Carrie | February 1, 2012
A quick note…. The timing for the weekly writing updates is being changed. Beginning with this post, I’ll be publishing each week’s writing update the following Wednesday. That will give me a day or two to digest the week’s work and will provide a less crowded publication schedule for you, my good reader. Now, for [...]
Carrie | January 21, 2012
I read through the Bible every year, beginning with Genesis 1:1 on January 1 and finishing sometime in November or December, depending on the ambition of my reading. This week’s reading is in Exodus. Namely, the exodus from Egypt. As things turned out, that was appropriate to my writing week. I spent most of the [...]
Carrie | January 14, 2012
On Wednesday, January 11, I wrote exactly 2,012 words on Saving Grace. Upon seeing that, I wondered what would happen if I wrote 2,012 words every day for the rest of the year. The numbers were impressive. The following day, I decided 2012 was an ideal number of words to add to whatever story I [...]
Carrie | January 10, 2012
It’s been a rough couple of days for writing and I can’t entirely blame the studio. I did spend most of the day yesterday on studio-related things, but it was mostly marketing and it was mostly because I couldn’t find a thing to say in the writing department. I tried almost everything I could think [...]
Carrie | January 7, 2012
Neal and I spent most of the day wandering the highways and byways of central Kansas. Lots of great scenery and talk and a great time, but not much writing. However… The ‘howevers’ that take wing from days like today always come with a dash of excitement and anticipation We crossed the Santa Fe Trail [...]
Carrie | January 6, 2012
I spent most of today analyzing the third draft of Saving Grace, looking for places that need shoring up and ways to shore them up. There are a multitude of ways to do that. I used at least three of them today. First, I reviewed the analysis I wrote after the first read through back [...]
Carrie | January 3, 2012
A few days ago, I read Stan Williams book, The Moral Premise. One of the more useful things I found was his breakdown of the three act structure, with each of the three acts being further divided into three parts. Because I’m in the preliminary stages of revisions on Saving Grace and because I’ve been [...]
Carrie | January 3, 2012
Today was a ‘catch up’ day for letter writing, updating last year’s documents and fine-tuning this year’s. Monday is ‘idea generation day’ each week, and I did manage to do that using methods outlined in James Scott Bell’s wonderful book, Plot & Structure. I also typed the notes I wrote yesterday. It doesn’t sound like [...]
Carrie | January 1, 2012
I generally don’t write on Sundays. A day off from all creativity is a good idea. There are exceptions, of course. The morning’s sermon or scripture reading sparks a thought that requires a note or two. A scene takes shape in the imaginations and must be recorded. An answer appears to a question I’ve been [...]
Carrie | December 14, 2011
You’ve spent months on it. Hours with your backside planted firmly in the seat of your chair, staring at your monitor and, hopefully, pounding the keyboard. The novel is finished. Now what do you do? Thomas (one of our two cats) appears to have the right idea. Find a nice patch of sun and take [...]
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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