I’m sorry for the lack of posts lately! My brain has been totally absorbed with new baby and family stuff and I haven’t had a lot of mental bandwidth for writing articles, barely adding a sentence or two to my book every few days! But I try to keep up my Simmer Starters, because they […]
Archive for July, 2015
Simmer Starters – July 25, 2015
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Motherhood, Scripture, Simmer Starters, Speculative Fiction, Toddler Life, Writing on July 25, 2015 | 1 Comment »
Simmer Starters – July 18, 2015
Posted in Book Reviews, Christian Living, Controversies, Literature, Publishing, Simmer Starters on July 18, 2015 | 8 Comments »
I think I’m going to move my Simmer Starters to Saturday permanently, and do my regular posts mid-week. 🙂 Re-Imaging Jesus (Rebecca LuElla Miller) – “In the same way that the re-imagers want to make out that Christians are the new Pharisees, they want to hand Jesus the winebibber and glutton tag—only that’s now apparently a positive […]
Worldbuilding: The Ripple Effect
Posted in Fandoms and Geekery, Inspiration, Speculative Fiction, Writing on July 14, 2015 | 15 Comments »
The worldbuilding is one of my favorite parts of any good speculative fiction novel. I may be unusual in this, but a really great speculation – a unique “what if?” premise – can sometimes sell a book to me all by itself. And then, if the fictional world feels real and deeper than the page, […]
Simmer Starters – July 10, 2015
Posted in Christian Living, Controversies, Fandoms and Geekery, Literature, Movies and TV, Simmer Starters, Speculative Fiction, Writing on July 11, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Last week it completely slipped my mind to do my Simmer Starters! And today I almost forgot again! Ack. So here are the most interesting links from the last couple of weeks, a little late in the day. Enjoy! Since there are a lot, I’ve divided them by my two most common topics. Faith & […]
When God Says “As You Wish”
Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Fandoms and Geekery, Motherhood, Movies and TV, Spiritual Warfare, Toddler Life, tagged Bible, C.S. Lewis, children, discipline, faith, God, kids, love, parenting, Princess Bride, punishment, Scripture, sin on July 2, 2015 | 3 Comments »
Last week I was chatting with a friend about parenting struggles. She has a child who had gotten addicted to TV, and she had to do the hard work of cutting back screen time. Not only was it upsetting to the child, but it was hard on Mom too! Now she has to entertain the […]