I have been editing and rewriting my third book this past week. I came across a scene I’d written, and the significance struck me. A young man has to walk into a hospital morgue to identify family members. I hate this scene. However, to write a book on redemption,...
Today’s post is brought to you by Carol Tanksley, M.D., D.Min. I happened to be searching the internet for encouragement, and I found an article by her. I went from one article to another. I then discovered that she didn’t get married until age 48! I had...
She stumbled to the gate, her soul broken and tattered. Her hands grasped for the gate as her knees collapsed, and they smacked the floor. She couldn’t speak. Her mouth was dry, her strength had faded, and her words had run out. Her feeble self, in contrast to...
I was looking around my room for my journal so I could head out the door for church. I picked up a journal I hadn’t used in a while and thought, “I should give this away if there are enough blank pages.” So I skimmed through it and found a journal entry I wrote on...
A few weeks ago, I was struggling with where I am as far as my career goes. I should have had two books out by now, but things have not gone as planned due to changes in one publishing house, and Covid delays in the other. My freelance writing also slowed down a bit....
