Things I Learned From Working with an Editor
Things I Learned From Working with an Editor It’s been a few years since my experience working with an editor. However, I continue to apply the skills and spiritual lessons learned in other areas of my life and writing. I want to share these things with you, in hopes that […]
Writing from Our Wounds
Writing from Our Wounds It was sad, tumultuous, painful. It was lacking severely. My story had taken a turn I hadn’t expected and now I sat praying about it. What had changed? Where was the hopeful undertone? Where were the words of Christ? Where were the answered prayers? For some […]
What Do I Use to Fill in the Blanks of My Book?
What Do I Use to Fill in the Blanks of My Book? Coffee? It would color the blanks nicely and, then, it wouldn’t really be blank anymore. Just stained. All right, in all seriousness, holes and blank spots in our stories are not always easy to fill. Sand isn’t going […]
Be Not Dismayed (Dealing with Writer’s Doubt)- Guest Blog by T.R.Q.T.
Be Not Dismayed Dealing with Writer’s Doubt by T.R.Q.T. “A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed.” ~ G. K. Chesterton Doubt has its place. If we were fully confident in ourselves, we would cease to rely on God. […]
What Should a Normal Day Look Like for My Character?
What Should A Normal Day Look Like For My Character? Hiya! This is the start to a brand new blog series, inspired by one of my sisters who is the official questioner behind all of these Budding Writer Questions. Here’s the deal: she asks the questions and I do my […]
Picturing Your People – Guest Blog by One Whimsical Writer
Picturing Your People Welcome One Whimsical Writer back to the blog to continue her mini series! Once again, you may want your notebook and pen handy. In case you missed the first one, here it is: Picturing Your World. With the beginnings of your land forming in your mind, […]
Update on Betrayed (Book Three in The Pure Line Series)
Update on Betrayed Update on Book Three; this is what the process has looked like so far! I began reading my rough draft manuscript of Betrayed, book three in The Pure Line Series, shortly after Trapped was published in September of 2021. This story didn’t have as much of a […]
What Does it Really Mean to Glorify God in Our Writings?
What Does it Really Mean to Glorify God in Our Writings? “I don’t have to put God overtly into the text of my story in order to glorify God in writing a story.” Have you heard a Christian who writes say this? I’ve been saddened to hear this opinion many […]
These Determined Steps: Trapped
These Determined Steps: Trapped Self-Publishing Series, #6 It was April, 2021. We had accomplished a complex feat as a family: Chained was published. Now it was time to pull my chair to the desk, put my hands to the keyboard, and edit the sequel. Another battle began. Trapped had a […]
Suspense
Suspense In The Lamplighter, by Maria S. Cummins, there is a scene in which your heroine must leap for her life, not knowing if she will make it to safety. The title of the next chapter? Suspense. My siblings have put up with a lot of cliffhangers in my writing. […]