Karen Ball is continuing her series on Christian fiction and what it is. As she mentions and as your comments from last week reinforce, this is a hot topic. I remember the discussions she refers to — um, I think I helped instigate the one at ACFW with my check the box conversion scene comment while moderating the editor panels. …
Snapfish v. Shutterfly: Photobook wars :-)
This week, I’m going to deviate very slightly from a book review. I have lots of great books to tell you about, but Christmas is bearing down on us, so I wanted to talk about books you can make. I’m talking photobooks. I am an avid scrapbooker. But the reality of having a baby, three books release this year, writing …
This couldn’t wait to post :-)
Hot off the camera and real life. This is what big brothers are for 🙂 Fortunately, she enjoys the attention. And here’s a link to a great interview with Doc Hensley on writing more efficiently. If I wrote more non-fiction, I’d definitely adopt his approach. Wow! Talk about maximizing time and effort.
It’s a long ball game
Writing is a long ball game. You can’t go into it thinking you’ll have a contract in a year. It’s lots of days of methodical plodding along. Putting one foot in front of another. One more time sitting in your chair, fingers attached to the keyboard when there are dozens of other things that seem more appealing. Makes me think …
Congratulations!
To reborn butterfly and stonefox who won copies of Diamond Duo!
What Makes a Christian Book Christian?
Here’s a question that my friend Karen Ball posted on her blog: What makes a Christian book Christian? I look forward to reading what the editors discussed when she posts it later, but here are my thoughts. If you can’t tell, I’m kind of passionate about this: Some of my bias probably came through at ACFW. I don’t want a …
Great Reads this Week
I’m currently reading three books: Shade by John Olson: Not letting myself get deeply into this book yet, becuase I know once I do, I won’t be able to put this down. John’s editor, Karen Ball, believed so deeply in this book that she worked for close to ten years to find the right home for it. It’s the vampire …
A Reading Tag
I’ve been tagged, but rather than make it random, I’m making this reading related. 🙂 1) I have loved to read since I was about 4. You’ll still find me with a book in my hands all the time. 2) My favorite childhood books were the Little House on the Prairie series. Read them voraciously over and over. It’s been …
Time to Rally Around
The election is over. Some of us are saying finally! The mailbox will be a bit emptier now that all of the campaign mail is finished. The election didn’t go the way I’d hoped. But that’s okay. There are several things that I know. 1) God is still on His throne.2) God controls the affairs of men.3) God directs the …
Me, Myself and I Am
This book is different from the kind that I usually review, but when I got the opportunity, I thought it would be fun. I am an avid journaler. I literally have a bookshelf packed with more than 15 journals that cover from the time I was in third grade to present day. Now, I know no one will ever want …