Do you have friends that you feel as though you’ve known your whole life, even though you may have met just recently? That’s how I felt when I met Cindy Bultema last summer at the Speak UpConference. She facilitated one of my critique sessions, and I asked her where she went to church. It turned […]
The valley
Somehow, I had forgotten that the valley always follows the mountain. Seasoned writers and friends warned me. I thought I was prepared. Yet, I find myself skidding down a rocky slope after turning in the book manuscript. After a few days of telling Kedron, “I just don’t know what’s wrong with me! I guess I’m […]
Don’t believe the trick
The winners for “Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat? Breaking the Cultural Mirror” are listed at the end of this post! As I read your comments on the post for Do You Think These Jeans Make me Look Fat? I started to think about the lessons I learned as the daughter of a magician. […]
Growing Story-lovers
If you haven’t done so already, remember to enter the drawing to win a copy of “Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat? Breaking the Cultural Mirror.” I recently read about a woman who said that upon taking a course in ancient Greek she discovered that the word logos, most often translated into English as […]
Shared Blessings
*You still have time to enter the give away for a copy of “Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat? Breaking the Cultural Mirror.” Enter on this post! It’s the week for give aways! I’m over at Circle of Friends today talking about some books I recently picked up that I love, and Circle of […]
Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat? (and a give away!)
About a month ago, I walked into a Target store and nearly tripped over my feet as rack after rack of brightly colored, minuscule swimsuits greeted me. I shivered, even though it was an 80-degree day in March. Swimsuit season never fails to catch me off guard. Even though I’m ready for the sun to […]