Tips for visiting Paris with “vacationing” teenagers
God’s tools used in Sculpting My Soul
I love the concept of God sculpting my soul. My soul is like a piece of marble, hewn from the quarry of life. I come to God as a chunk of rock–dirty, marred, and rough. It took a sculptor’s eye–God’s–to see the perfect soul within. He’s been busy eversince making my soul as round and perfect as a white sphere….
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Do You Base Your Characters On Real People?
Do I base my characters on real people? Sort of. This is Ben. He’s in the Navy and his encounter with SEALs prompted my story Bridging Two Hearts. He is NOT the hero, but the hero is like him in a few strategic ways: fun-loving, loyal, determined and brave. Ben’s adventures in Afghanistan also provided a kernel of an idea…
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Life as a Book
I often see my life as a book. You know: chapters, index, footnotes. We all can figure out the chapters in our life book: natural demarcations when our life changed in a significant way. I perhaps have more chapters than the average person because we moved 13 times during my husband’s Navy career. So in addition to all the usual chapters…
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Paperback Bible and Revelation
The Good News IS for Modern Wo/Man!
Stereotypes, Wild Girls and Grace
Stereotype: A fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing. As a writer, I sometimes work in shorthand, to keep my characters set in my mind while I do other things with them. I can label them as “this” or “that” and more easily predict what they will do. Stereotypes can be very helpful in…
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