Category: Random
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Be Inspired
Did you know that today is National Inspire Your Heart with Art day? Art takes so many forms—literature, music, dance, artwork—and I love how all the various aspects of art and creativity can inspire and move us. It amazes me how God has created us with imaginations and made us to reflect His own creativity…
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Happy Thanksgiving
A few things I’m thankful for- Laughter Time with family and friends Stories Music and harmonies Muffins Rainy days And all of the adventures that God has given me. Happy Thanksgiving!
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August Writing Update
Writing check-in! What are you currently working on? I’m still editing Brontide. But, I’m now going to be editing it while I go through Nadine Brandes‘s self-editing course! Nadine just launched this program, and I am so excited for it. Nadine is an amazing, inspiring author, and I honestly have been feeling very stuck in…
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Realm Makers 2023
This was my fifth year going to the Realm Makers writing conference. For those of you who don’t know, Realm Makers is a Christian speculative fiction writers’ conference. And this year, it was full of timely encouragement in my writing journey. If you want to see all the pictures from my time at Realm Makers,…
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Make a book plot!
Ready to make up a book plot? 😉 Genre (birth month): January-March: Mystery April-June: Fantasy July-September: Historical October-December: Sci-Fi Trope (shirt color): Red/Pink: Chosen One Green/Blue: Found Family Yellow/Orange: Secret Identity Black/White: Friends-to-Lovers Antagonist Trait (favorite drink): Coffee: Heartlessly ruthless Tea: Superiorly cunning Water: Always one step ahead Juice: Endless resources/connections Ending (current weather): Sunny: Happily…
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Let Yourself Dream
I’m a dreamer. My imagination doesn’t just come up with imaginary places and people; I dream of the future. I imagine plenty of adventures and exciting things happening to me—traveling to this place, meeting that author, signing a contract. Sometimes I don’t want to let myself dream. I don’t want to build up hopes of…
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Time for an Adventure!
“Then something Tookish woke up inside him, and he wished to go and see the great mountains, and hear the pine-trees and the waterfalls, and explore the caves, and wear a sword instead of a walking-stick.” –The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien I’m going on vacation this month! And because I’ll be traveling, visiting cool…
