Brainstormed
It has been nearly Twenty-two years since I became disabled with a traumatic brain injury. Even so, I am…
May 29, 2018
It has been nearly Twenty-two years since I became disabled with a traumatic brain injury. Even so, I am…
May 29, 2018
Recently, I was asked by a fellow writer to work with him on a project. Admittedly, I was pretty…
May 29, 2018
Do you ever have a writing deadline, but have nothing to write? No thing, blank mind, nada, zilch? Me…
May 19, 2018
When it comes to writing, wordsmiths sometimes hold back on the deeper emotion. While there are times that works—I…
May 11, 2018
I recently heard a discussion about pop culture “landmarks”– movies or television shows that have made a lasting impression…
May 6, 2018
Join Johnnie Alexander as she chats with Hannah Conway and Jolina Petersheim on Novelists Unwind. Introducing Hannah Conway Hannah…
April 26, 2018
Yesterday I was pondering on the way to work – nothing specific, just talking to God and thinking. A…
April 19, 2018
Ever feel uninspired? I do. Frequently. Especially if I have a headache. Or didn’t sleep well. Or have the…
April 11, 2018
Throughout April and early May last year, in the lead-up to Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, writers flooded…
April 9, 2018
There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take…
April 3, 2018
The desire to write has burned in me ever since I was in middle school. I grew up in…
March 29, 2018
Jane M. Tucker & Family Charm Genre: Historical Fiction The charm and fascination of her husband’s large family…
March 26, 2018
Once upon a time, God created the heavens and earth. And God saw that it was good. Then He…
March 19, 2018
With the passing of evangelist Billy Graham this week, the man’s legacy has been much on my mind. Billy…
March 11, 2018
I grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, and I have always had a theory about families and entertainment…
March 7, 2018It is only a novel . . . or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers…
March 3, 2018
The journey from “I can’t” to “I will” starts with brutal honesty. “I can’t give up my coffee.” “I…
February 19, 2018
A recent string of truck commercials makes me chuckle every time. They claim the participants are not actors but…
February 11, 2018
A new year is normally a time of reflection, of goal-setting, of looking forward to possibilities. That’s normally the…
February 7, 2018
“… a hermitage, which is about an acre of ground—an island, planted with all variety of trees, shrubs and…
February 3, 2018
This is the year—the year we finish the manuscript and click send. The year we commit to being…
January 27, 2018
Ephesians 4:29, one of my life verses, says, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths,…
January 25, 2018
Today I’m feeling like the cowardly lion from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz—I need courage. Courage to face a…
January 11, 2018
It’s a new year, and we all know what that means: resolutions! Love them or hate them, we all…
January 6, 2018
When Benjamin Stillingfleet rejected the norms of 18th century polite society, for the graver pursuits of learning and literature—and…
January 3, 2018