Not only does God have a different plan for each of us with different timing and different outcomes, but He also has given us different tale

I think of myself as a relatively easygoing person. I don’t allow a lot to bother me, as a general rule, although I’m far from perfect....

As most of you know, I don’t like resolutions. I think it’s because of the bad reputation they have for very few people sticking with...

I believe bad things happen because we live in a fallen world, but God promises that He can produce good results from those bad things.

When I was pregnant with my first child more than thirty years ago, I became a volunteer for a crisis pregnancy hotline called Loveline....

God doesn’t see me as the grandma with the sagging middle. He sees me as the Princess that I am in His kingdom—a princess He loves so much t

I had a reminder recently by a sweet sister in Christ of a very important truth. I have said often in my blogs and newsletters that God...

I stopped making New Year’s resolutions a long time ago because they ended up being a waste of time for me. However, as I’ve written...

When being grateful has such a positive influence on our lives, why in the world would we choose any other way?

Satan is having a field day. He doesn’t have to work hard at all because we Christians are doing the work for him. We are dividing ourselves

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that time and again I am learning just how much I don’t know about writing fiction....

I developed a love for words at a young age. As a toddler, I recognized that those around me used more words than I did to express their...

The feedback I have received from prior contests has been invaluable. Feedback on three times the number of pages, will be even more so.

The editing process is still creative. It’s not just correcting grammar errors. It’s about finding the perfect words to convey my meaning.

In my last blog, I introduced you to the proposal process and promised that I would take you through the rest of it in this blog.

Now that the first draft of my debut novel is complete, you might be wondering what the next step is. The next step is the proposal.

Critique groups are an important aspect of honing your craft and making your novel the best that it can be.

We all know that achieving nothing is the height of failure. No one wants to be a success at being a failure. LOL! So set goals.

When the contest results came back, they seemed brutal at first. However, the feedback I received was helpful - and hopeful.

The number one thing which really got the ball rolling was attending 2018’s American Christian Fiction Writer’s (ACFW) national conference.