by Kathy Nickerson | Sep 15, 2009 | writing
A Time to Edit isn’t listed in the beautiful Biblical passage where the writer tells us there is a time for every season under Heaven. Editing and rewriting are probably the least fun but most rewarding parts of our craft as writers. It takes focus,...
by Kathy Nickerson | Aug 5, 2009 | writing
Writers write. I try to remind myself it is what we do, not who we are. In my day job, I manage my husband’s medical office, and I wrestle insurance giants much of the time. My day job shares many traits with my writing career. Instead of crafting an article between...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 29, 2009 | family, writing
I’m on the last few chapters of my current work-in-progress, and the emotions I’m experiencing are strange. It is a little like the way I felt before one of our children got married or before the next grandchild was born. But there is also a tinge of the...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 17, 2009 | Friendship, happy endings, writing
I rewrote Chapter 24 of my work-in-progress last night because it was too sad. Actually, the story was probably fine, but life is feeling a little too sad right now. One of our good friends is critically ill. Another is fighting breast cancer. Two others are...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 10, 2009 | happy endings, The Bible, writing
We’re having an unusually green July around here. Usually the lawns without sprinkler systems are already turning brown and crunchy this time of year. Instead, they are thick and green. Foliage is lush beside the country roads and everything looks more like...
by Kathy Nickerson | Jul 9, 2009 | writing
So, I’ve sent Reuben to New York. It was a rather alarming thing to do. He has spent nearly twenty years dawdling around in my office, so this was one big step. I first started writing his story on a manual typewriter with carbon copies for my file. The second...
