Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Carrie | December 25, 2011
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Counting Blessings: Summer Heat
Carrie | July 30, 2011
I’m writing this post on Friday, July 29. We finally had rain today. Not a lot of it, but enough to drop the temperature twenty degrees within minutes and enough to soak the ground. I’m thankful for every drop. The high temperature for the day was 102 or thereabouts. It was the 34th consecutive day [...]
Just For Fun: Cover Designs
Carrie | April 9, 2011
Take a look at possible story logo designs. Leave a comment to to share which designs excite you and which ones rate somewhere below a root canal.
For Your Enjoyment…
Carrie | April 2, 2011
The works of others that will bring you joy, uplift you, and encourage you on your personal journey.
Smart Goal Setting
Carrie | January 3, 2011
2010 was an encouraging, enlightening, and informative year. Encouraging because I discovered just how much can be done in one short year. Enlightening because although I accomplished some major goals, other goals were frustratingly elusive. Goals that should have piggybacked on the goals achieved. Informative because seeing how one goal doesn’t necessarily lead to another [...]
2010 In Review
Carrie | January 1, 2011
I don’t do resolutions. It’s not that I think it’s a bad idea. I don’t. Resolutions are great things. I prefer setting goals to making resolutions. A fine line, you may say and you could be right. But resolutions have never worked for me. Goals often do. Do What Works! At the end of each [...]
Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year
Carrie | December 25, 2010
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In Stitches, The Sequel
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, [...]
In Stitches….
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 [...]
How a Story is Born
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. [...]
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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.