History, Real Life and Faith
I’ve begun rewriting a novel. It’s an intimidating process to pick up a manuscript you’ve slaved over for, in my case, fifteen months and realize it needs to be redone. How do you even start? This is where I am today, with Four tips on how to start rewriting a novel: Click to Tweet 1. Accept the manuscript needs work….
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Don’t you love to rewrite? Not just your manuscript, but your whole life? Does an eraser on the end of a pencil give you comfort? Are you thrilled with the cut and paste feature that comes with word processing? Do you feel an enormous sense of relief that there is no sin God will not forgive? It’s total joy, the…
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So today is May Day, May 1, and I woke this morning to reflect on how quickly the calendar turns! (posting a day early because of the date . . . ) Perhaps it’s a bow to my historic reading, but when you say “May Day” to me, I think of rows of grim-faced Soviet generals and politicians lining up…
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All five of my published works were the result of a prompt, as is the massive World War I novel I’m working on now. I’ve written a number of other projects but, curiously, my own ideas seem to go nowhere. It’s only when an editor or a friend suggests something that my imagination flows and the project is purchased. I’m…
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This is a post I recently wrote for a missionary friend, explaining to the people who had signed up to pray for her, exactly how I pray for an extended period of time. Once a month my husband and I spend at least half an hour praying for our friend Hillary. Some of her supporters are puzzled as to how…
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Because I’m a writer, I think a lot about point of view in the literature sense, but I also think it’s germane to real life. I thought about that concept this week after seeing this meme on Facebook (I don’t know who did it or I’d give them credit) This is an excellent example of point of view. The actual…
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