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How God Used My Fictional Character to Teach Me True Things

Posted in Christian Living, Inspiration, Musings, My Books, My Life, Speculative Fiction, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on November 6, 2015 | 16 Comments »

What if our characters are real?  What if they are actually the souls of unborn children who died before birth, and God gives them to authors as inspiration for characters in our stories?  What if we will meet all our characters someday in heaven? When I came up with that fun fictional concept last week, I […]

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The Simmering Mind’s Awesomest (a.k.a. Very First) Giveaway Ever!!

Posted in Giveaways, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2015 | 18 Comments »

YAY!!!  Here it is, my surprise!  I’m SO excited to finally bring this giveaway to you! Awhile back my Facebook page reached 150 followers.  I’m continually amazed by the wonderful people who enjoy my posts (both here and on the page) and leave their comments in discussions, making this corner of the internet a fun […]

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Writer Wars: The Prolific and the Percolators

Posted in Christian Living, Controversies, Creativity and the Arts, Publishing, Scripture, Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 16, 2015 | 17 Comments »

Yesterday I read an article I enjoyed.  To me, the lesson was: take your time writing books, pay attention to quality, and don’t feel pressured to pump out multiple novels a year, but rather do what you know is right for your stories.  Since I don’t have much time to write, and I am committed to seeing […]

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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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Introducing – A Hot Potato Story!

Posted in For Your Amusement, Hot Potato Story: Chadwick Chronicles, tagged , , , , , on April 11, 2015 | 10 Comments »

Three fellow writers and I are creating a “hot potato” story!  It will be tossed around between us, with new installments each Saturday on our respective blogs.  You can follow along here (I’ll link to their installments each week too), or follow all our blogs, and be on the watch for hashtags #chroniclesofchadwick and #hotpotatostory […]

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