Dear writers and readers, What a year it's been! Through busyness, goals that didn't pan out, weeks where I just couldn't write, and the biggest change this blog has ever had, I want to thank you—you, specifically, reading this—for being with me through it all. Even more, I want to thank those rare few who … Continue reading A New Chapter: An Open Letter to My Fellow Writers and Readers
Allstate was right. Life does happen fast. If you've been hovering around the blog recently, you've probably gathered that my life has been a bit unpredictable. I'll spare you the details, but suffice to say that just about nothing has gone to plan in the past month. When I decided to make major changes to … Continue reading 3 Writing and Life Lessons I Learned from a Month of Craziness
Last week doesn't count. That's what I keep telling myself this week as my work is compounding because last week did not go according to plan. It was one of those scenarios where everything decided to happen at once. I woke up on Monday to find that a hurricane was approaching. And so ensued hurried … Continue reading Why You Need a More Flexible Writing Schedule
It’s a bit of a different post today—but please stick around because I need your help! I’ve said time and time again that changes are coming to this blog, and after a lot of thinking, important decisions about where I’m going with my writing, and quite a bit of prodding from God, those changes are … Continue reading Change Is Coming, and YOU Get a Say!
"You've reached 500 posts!" I stopped in my tracks as I saw the notification. Even though there's a nice big number at the top of the posts page on WordPress, I never really paid attention to it. I just kept posting until— 500. It seems like such a massive number. Considering that each post takes … Continue reading Post 500: A Journey of Success, Failure, Success, and Failure Again…
How do you like Tuesdays? Specifically, what do you think of my Tuesday blog posts? I think it's beneficial to talk about good (and bad) stories so that we can learn from what others have done. Let me know your opinion in the comments! For now, I'm starting yet another new series about the stories … Continue reading The Stories that Shaped Me: Star Wars
Write every day. We hear it all the time, and it's great advice. It's important to turn writing into a habit so that it comes naturally to us and we have time set aside for it. But there's one danger of this mantra being pushed so hard, and it's one I've lived. What if there's … Continue reading Can We Always Write Every Day?
The idea is that I found less and less to enjoy about worship music as time went on, and yet, there came a time when I realised I needed it desperately. The Father seeks those who worship in spirit and in truth, but I was never quite sure what that meant. All I knew was … Continue reading Ancient Songs Reawakened
If you can't tell yet, I'm a fiction lover. I always have been and always will be. Half of my life revolves around discovering new worlds and diving right into my imagination. When I was younger, non-fiction was a dirty word. The biographies I was forced to read for school were, predictably, terrible, but I … Continue reading Fasting Fiction
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for! After giving this year a lot of thought, I decided that I’m going to go all out in 2023. My goal is to publish three books, write two major short stories, edit and pursue traditional publication for Project Pea, finish a video game script, and begin a … Continue reading Announcing My 2023 Writing Projects: New Year Spectacular Finale!
The Story Canvas 