What’s in Your Freezer?

May 7, 2009By Karen Barnett 5 Comments

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

Wordle

May 6, 2009By Karen Barnett No Comments

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

Letters from San Francisco

May 5, 2009By Karen Barnett No Comments

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

Observers

May 4, 2009By Karen Barnett 1 Comment

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

Only Uni — Book Recommendation Friday

May 1, 2009By Karen Barnett 1 Comment

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

Double Vision

April 30, 2009By Karen Barnett No Comments

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

Scribe

April 29, 2009By Karen Barnett 2 Comments

There’s a hymn called “The Love of God” that was written in 1917. Our church’s worship leader taught us a new version that mixed the beautiful old words of this hymn with a newer melody. The words of the final verse truly captured my heart, as a writer. Could we with ink the ocean fillAnd … Read More

Mom Can Write!

April 28, 2009By Karen Barnett 2 Comments

Yesterday, I posted about my writing journey. I wrote about my sad lack of time-management skills and my inability to write when I had children underfoot during the day. If you are a mom and have a desire to write, I do not want to discourage you! In fact, quite the opposite. Many moms have … Read More

My Writing Journey

April 27, 2009By Karen Barnett No Comments

Many people ask me the impossible question: “How long have you been writing?” I never know how to answer that. I learned to write in Kindergarten, and I imagine most of you did, too. Somehow, I don’t think that’s what they are asking. When I was little I filled notepads with stories. My favorite was … Read More

Shade — Book Review Friday

April 24, 2009By Karen Barnett 3 Comments

Well, my hubbie pointed out the grammatical error/typo that I made on the first line of yesterday’s blog. Ugh. Yes, I be a writer! Oh, well. It’s a good thing that blogs aren’t graded, right? Today is “Book Review Friday,” but I’m wondering if I shouldn’t call it “Book Recommendation Friday.” It’s doubtful that I … Read More