Carrie | July 28, 2010
I follow a handful of blogs through email subscriptions and read them regularly. Today, two of them included posts I found very relevant personally and thought many of you might like to read, as well. The first blog is Randy Ingermanson’s Advanced Fiction Writing blog. The post I read this morning was titled Giving Yourself [...]
Carrie | July 19, 2010
“Commit unto the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.” That quote from Proverbs 16:3 (NIV) is hanging on the wall to the left of my computer. It used to be in my studio when my studio was upstairs. When I moved the studio downstairs, the quote made the move, too, but ended [...]
Carrie | July 15, 2010
Once, a very long time ago, I heard a writer say that if their stories were children, they would have all been born breach. I wasn’t writing much at the time and laughed out loud at that comment. Now I have to agree whole-heartedly because most of my stories seem to be born breach, too. [...]
Carrie | July 1, 2010
The first thing I want to tackle is reflected by a question most writers hear at some time and some hear quite frequently. Where do your ideas come from? The answer is as varied as writers are. Personally, I could list such things as deep meditations, in depth and regular searches of newspapers, listening to [...]
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I am, as yet, unpublished.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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