• Jun. 22nd, 2010 Living Into God’s Story – Part 2

    Story trumps all. At least, it does for me. I come from a long line of readers. My Pa loved Zane Grey. My Granny – well, Granny’s den could pass for a Christian bookstore. She reads all the time. My parents and sister are avid readers. Reading is in my blood. My mother claims that even [ read more ]

  • Jun. 18th, 2010 Living Into God’s Story – Part 1

    I come from a long line of storytellers. My great-grandfather on my dad’s side of the family, Pa Everett (shown here with my great-grandmother, my Pa, my dad, and a very small me) knew how to tell a story. I have no idea how much formal education he had. He was a stonemason and a good one. But he [ read more ]

  • Jun. 9th, 2010 Grace Not Yet Discovered

    Twenty years ago today, I turned 16. I remember the day clearly for several reasons. My family threw me a surprise party and . . . I caught my hair on fire when I blew out the candles! Really. What can I say? It was 1990. I used a lot of hairspray. I’ve been thinking [ read more ]

  • May. 25th, 2010 Further Proof that I am Weird

    image courtesy of photobucket.com Are you laughing? Thinking – “yeah, like we needed more proof”? Well, it’s true. I am weird. I accept this about myself. But every now and then, something happens to confirm my weirdness. I understand some of it better than I did before. While at Blue Ridge, the amazing Vonda Skelton shared with [ read more ]

  • May. 21st, 2010 Blue Ridge Friday

    Don’t worry. I’m not confused. I know the conference ended Thursday. Technically. But I think it may take a few weeks to get back to normal. My husband and children were so glad to have me home. They had flowers and a plan for supper that did not include cooking! I so appreciate their – [ read more ]

  • May. 19th, 2010 Blue Ridge Wednesday

    What a day. Even as I type this, I’m not sure if I can adequately describe it. I’ve been a little frustrated with myself this week. I’m having a great time, meeting people, learning tons, networking, discovering that while I am every bit as weird as I had suspected, so are a lot of other [ read more ]

  • May. 19th, 2010 Blue Ridge Tuesday

    Random things I am loving about my conference experience. My room has no TV. So far I’ve eaten meals with Steven James , Angela Hunt , Deb Raney , Vonda Skelton , and  Karen Schurrer  (an editor). My room has a radio that came equipped to play music from my mp3 player. The coffee shop here serves Starbucks. The vending machine on my floor takes credit [ read more ]

  • May. 18th, 2010 Blue Ridge Monday

    Wow! I have had an awesome day. I managed to get appointments scheduled with all the agents here, so if nothing else, I’ll get lots of practice making my pitch. I’m taking a continuing class taught by Angela Hunt – which means I get to absorb about 6 hours of writing instruction from a master. [ read more ]

  • May. 17th, 2010 Blue Ridge Sunday

    So. I’m here. I met some lovely people in line during registration – several of whom I had already met online. It’s been fun to put faces to names. And I continue to be humbled and amazed at God’s goodness. He has placed people in my life that have helped me prepare for this week and [ read more ]

  • May. 12th, 2010 Preparations

    What a week! I’m doing laundry, buying groceries for two weeks, trying to think of every possible scenario that might present itself while I’m away and prepare for it in advance, doing laundry – oh, I already said that. Well, there’s enough laundry to deserve a double mention. On the writing front, I’m almost ready. I’m [ read more ]