Carrie | October 31, 2009
October 31. Wow. Today is Hallowe’en. Already. It seems like we just celebrated Christmas and the Fourth of July. Hallowe’en is just another day in our house. I take more notice of falling leaves and temperatures than I do of decorations or the other trappings of the holiday. But this year, there’s another reason to [...]
Carrie | October 27, 2009
Homemade chicken soup. With big noodles and lots of white meat, green beans, carrots and potatoes. The kind of soup that makes a meal. Mm-mmm, very good. Neal put on his chef’s hat tonight and made a big pot of home made chicken soup as described above. We had a bowl of it, then he [...]
Carrie | October 26, 2009
Psalms 119:130 – “The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.” This is an interesting turn of phrase, ‘the unfolding of your words’. No word in scripture was chosen by accident. There are continually unfolding truths in every scripture. Reading and studying scripture is not like reading a road sign, [...]
Carrie | October 22, 2009
My PC has a little flashlight icon that swings back and forth on the screen while the computer is looking for something. Just like any of us might do when searching the darkness with a flashlight. Right now, that little flashlight icon could also represent my writing. Maintaining word count the last several weeks has, [...]
Carrie | October 19, 2009
And here is my advice about what is best for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to [...]
Carrie | October 14, 2009
That is the question. Neal and I are getting ready for a weekend trip that will most likely curtail all painting and most writing from the time we leave until we get back. With an eye on my daily writing goal for the month (800 words of fiction each day), I spent the last few [...]
Carrie | October 12, 2009
It is my pleasure to present Neal as the guest writer for today’s post. This text originally came to me as regular email correspondence. I so much enjoyed, I thought it would be perfect for a Monday Morning Devotional. I hope you enjoy it. Altar and Sacrifice by Wm. Neal Lewis Christ is a “completing [...]
Carrie | October 9, 2009
Writing has been a struggle the last week or so. Nothing seems to be coming together with ease these days. It’s definitely one of those desert times that requires nothing more involved than simply putting one foot ahead of the other. Work on Perfect Opportunities fine tuning has stalled with questions of genre. Mystery, suspense [...]
Carrie | October 7, 2009
Every now and again, every project I’ve ever worked on hits a wall. Story, painting, devotional, exercising, gardening, whatever. There comes a time when I’ve done everything I think I can do and haven’t a clue what to do next. Usually, it’s just a matter of running the tank dry, then taking time to recharge [...]
Carrie | October 5, 2009
Ezekiel 37:1-14 (New International Version) Last week’s devotional came from the book of Ezekiel and described God’s demonstration to Ezekiel in The Valley of Dry Bones. At the time, Israel was in exile in Babylon and many thought they would never leave exile. The country had slid down the slippery slope of political corruption followed [...]
I've been an avid looker-at of books since I was old enough to sit on her lap and listen to the stories she read.
The oldest complete manuscript I have was written when I was in the eighth grade.
Throughout grade school and high school, I read every horse story I could get my hands on. Walter Farley was a huge favorite and I still enjoy reading the adventures of the Black Stallion and Flame and all the rest. But Marguerite Henry, C. W. Anderson, Thomas Hinkle and anyone else who wrote a story about a horse was on my to-read list. I couldn't get enough of them.
Then I found Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and discovered another world; the world of mysteries!
More recently Dick Francis has combined my love of horse stories with my love of mysteries with his series of books.
In the early part of this century, I was introduced to the world of Christian fiction and in July of 2008, I took my first ever writing workshop. The workshop covered several aspects of writing from a Christian worldview and an entirely new vista opened before me.
I am, as yet, unpublished. I write every day, maintain painting and writing blogs, painting journals, writing journals and a number of other writing endeavors. Along with other members of my church family, I've written devotions for Advent and Lenten devotional booklets. For a time, I wrote a monthly column for the Newton Kansan newspaper.
I still enjoy a good horse story but I also enjoy a good mystery or cozy mystery, suspense and a little bit of action here and there, as well as literary works. I hope, Lord willing, to try my hand at each of those genres.
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