Carrie | September 29, 2010
I took a step of faith this morning. I registered for the October incarnation of the American Christian Fiction Writers’ NovelTrack. Last year, I participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for the first time ever. The goals for that annual event are to start with nothing on November 1 and write a complete, 175-page, [...]
Carrie | September 25, 2010
This week was a mixed bag for writing. A good week for the most part, but with enough other stuff thrown in to keep it from being one of those absolutely excellent weeks. Dealing with the previous week’s dish washing injury was the primary damper. Finding new ways to do routine things can be a [...]
Carrie | September 24, 2010
I subscribe to a daily meditation email from Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM). Each week day morning, A Slice of Infinity arrives fresh from the good people at RZIM. This morning’s was titled The Disappointing Grace of God and the subject was the fairness (justness) of God. But the topic was handled in such a [...]
Carrie | September 20, 2010
Well, not really the sequel. I haven’t cut my hand again, if that’s what you’re thinking. In fact, the bandages are off from last week’s incident, and Neal assures me everything is looking good. All I know is that the tails of the stitches are annoying as they move against the insides of my fingers, [...]
Carrie | September 18, 2010
It was an interesting week, but for none of the usual reasons. Nope. This past week got the most interesting at approximately 11:35 a.m., Wednesday. That’s about the time I take a break from whatever work I happen to be doing each day to put lunch on for Neal. It’s also the perfect time to [...]
Carrie | September 15, 2010
In the last post, I talked about finding the voice of my writing as a body of work and for each individual story. This time, we’re discussing finding the message of a story. It may seem like voice and message are the same, but they are not. Closely linked, yes, but not the same. The [...]
Carrie | September 13, 2010
2 Chronicles 4.1 Solomon also made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high. Exodus 20.26 And do not go up to my altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it. Here is an interesting thought. At least it was interesting to me when I first thought it. [...]
Carrie | September 11, 2010
This past week has been an excellent week for writing, with several days well over the daily writing goal and one day in which I wrote over ten thousand words in a single day. The only way it could have been better would have been to have all of those words be on the current [...]
Carrie | September 6, 2010
I Chronicles 28.9: “And Solomon, my son, get to know the God of your ancestors. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and with a willing mind. For the LORD sees every heart and under-stands and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him. But if you forsake him, [...]
Carrie | September 4, 2010
At the end of last week’s post, I invited readers to check in again this week to see how well Grace and I were getting along. I had finished last week ready to get serious about visiting with Grace, the lead character in Saving Grace. I had really hoped to have a lot of things [...]
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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