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Simmer Starters – August 15, 2015

Posted in Christian Living, Culture and Politics, For Your Amusement, Motherhood, Publishing, Simmer Starters on August 15, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

We have quite a few links today!  Publishing, introversion, culture and politics, some humor, and the history of bathrooms all make an appearance here. What It’s Like When You Publish a Book (Nicholas MacDonald) – Interesting thoughts on what it’s like to finally get published, and some great musings on humility.  Favorite quote: “People who do […]

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Simmer Starters – August 8, 2015

Posted in Christian Living, Culture and Politics, Inspiration, Motherhood, Writing on August 8, 2015 | 2 Comments »

Putting together this Simmer Starters while I wait for my car inspection!  😀  We’ve got faith, fiction, and family links today. Enjoy! Be a Human Infusion of Hope (Jon Bloom, DesiringGod blog) – LOVE this.  Now I’ve been praying for God to make me a Barnabas!  “Joseph was called Barnabas most likely because he had an […]

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Of Books and Babies

Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Motherhood, Musings, My Life, Preaching to Myself, Toddler Life, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 4, 2015 | 7 Comments »

As a writer, I know the importance of beginnings. Everything hangs on the first few pages of your novel.  If readers don’t enjoy those, they probably won’t move on.  There are lots of books in the world, so unless someone else told them it was a good story, why should they spend time on a […]

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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 »

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 […]

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When God Says “As You Wish”

Posted in Christian Living, Encouragement, Fandoms and Geekery, Motherhood, Movies and TV, Spiritual Warfare, Toddler Life, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , 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 […]

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