Category: Writing Life
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Join Toastmasters With Me!
Hello, tender friends ! I hope you’re staying safe and dry wherever you are! Here in Southwest Virginia we’re recovering from flooding last night. Thankfully we all stayed safe. While I missed out on some activities yesterday because of the weather, I was fortunately able to attend my Toastmasters meeting this week. I won this…
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Love Letter to God
Hello, tender friends! Here are some photos of us enjoying God’s majestic creation: Sometimes I perceive God’s presence a lot; other times I don’t. I found this unedited writing sprint while decluttering and wanted to share it here. I wrote it during a time when I was perceiving God’s presence almost daily in tangible ways…
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A Friend’s Book Announcement!
Hello, tender friends! A dear friend of mine has released her book! Ok, it’s technically only released on Amazon Kindle, which I don’t have, so I’m debating between the regular hard copy but having to wait or figuring out Amazon Kindle. If you have any advice, I’m all ears! I just love this cover art…
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Why I’m Feeling 22 Again
Hello, tender friends! I try not to overuse phrases like “so much fun” because they sound so preteen girly, but screw it- I had so much fun last weekend at the writer’s conference! I was afraid of getting my hopes up too high, nervous that I’d end up disappointed because I was looking forward to…
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Where Are You Writing From? Tell me!
Hello, tender friends! Who knew reading a book about computational linguists could give me so much insight into humanity and even the writing life? (Yes…books about computational linguistics…I rebuke Anthony’s words he says that that means I’m a nerd). One of the things we love most about where we’ve lived the past 3.5 years is…
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5 Publishing Facts & Creative Control as a Christian
Hello, tender friends! This is the third and final installment on the importance of retaining creative control as a Christian. This is a compilation of information I’ve gleaned from books I’ve read, personal experience and different internet sources. I’ll share 5 facts and the conclusion I’ve drawn for myself. 3. Who tops the New York…
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The Economics of Self-Expression
Hello, tender friends! This blog is a case in point of something I learned in econ class back in college. It was somewhat ironic: I was actually tutoring the classmate who said this because I was acing the class and he wasn’t. (Harvest setup outside church. We look like that because the sun was brutally…
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Why I’m Embracing “To God Be the Glory”
Hello tender friends! If you’re a writer, you know that the words of Charles Dickens often apply to the writing life: it is the best of times and sometimes it is the worst of times. I recently wrote a spate of articles that paid 5 cents a word. Yes, you read that correctly, and yes,…
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Should I Rename This Blog?
Hello, tender friends! Please help me! I can’t believe it’s already been almost a year of blogging. I got the email about this domain name renewing last week, and I’m thinking about renaming this blog. I’d love to hear your thoughts about this. Here are two ideas I have with a brief explanation, but I’m…
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Has AI Infiltrated WordPress?
Hello tender friends! I try to remain positive, as I don’t want people to be wasting their life force energy with negative feelings. We have a limited amount of energy while we’re on this Earth, and I aspire to provide content that will make people feel more energetic in a positive way- more energized to…