Over Labor Day week-end, I joined a group of writer friends, both men and women, all veterans who have survived the ups and downs and ins and outs of the publishing industry over the last twenty to thirty years. You’d know their names. Some have sold millions of books all over the world. Several had …
“Organizing is what you do before you do something so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” A.A. Milne “My theory on housework is, if the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares? Why should you?” Erma Bombeck “If a …
Now that Bridge to Haven is in Tyndalean hands and moving toward publication, it’s time for me to clear my working space. To my left is a wall-length bulletin board on which I’ve pinned pictures of my characters. Some are people you would recognize; others are unknowns whose pictures I found in magazines or newspapers. …
“Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.” Martin Luther “Music can change the world because it can change people.” Bono
I’ve been listening to KLOVE Radio since Rick and I moved to Sebastopol in 1985. It was a small start-up station then, conceived by San Francisco DJ Bob Anthony, with Dick Jenkins as general manager. I wasn’t a Christian yet, but loved the “positive alternative” music with lyrics that fed my soul and made me …
To those who matter in 1950s Hollywood, Lena Scott is the hottest rising star to hit the silver screen since Marilyn Monroe. Few know her real name is Abra. Even fewer know the price she’s paid to finally feel like she’s somebody. To Pastor Ezekiel Freeman, Abra will always be the little girl who stole …
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”
No sooner did I get back from the Oregon trip with my daughter, elder son and three grandchildren, than Rick and I packed and headed off with a couple from our Bible study to see Philadelphia and Gettysburg. We’d been planning this trip for almost two years, eager to get a taste of history …
Yesterday, I emailed my third and final scene to my editor. She has already completed the deletions and sent me the “clean copy” and will be dropping the new scene in when I’ve finished my read-through. I must admit, when I saw the small pile of work, I gulped. Is that all that’s left of …
When my children were young, I took them up to Brookings-Harbor, Oregon each summer to visit with my parents who lived up the hill and across the highway from Whaleshead Beach. We usually spent 7-10 days. Mom always had “stone soup” waiting for our arrival – and a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies. …