Friends, YOU can help me shape my second book on death, grief, and interfaith perspectives of the afterlife. Tell me about … 1. When you search for a book on death, what are you looking or hoping for? What do you want the book to …
Friends—today is the day! Saffron Cross: The Unlikely Story of How a Christian Minister Married a Hindu Monk officially releases today. A book is born! Many of you have followed this book journey from the days when Saffron Cross was only a book proposal with no …
“Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard.” –David McCullough, Pulitzer prize winning author of Truman and John Adams (via @QuotesforWriters) There’s not much clear thinking going on in my head these days. Since last Monday, my mind has …
We are three weeks into Lent, and my manuscript writing discipline has gone better than I expected. Some days I cannot accomplish the 30 minute goal, but I do my best to make up it with longer writing sessions on the weekends. Thus far, I’ve worked …
Two weeks ago this Thursday, I felt completely sorry for myself and for my writing. This self-depreciating, pitiful behavior surfaced after I began ruminating over my 2011 creative writing submissions. Of the several major submissions I had sent to magazines and editors (which, in truth, …
I’ve been dogging myself for neglecting this blog. I tend to be a sporadic blogger when I’d rather be Ms. Consistency. When I spoke with my writing accountability partner about this, she offered a gentle reply. She said I had had a rough year and …