Canada gets blamed for nothing. Except for this. And I can’t wait ’til I can blame my neighbor to the north again.
The reflection in the mirror is still too much of me and not enough of Jesus shining through. But one day at a time, God’s working on me and I’m so very, very grateful. But the best news is, it’s not really about me.
Articles for writers on craft, the writer’s life, and random thoughts that invaded while procrastinating.
Nuts & Bolts of writing
You know how we teach our kids to write a basic story summary using the somebody-wanted-but-so-then model? It holds up from picture books through grown up books. So when I hit a plot problem I applied the somebody…strategy. I noticed quickly that I…
“Rediscover the child in you so that you may write for the child before you,” literary agent, Stephen Fraser, urged a room of writers at the recent Marvelous Midwest conference. Challenge accepted. Just warning you, there will be no acting like adults here. These…
I am pretending that I am retreating at a B&B as any smart writer would after another great SCBWI conference. She knows from experience she needs time to digest all those delicious morsels she filled and refilled her plate while at the all-you-can-eat-buffet of…