Have you ever had one of those great hand-in-the-cookie jar moments? I once held a summer job at a wildlife park, and we wore these awful two-toned brown polyester uniforms. They were mostly tan, but had dark brown pocket flaps and these folded back and buttoned flaps on the shoulders. There was a patch on … Read More
Author Mary DeMuth mentioned the term “flashlight worthy” on Twitter the other day. (I guess I should say, she “tweeted” it). I got a shiver down my spine when I read those words. My biggest desire is to write books that are flashlight-worthy. You know the ones. They the keep you up all night because … Read More
I was leafing through my daughter’s school journal today and I stumbled over a very moving entry. Each day they have to write a sentence on a topic which the teacher provides. On March 6, my first-grader wrote these words: I am meek when someone hurts me. Wow. That resonated in my motherly heart. My … Read More
It’s book review Friday again… Time to pick out a good weekend read. Today’s book is Beverly Lewis‘ The Covenant. It’s the first in a five part series called Abram’s Daughters. One of the most successful of the “Amish romance” writers, Lewis spins the tale of two sisters — one wild, one obedient. Sadie, the … Read More
I’ve been following the blogs of various Christian writers and agents. I read a great post from new author, Sarah Sundin, yesterday. Her first novel, A Distant Melody, a historical romance set in World War II, will be published by Revell in January 2010, the first in the Wings of Glory Series. She wrote about … Read More
This is for all you “word people” out there. You know who you are. You are the ones that relish the lyrics of songs, the poetry of words, the feelings that certain words inspire. I’ve found a very fun way for word people to waste time online. Someone “tweeted” about this site this afternoon and … Read More
Yesterday, I shared some photos from the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco, the setting for my young adult novel, Shaken. Photos have helped me imagine the scene, but another thing that has aided my research are letters. In the early hours after the disaster, people immediately began writing letters to their loved ones describing the … Read More
While working on revisions to Shaken, I’ve been digging back into my original research and trying to immerse myself in the time period. I’m always amazed when I look at all of the photos of the 1906 quake. In many ways, they are eerily similar to photos taken in the recent Italy earthquake. I thought … Read More
It’s Friday again — the perfect day to pick a good weekend read. Today’s recommendation is Only Uni by Camy Tang. It’s actually the second book in the Sushi Series. When I was in the bookstore at Mount Hermon, I accidentally grabbed the second book instead of the first, but that didn’t really seem to … Read More
We’ve recently discovered that our nine-year-old’s eyes are not functioning as a team. One eye wanders to the side when he is trying to focus, making everything blurred or doubled. He’s always passed eye tests with flying colors, because they only test one eye at a time. To fix this, he is going to weekly … Read More