Hope Wins

Today I am guest posting over at Angela Meyer’s website, which is all about hope. Thirty Days to Glory is also a story about hope. Hope that one life can make a difference. Hope that Light can break through darkness. Hope that prayer works, love lasts, and...

The Most Important Critic

The countdown clock has reached Fourteen Days! Only one more Monday, two hump days, and a weekend before the release of Thirty Days to Glory. I’ve held a proof copy in my hands already, and let me tell you it was surreal. Words that have danced across my...

Generations of Blessing

Mothers who deliver babies in the same hospital on the same day sometimes form a connection. They may not see each other for the next three years, but then they show up at the same pediatrician’s office and instantly strike up a conversation. Going through such...

They Talk to Me

At a writing workshop last week, an attendee asked me, “Do you talk about your characters as if they were real?” I hesitated only a second and then said. “Yes. Even worse, I talk to them as if they were real. And they talk to me.” I went on to...

People, not Planks

This is the month my first novel arrives on store shelves. Or in the shopping carts of online stores, of course. And here is one of the most important things I’ve learned from the long journey. People are not planks. The word platform has become a dagger in the...