This week I’m short on time with a deadline Wednesday, then another one July 1, which sounds a long way off, but with only 35,000 words written on my 90,000-word-book due that date, it is very short. Sooo, I’m only giving the answer to last week’s crime and then give you another mystery. But first, the winner of last week’s drawing: …
Write Your Vision
Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. 3 For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it[ will certainly come and will not delay. First the winner of Silence in the Dark …
Bitter Weed and Other Things
Last week my Mystery question asked what the field of yellow was. Was it: Canola Sun Hemp Weeds And the answer is #3. It is Bitter Weed, called that because if milk cows happen to get into a field of it, their milk will be bitter. But doesn’t it make a beautiful field! Now on to this week’s blog post. …
Answers to My Dumb Criminal Examples
Today I am just recapping last week’s dumb criminal posts for both blogs–Thoughts on Plot and mine. And if you leave a comment on either blog, you will be entered in a drawing for a $10 Amazon gift card. I’ll announce the winner next week here. And if you leave a comment on both blogs, you’ll be entered twice. Last week’s …
Super Sleuth Tuesday
First, let’s review last week’s Super Sleuth on the Thoughts on Plot blog: Here’s the setup: Two men were arrested for hauling 20 pounds of marijuana from Las Vegas to Montana. Was it because: They were speeding. When a highway patrolman pulled them over, he ran the tag and discovered the car was stolen. The cop found the marijuana when he …
Always With You by Elaine Stock – A Review
Today I’m giving away a copy of Elaine’s Stock’s debut novel, Always With You, to one lucky person who leaves a comment. (Print book for US addresses, digital for all other) Elaine Stock has crafted an amazing story of redemption in Always With You with well-drawn characters and an intriguing plot. Seeking the love she never had, Isabelle falls hard …
Do You Journal?
I have journaled off and on over the years, but never regularly until my friend Ros Hutchins gave me a copy of the Jesus Calling Journal by Sarah Young in 2009. Since then I’ve journaled a line or two every day about whatever is going on in my life that day. Now, during my quiet time, I can look back over the …
The Mid-South Christian Writers Conference
This Friday, March 19, about 90 writers will gather at The Mid-South Christian Writers Conference in Collierville, Tennessee to network and learn more about the craft of writing. If you live close enough, I’d love to see you there! I’ll be teaching a course on Scrivener. If you’re not familiar with Scrivener, let me explain what it is. It’s a …
Visiting with Elaine Stock from Everyone’s Story
I met Elaine Stock several years ago when I visited her blog to read about a writer I wanted to know more about. Since then we’ve talked back and forth on email and on her blog. Everyone’s Story is her blog and it shines a light on other authors, which is awesome to me. In this world, so many people …
This ‘n That…
First I want to announce the winners of last week’s Rafflecopter entries from Sandra Orchard’s Are You Smarter Than Your Characters, Sandra Orchard? Heather Olsen won the Adult Coloring Book, and Amy Cambell won the $10 Amazon gift card. Congratulations, ladies! Occasionally, I plan to write about the 2nd book in the Memphis Cold Case series that is due to …