Pruning. It’s an ugly but necessary process. I’m brutal with hedge trimmers. Roy learned early in our marriage that if he wanted the shrubs only “shaped,” he should be the one to do it. If, however, he wanted them truly PRUNED, put those clippers in my hands! Unfortunately, I’m not as brutal about pruning my commitments. Somehow, through the years, …
My Favorite Christmas Memory by Connilyn Cossette
Hey, y’all! Mesu here. 😉 As this year’s holidays approached, I tried to think of a gift my readers would value. Since I know most of you are crazy about biblical fiction as I am, I contacted a few author pals and asked if they’d share a special holiday memory–or two or three. Today, I get to introduce my sweet friend, …
How To Enter The Secret Place
With Thanksgiving behind us, we shift into Christmas and our secrets begin. We don’t tell Uncle Johnny about the fishing pole wrapped in a refrigerator box beside the tree, or little Susie about the American Doll she’ll finally get this year (that she’s been asking for since she was four). But a few other secrets pop up around the holidays …
3 Ways I Visualize My Ancient World
When y’all get to heaven, you’ll recognize my sweet husband by the heavily-jeweled crown on his head. Among other things, he’s put up with my complete inability to VISUALIZE how anything will look after a change. So Guess what he gets to do when I say, “Honey, let’s rearrange the living room furniture!” Yep. First, he changes it so I can …
How To Choose Your Friends
How do you pick your friends? Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo? Draw straws? Rock, Paper, Scissors? I recently spent a whole week with six friends at North Carolina’s Outer Banks. All but one came because they were writers, but I was fascinated by the chemistry that developed between these women–the swirling of my various worlds that collided under one roof. It was interesting …
Q & A With a Google Curl
When Isaiah’s Legacy released, on February 18, 2020, several of my BFF team got together to do a blog tour. Some asked me to write about research topics, while others asked for Q & A formats. Since we had pretty low activity, I’ve shared the posts from that tour on my own blog over the past seven months. I hope …