Carrie | November 26, 2011
Neal and I love to watch movies. He likes movies in which characters think outside the box and prevail, movies full of hope and inspiration, and the old classics. So do I. This Thanksgiving, we began our Christmas movie watching with a movie we’d not seen before. Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage. We planned on watching [...]
Carrie | August 20, 2011
This week I read an interesting blog post on self-publishing on Novel Rocket, one of the blogs I follow regularly. Author Athol Dickson provides a clear-headed and easy to read comparison of traditional publishing versus self-publishing and why authors may want to consider self-publishing. Rather than summarize the post and maybe leave out something of [...]
Carrie | June 25, 2011
This week, I’m sharing with you some of my favorite – and most helpful – blog posts from the week just past. Click on each title to read the blog post. I hope you find them as helpful, entertaining, and fun as I did. Whither Goest the Christian Cozy? Author Ron Benrey discusses the status [...]
Carrie | April 16, 2011
Looking for a good read by a great author? Or maybe you’re looking for a new and interesting way to celebrate Passion Week. Sigmund Brouwer’s The Weeping Chamber may be just the book you’re looking for. Brouwer tells the story of Passion Week through the eyes of a character most of us either take for [...]
Carrie | April 2, 2011
The works of others that will bring you joy, uplift you, and encourage you on your personal journey.
Carrie | March 5, 2011
Carrie reviews debut novel, The Price of Trust, by Amanda Stephan.
Carrie | February 19, 2011
Recent reads included My Name is Asher Lev and The Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok and Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes.
Carrie | January 29, 2011
Co-authors Randy Ingermanson (of Snowflake fame) and Peter Economy help authors at all levels with all parts of the writing process. From deciding which method of writing works best to identifying a target audience and writing a synopsis or query letter.
Carrie | January 8, 2011
Author Caron Guillo takes readers back to the thirteenth century as she chronicles the personal journeys of three young people from their native lands to the Holy Lands. Whether you like epic stories or novels in historic settings, this book will take hold of your imagination.
Carrie | January 5, 2011
I’ve heard this happens, but until today, it’s never happened to me. What is IT? Finding an answer to one of my writing questions that is so clear and concise, the only thing I can do is share the link. Randy Ingermanson published an article on his Advanced Fiction Writing blog today that deals with [...]
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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