Dec 24, 2022 | Faith, Poetry
This is my Christmas gift to you, my dear readers. A Tiny Christmas One Christmas Eve, as Christmas lights Shown from house to house, Underneath a pantry Lived a tiny Mama mouse. Her babies five were snuggled in Their tiny acorn beds As hopes of Christmas...
Dec 20, 2022 | Biblical Fiction, Faith, Happenings, My Life, On Writing, Technique
When the Lord put Claudia on my heart, I was puzzled. She was the wife of Pontius Pilate and appears in one sentence in the New Testament. She writes a note to her husband asking him not to have anything to do with ‘that just man’ (Jesus) as she had suffered many...
Dec 13, 2022 | Biblical Fiction, Faith, Happenings, My Life, On Writing, Technique
Grandmother remained in the hospital for a few days, and she was treated as though she had some kind of dementia. When she appeared to have calmed down and was acting in a normal manner, they were happy to release her. The enemy had just bided his time. Mother would...
Dec 6, 2022 | Biblical Fiction, Faith, Happenings, My Life, On Writing, Technique
When a Biblical character has been portrayed in a certain way in books and movies, it’s like tackling the Sacred Cow to change his or her perception. When I felt Mary Magdalene was to be my next character, I was apprehensive. She has always been portrayed as a...
Nov 29, 2022 | Biblical Fiction, Faith, Happenings, My Life, On Writing, Technique
Once Journey to the Well was completed, I wondered who I should write about next. The Lord had a way of showing me my next subject. At a friend’s Bible study they were talking about Martha and I felt in my spirit that she was my next “heroine.” I read everything the...
Nov 22, 2022 | Biblical Fiction, Book Signings, Faith, Happenings, My Life, On Writing, Technique
Since the woman at the well was a Samaritan, I was able to use the Samaritan who was stricken with leprosy and one of the ten who were healed by Jesus as the reason for the fifth husband being absent. I used Sychar as one of the cities of refuge as designated in the...
