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Jul 2023
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
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 […]
