The winners of last week’s drawing for the $10 Amazon gift cards are Laura McClellan and Carole Walker!! I am pleased to welcome Johnnie Alexander Donley to my blog today. I met Johnnie on line in 2009 on an ACFW Critique loop, and our friendship has grown and grown and grown. We met in person in February, 2010 and then again …
The Call…or Rather the Email
Tonya Kuper had this great idea of creating a Blog Hop with the authors at The Seymour Agency to share how each of us received our call from either Mary Sue Seymour or Nichole Resciniti for representation. Click on the telephone and scroll down for a link to learn how my fellow agency mates received their call. I’m giving away two $10 Amazon …
Meet Jo Huddleston
I met Jo Huddleston on line a couple of years ago. We’ve never met face-to-face, but I hope to rectify that soon! Jo is a writer of awesome devotionals. A reviewer once wrote that they “offer spiritual tonic and hope” and I’ve found that to be true. But she’s decided to join the ranks of fiction writers and her wonderful …
What I’m Writing…
When my friend and fellow writer Johnnie Alexander Donley asked me to participate in a blog hop, I had to Google blog hop to find out exactly what it was. I learned it’s a list of blogs or posts that are connected. This blog hop is about what each of us is writing. (A list of the other participants …
A Visit with Susan Sleeman
I first met Susan Sleeman a couple of years ago when I read and loved Nipped in the Bud. Susan is a gifted writer who will keep you on the edge of your seat with her newest release from Love Inspired. But let her tell you about it… I like to be in charge. There I’ve said it. I like being the boss. I …
He’s Been Faithful, by Debbie Holman
Today I have a guest blogger, Debbie Holman. I met Debbie through Jamie Britt, an amazing young woman who writes touching women’s devotions at Encouraging Women. From Debbie: Birthdays are suppose to be special, a day to celebrate! However, November 18,1997 was not a birthday to be celebrated! Not your usual, typical birthday! It was my birthday and the day …
What Is Scrivener and How Do You Use It? Part 2
Last Friday I talked about Scrivener and the basics of using it at the MBT Ponderers blog last Friday. Today I want to talk about some of the things I love about it. Inserting links to Websites in your folder: Have you ever researched a topic and saved it to your favorites, then when you need it again three days later you …
Writing What You Don’t Know
Today I want to bring back my friend and novelist, Lisa Jordan. She has a new book out that I know you’ll love. Lakeside Family is the second book of her Love Inspired series set in Shelby Lake, and I stayed up wa-ay too late reading it because I couldn’t put it down. Now, heeeeere’s Lisa… One of the biggest compliments I receive …
Creating a One-Sheet
August 7, 2012 Two years ago just before the 2010 ACFW Conference, someone mentioned in one of the loops that if you were pitching to an editor or an agent, you needed a One-sheet. What the dickens was a One-sheet? Much to my dismay, I discovered a One-sheet had LOTS of stuff on it. My photo…my bio…my pitch…the name of …
Did You Know The Internet Can Add 40 Years To Your Life, Instantly?
My odometer rolled over to 90 in August… Maybe you’ve gotten the email that starts with that line. You know, this one: Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio. “To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled …