I’m a gardener, always have been. I’m not a landscape architect, horticulturalist or botanist. I am also not an English major or a theologian. I am simply a woman who tries to find the Creator in his creation. To listen for that whisper of His will as I scrabble among […]
Where to begin?
Everyone has learned from Aristotle that a story must have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Most stories fail at the beginning, because an agent or editor will read only a few paragraphs, maybe a few pages, looking for reasons to reject it. That’s why the opening must capture […]
Coming Up with Blogging Content
“How do you write so much?” Usually, answering this by saying that I either (a) have to keep the voices in my head quiet or (b) that I have a lot to say doesn’t satisfy the people asking. So here you go. Here’s the secret to how I come up […]
To Blog or Not To Blog
At the Catholic Writers Conference Online, I led a chat called “Beyond the Blog.” It was great fun, and the discussion turned to how someone would know if they should or should not blog. It seems that all writers think they must blog. After quite a few years as a […]
Changing Roles
Last week was one of my favorite weeks of the year: the Catholic Writers Conference Online. I’m in a season of life where traveling isn’t feasible very often, which makes this chance to network and share with other Catholic writers even more meaningful for me. You see, I’m an extrovert […]