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Jul 2023
50 Life Lessons
I wrote this list as I prepared to celebrate my 50th birthday…I hope it blesses you—or at least makes you think 🙂 Time doesn’t heal all […]
Apr 2022
4 REASONS TO JOIN A WRITING CHALLENGE
(If you know why and are ready to start, join the upcoming 4-2-2 Challenge starting 1/3/2023)! I know I need challenges and to work in spurts to […]
Mar 2022
SURRENDER YOUR WRITING/LIFE STRESSORS
After you spend at least a few minutes praising God, you will remember how big and capable He is. Remembering what He’s done for my soul […]
Mar 2022
RECEIVE HIS RAIN BRAINSTORMING (PART 1)
When I brainstorm, I start with writing a prayer, asking for the ideas to just flow. I write my prayer for maybe 15 minutes, and then […]
Mar 2022
RECEIVE HIS RAIN BRAINSTORMING (PART II)
If you did the exercises in the first “Receive His Rain Brainstorming” blog, and you don’t feel like you have enough information, here’s some more information […]
Mar 2022
JUST START WRITING!
It’s widely known that starting is one of the hardest—if not the hardest—part of most activities.   I’ve already shared how to start the writing process […]
Mar 2022
ERADICATE YOUR EXPECTATIONS ABOUT YOUR FIRST DRAFT
To keep your writing momentum going, the best tip I can give you—other than just showing up—is to eradicate your expectations about the quality of the […]
Mar 2022
PRAISE PRECEDES ALL MY WRITING
Starting the writing process by praising God in written form is the best advice I can give any writer. Something about writing what I’m thankful for—in […]
Mar 2022
WRITE AND PROCESS GOD’S TRUTH (PART I)
As I mentioned in another blog, one of my steps to writing is to identify any stressor I may be facing. One of my stressors has […]
Mar 2022
WRITE AND PROCESS HIS TRUTH, PART II
If my heart still hasn’t come to believing God yet, I keep going in His Word.   The next steps are: Asking questions from the verses […]
Sep 2021
11 PRINCIPLES TO FINISH A BOOK—OR ANYTHING—AND AN ONLINE CLASS TO HELP!
To finish a project—and for me right now, that’s a book—I have learned that I need to remember some things. I made a list to help plant […]
Sep 2021
HOPE
How do I keep hope alive, even when circumstances look bleak? I remember—and read—what God has done in my life. After all, Jesus Christ is the […]
Sep 2021
SERENDIPITY STRIKES
As a 37-year-old single lady living in downtown Chicago, I would escape by going to my dear friend’s Grand Rapids, Ohio, main street, second story apartment, […]
Sep 2021
EXPLORE—WHEREVER YOU ARE
When I was young, I used to dream of going to exotic places. And I did. I studied abroad in Europe for eight months. That experience […]
Sep 2021
INTENTION
Intention without action is wishful thinking. Intention with action brings progress. Intention with continued action creates habits. No matter how much I intend to spend time […]
Jul 2021
TENDER TRIBUTE WRITING
I had planned to return to general writing techniques today, but Write Notes to Those Your Love. And Send Them touched many of you who reached back […]
Jul 2021
WRITE TO CULTIVATE GRATITUDE AND GROWTH
I am all about learning and growing. I think it’s because as I approached mid-life, I realized I had a choice: to become better or bitter, as […]