I haven’t always done well in the balancing act between work and play. I’ve learned over the years that when I work too hard, my creativity shrivels up and the work I love becomes a chore. When I play too much when I should discipline myself to work, I end up at my computer bleary-eyed, late into night. Neither option is a good one. When my children were small, the words of Psalm 90 inspired me to … [Read more...]
Delayed Justice Arrives Next Week & Giveaway!
Any time a book baby launches, I get nervous. Not a little bit. A lot. There's a huge part of my heart and soul that goes into the books I write. The characters become real to me -- and that means I cry with them and laugh with them. I feel what they feel so that hopefully you will feel it, too. Delayed Justice, releases next week so that means I'm getting all the nerves. Will people like my … [Read more...]
The C’s of Creativity – Part 2 Comfort
Hi Friends, I’m so happy to be back with you this week. Today I’m sharing another C of Creativity—this week that C is comfort. Yep, comfort. For me, as a writer and a reader, I like to have certain things around me while I write. Rather like Maya Angelou needed to have a deck of cards, legal pads, and the Bible with her (among other things) or James Joyce needed crayons, a white coat … [Read more...]
A Writer’s Life
Last week, on the first cool morning since spring, I walked to a nearby coffee shop and sat on their patio to write this post. I live downtown, so the coffee shop’s patio was just beyond the foot traffic and the street. Buildings rose high in front and beside and behind, leaving my view of sky only a sliver. Pedestrians, cars—even bikes and electric scooters—passed by, close enough to hear … [Read more...]
The post-ACFW Conference Haze
I've decided this is a real thing, y'all. The post ACFW haze. You return to life and it's all a blur! So today, I thought I'd give you a sneak peek at some of my week last week! [Tweet "It's an ACFW retrospective with @cara_putman. #amreading #favoriteauthors"] Me with the amazing Carolyn Miller (Regency author) and Jenn Turano (Gilded Age author) My … [Read more...]
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