Mary Hamilton
Tasked with writing our organization’s monthly newsletter, I submitted my first month’s draft for my supervisor’s approval. She took out her red pen and proceeded to slash and burn my draft—crossing out, circling, drawing arrows, writing in… I left her office fighting tears and thinking, "Why doesn’t she just write it herself?"
Last week, I managed to add a couple thousand words to my WIP. So I’ll share a close up of my geranium. This week, my first grandchild arrives, so I doubt I’ll get much writing in. But maybe I can noodle a title for this work!
Is it age or…? The older I get, the slower my brain seems to work. I wish I could rattle off two and three stories a year like other writers. Apparently, I have it backwards, cranking out one story every two to three years. My brain just doesn’t have the RPM’s. In fact, I find …
I’m pleased to introduce Linda Yezak to my readers who don’t already know her. She’s another Texas gal, as you might guess from her books. Linda has just released the last book in her Circle Bar Ranch series. Book 1, Give the Lady a Ride, was a 2011 Grace award winner. Linda, for those who haven’t yet …
Today, I have the privilege of introducing my fellow author, Peg Blann Phifer. A retired executive assistant after twenty-one years in the Electrical Wholesale Industry, she lives in the ‘boonies’ of NW Wisconsin. A late bloomer, Peg didn’t start taking writing seriously until age fifty. Her debut novel, To See the Sun, a contemporary romantic suspense, …
The Stuff We Keep Shortly after our parents passed away and we went through the process of disposing of their belongings, my husband and I watched many of our friends go through the experience. We’re at That Age. It’s never easy to sift through someone else’s lifetime collection of Stuff and decide what’s worth keeping, …
While in Little Rock, Arkansas, I learned about Ed Stilley, a farmer who trusted in the Lord but was having a hard time making ends meet for his family of a wife and five children. In fact, as late as 1969, he still plowed his fields behind a mule. One day, thinking he was having …
Do you have a love/hate relationship with your job? Some days you love it. Other days you hate it. That pretty much describes how I feel about writing. I love it when the scene presents itself like a movie in my mind and I can’t get the words on the paper fast enough. I love …
Dear Readers, Apparently, I’ve not been gifted with the ability to write regular interesting blog posts while also composing a novel. For this reason, I will be taking a break from this blog. I may occasionally alert you to new books from other authors, but I myself will not be posting regularly to this …
This week, I’m excited to introduce a brand new author. Glenn Haggarty and I met through an online critique group when we were both starting out writing middle grade fiction. I owe a part of my successful publishing to his critiques, and I was certain his story would be published one day. RUN was released earlier …
Three weeks ago, I attended the annual conference for the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). More than 450 published and unpublished writers came together in Dallas for 2-3 days of learning, talking, and eating, sleeping (maybe) and breathing writing. Rubbing shoulders with Christian superstar authors like Bill Myers and Francine Rivers. The conference is exhilarating, …
Do you have a favorite author? Or two? In the past, I held back from reading my favorite author’s latest book until a new one came out. That way, I always had one to look forward to. These days, I have another favorite author whose books I’m willing to pay full price for. I enjoy …
