In case you haven’t noticed the spiderwebbing on your neighbor’s shrubs, or the blow-up dragon across the street…today is Halloween. A quick web search tells me that Americans spent $9 BILLION on this holiday in 2018. Unless you live in a bubble, the scary costumes, creepy decor, and bowls of cavity-inducing candy are hard to avoid.
Feeling overwhelmed happens to most everyone. Though I try hard to not over commit, life happens. I’m in a season of feeling overwhelmed. I imagine we all deal with this differently, but I’ve found a couple key strategies that work well for me and help me get through the difficult times. My natural impulse is…
This week we are featuring an encouragement piece from Kimberly Rose Johnson, even if a day late! Thank you for your patience, faithful subscribers, and we hope Kimberly’s post will equip you to combat fear in all its sneaky forms. I imagine we have all experienced that moment of panic after sending off a contest…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…
My novel, One Woman Falling, releases August 1, 2019. I’m experiencing all of the mixed emotions I imagine other debut authors feel: elation, excitement, nervousness, dreams of winning awards and being a bestseller— tempered by fear of bad reviews and no sales. I’ve worked for years writing this book. Many chapters have been through more…
[Gayla K. Hiss] A Wild Encounter
Last June, my husband Jeff and I took an RV road trip to several national parks in the Dakotas. Having recently completed my latest book, COLD PURSUIT, which is set in Yellowstone National Park and features bison in the story, I was delighted to see bison in the wild, roaming freely throughout the buttes and…
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