With my August 19th release of Noble: The Story of Maakah comes a whole lot of extra tasks. I’d planned to skip blog posts until the launch craziness declined. But God nudged me (hard) to share a personal miracle–and how it’s affected my life. You’ll get another blog in August, then I’ll take a break in September-October to focus on …
A Different Kind of Beautiful
I’ve always thought my mom was beautiful. Graceful. She was trained in opera when she was young. I remember going with her to weddings, hearing her sing the Lord’s prayer. The whole sanctuary full of guests would fall silent on her last, drawn-out note of, “Ahhhhh-mennnn.” Ooooooh. Still gives me goose bumps to think of it. Gorgeous! A few weeks …
A Lesson in Faith—Show vs. Tell
What Is Show vs. Tell? As authors, we’re charged with the task of showing emotion rather than telling the reader how a character feels. If you’ve ever taken a writing course or had your work professionally edited, chances are you’ve received the dreaded red-pen critique: “S/T.” As a reader, perhaps you’ve come across a section of a book that seems to drag. …




