I was a very slow reader. I hated being called on to read aloud in first and second grade, maybe as much as I hated playing the publically humiliating math game, Around the World. I wasn’t good at reading, and I didn’t enjoy it. But my mom worked patiently with me at home and I…
I’ve always admired Wonder Woman. The female superhero is kind, beautiful, and strong—everything we’re told we can be. Her daring weekly escapades filled my television screen as I grew up. I could be Wonder Woman. I could defeat evil (and those school bullies). I just needed a red, white, and blue bathing suit and a…
2020 has been a year of surprises. A year ago, I had no idea that 2020 was going to be the year I would write, edit, and publish three novellas. I’ve always enjoyed writing, but as a mother of two, an ESL teacher and volunteer interpreter, I didn’t have a lot of time to devote…
I am a fraud. We authors often joke about the voices inside our head–our characters. What’s talked about less often is the other voices in our heads. The voices of doubt. The voices that cry fraud, fake. I’m a wife, a mother, an author, and an editor, which makes for quite the chaotic writing life.…
“I love chocolate,” we say, and, “I love you.” However, the love we have for a significant other, a favorite food, and a friend are all different (hopefully). But English doesn’t lend itself well to making these distinctions. I’ve never had a “sweetheart” on Valentine’s Day, so as the holiday approaches, this single gal’s mind…
When the weather is dreary, what better is there to do than to curl up with your next favorite book and your hot beverage of choice? Christmas is long past, but for many places, the cold still lingers in those winter doldrums. Our team member Megan Alms has a remedy. She has curated some of…
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Philippians…
[Guest: A. C. Williams] Don’t Be an Ostrich
Do you ever get tired of being a grown up? I sure do. I have moments when I just wish I could go back to the joy of my childhood when I didn’t know anything. So often, we equate joy with blissful ignorance. Why is that? Personally, I’ve never found ignorance to be all that…
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