History, Real Life and Faith
I could barely get my suitcase zipped up for all the books given to me at the American Fiction Writers’ Conference in September. I wasn’t too worried, even though I had two stops to make before returning home to the west coast. The best gift was Ann Voskamp‘s One Thousand Gifts, which I read on the plane. My personal favorite,…
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I attended a military wedding many years ago in which I misbehaved. But it made such a great story! Oh, I looked proper enough with my terrific hat and pumps, but inside I seethed. I really should apologize yet again to my Navy wife pal, Anne, who was sitting beside me because I whispered to her throughout the service. I…
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I returned to my home town earlier this week, stopping by to get a feel for the place where I spent my first 18 years. I’m working on a novel that takes place there 20 years ago, and I wanted to revisit some of the sites in my story, to see if I’ve forgotten anything. I had. My heroine lives…
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I’m on the road today, driving the length of California on another silly excursion that involves two different sets of family members. I drove down I-5 and am returning on US-101. If you see me, wave. It’s really a classic California cultural experience, driving I-5. Heading north from Los Angeles, once you leave the suburban valley, you wind up alongside…
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I’m on the road today, driving the length of California on another silly excursion that involves two different sets of family members. I drove down I-5 and am returning on US-101. If you see me, wave. It’s really a classic California cultural experience, driving I-5. Heading north from Los Angeles, once you leave the suburban valley, you wind up alongside…
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I plot all the time–in work and real life. (Actually, I prefer to call it scheming. That sounds a little less diabolical.) What exactly is plotting? About.com defines plot this way: “Plot concerns the organization of the main events of a work of fiction. Plot . . . is concerned with how events are related, . . . and how they enact…
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