Are You Thankful for You?
It is the season for giving thanks...and lately I haven't been feeling it. People have let me down recently. I've ...
Read More Weaknesses and Strengths…
In my latest book writing class I'm teaching at my local college, I have stressed the importance of "character arc," ...
Read More RSVP – Now!
I recently missed a deadline of an invitation to speak at a writers' conference next year for which I really ...
Read More Be positive when posting…
What would happen if, for just one day, everyone in the world would use nothing but kind words of encouragement, ...
Read More The next right thing…
Some mornings (especially Monday mornings after a very hectic weekend) I still wake up with some anxiety about the week ...
Read More When Life Seems Unfair…
Although it's been around awhile, I just heard an acronym that describes one of my character defects that occasionally rears ...
Read More Rising to the Challenge
Today I am doing something I've never done before...teaching 10 to 15-year-old students how to become authors. I've taught adults ...
Read More Letting Go…
My daughter is in Florida now which is being battered by Hurricane Irma. She is safe in a shelter with ...
Read More Are You Getting Your Just Rewards?
Our society is geared toward getting rewards…we get rewarded with a paycheck or commissions for work, awards for contests, sales ...
Read More One for All…
In the wake of all that has been in the news on racism, hate crimes and protests, all three of ...
Read More Magnificent May
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. ...
Read More Run and Tell the News
"Mary Magdelene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce the ...
Read More Waiting on the Lord…
"But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they ...
Read More Ordinary Time
“This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.” (Psalms 118:24) In many ...
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