In this steampunk novel, we meet Kat Bloodmayne, a young, smart and beautiful woman who has powers she doesn’t understand, powers she can’t control. This “monster” as she calls it, can start fires and throw people and objects across the room. She wants to be cured of whatever this is. …
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Meet Morgan Busse
It’s an honor to welcome my writing friend, Morgan Busse, to my blog today. Tell us a little about yourself I am a wife, mother, and author. I write Christian fantasy and steampunk for the adult market. I’m married to a wonderful, wacky guy (who also happens to be …
How to Know You’re Really a Writer
I am excited to share this blog by Jerry B. Jenkins Do you ever wonder whether you’re really worthy to call yourself a writer? You have a deep desire to impact people with your words. But doubt creeps in and you ask yourself: “What makes me a writer? I’ve never …
Accepting Criticism
Many times, when I meditate on God’s Word, my eyes are drawn to encouraging and uplifting verses like John 3:16, or “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” or “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” And sometimes, as only God can do, He whacks …
Managing Our Work
About a month ago, I shared a blog on Effective Ways to Organize. That focused on managing our email Wrestling With Email. This week I want to focus on another aspect of getting organized: our work. If you’re like me, you probably have several projects going on at once. It’s …
A Conversation with Marilyn Turk
Today, I welcome Marilyn Turk to my blog. Marilyn has been published in Guideposts magazine, Guideposts books – A Joyful Heart and A Cup of Christmas Cheer, The Upper Room, Clubhouse Jr. Magazine, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and Lighthouse Digest magazine. Her Coastal Lights Legacy series features stories set around …
The Liberation: A Review
In this sequel to The First Principle, Marissa Shrock writes one of the best Christian speculative novels I’ve read in a long time. Shrock keeps us right with her heroine, Vivica Wilkins, from page one to the climax. We are with Vivica as she enters a new world of being …
Wrestling With Email
Back in the Sixties, there was a movie called The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming. It’s a very funny movie about a Russian submarine that runs aground on an island off the New England coast. The shenanigans and chaos that ensue are hysterical. One of my favorite scenes …
How Do I End This Thing?
How can I end this story in a way that’s unexpected and inevitable? This is the third question from my blog on the Write Conversation, Plot Problems Solved in 3 Questions. The first two questions are explored in What Would My Character Naturally Do? and How Much Worse Can …
How Much Worse Can it Get?
Today, I’m continuing the series I started on the Write Conversation blog, Plot Problems Solved in Three Questions. Previously, I discussed the question, What Would My Character Naturally Do? Today, let’s explore the question: How can I make it worse? Bring In a Gun Mickey Spillane is credited with saying, …