career where I am loving the writing as much as having written. So I thought I would look at a few things I love as I write: 1. Bringing … [Read more...]
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