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Aug 20, 2010

15 Ways to Get Unstuck

There's No Such Thing as Writer's Block

Writer’s block? Uh, no. Think around it…There’s ALWAYS a way. I’m serious. I’ve gone through weeks (and even months) when I felt like I “couldn’t write,” but half my battles were usually won if I tried a different angle…

Writer Linda Ford asked fellow fiction writers what they do to get going again, when they seem stuck. Here’s her compiled list of advice (with a few additions of my own): Continue reading

Aug 14, 2010

Ava, Child of God

Baptism

Tomorrow morning, our niece will be baptized. Some of you prayed for her last summer, when she was narrowly saved from complications due to a heart defect. We just celebrated her heart birthday—now it’s time to celebrate her “rebirth” into the family of God. This is my note to her…that will accompany the tutu and fairy wings I got as a present. (Yeah, you read that right. I actually got her a tutu and fairy wings. They’re gorgeous!!) Continue reading

Jun 15, 2010

20 Upside-Down Prayers for My Children

By Lisa T. Bergren

I pray you’ll get caught doing things wrong—before they get too big

I pray you’ll fail—in things that don’t matter

I pray you’ll have to say you’re sorry—and get really good at it, so that when the time’s right, you can always find the courage to say the words

I pray you’ll cry, really hard—so you feel free to express both tears of anguish and tears of joy Continue reading

Jun 8, 2010

Night Skies

By Lisa T. Bergren

Thank God! He deserves your thanks. His love never quits.
Thank the God of all gods,
His love never quits.
Thank the Lord of all lords.
His love never quits.
Thank the miracle-working God,
His love never quits.
The God whose skill formed the cosmos,
His love never quits.
The God who laid out earth on ocean foundations,
His love never quits.
The God who filled the skies with light,
His love never quits… Continue reading

Jun 5, 2010

Ahh, Jerusalem

A Trip to the Holy Land

Just returned from two weeks in the Holy Land…my mind, heart and soul are still processing all I took in and learned. I keep dreaming I’m walking the crowded souks (markets) or pausing at the monuments that herald the big moments in Jesus’ ministry. Continue reading

Mar 5, 2010

Writing Tips

The best thing you can do as an aspiring writer is to read, read, read, especially the kind of books you’d like to write. Study your favorite books—how characters and plot and subplots develop, chapter by chapter, what principle action takes place…if you take the time to outline your favorite book, it might look a lot like what the author began with herself!

Subscribe to Writer’s Digest. It is a monthly magazine that helps aspiring writers of any genre with some craft basics. From it, I learned enough to write my first novel! You can too!

Study the market. It is difficult for an unpublished writer to get published, so you have to work every angle you can. What does that mean?

Target ONLY publishers who publish the kind of books you like to write! Continue reading