Nov 14, 2019 | My Life, On Writing
I have a communications system that gives me 140+ channels. Wonderful! I watch two of them! There are so many other things to do. I have two neighbors who don’t even have a TV set. As to mine, it is there so in the evenings, I watch TV. Some nights I feel like I am...
Aug 29, 2019 | Biblical Fiction, On Writing
What a delight! I am now looking at a contract to write another book; another woman in the Old Testament. I plan on portraying her quite differently than she has been in the Bible. Many times in translations, words are misinterpreted and, like Mary Magdalene, from...
Jul 25, 2019 | On Writing
When back in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania visiting my agent, Joyce Hart, we took a trip to my publisher, Whitaker House, about 15 miles away. Christine Whitaker was gracious to spend almost two and a half hours, not only with a tour of the facility to meet staff, but a...
Apr 18, 2019 | On Writing
Taking on a contract means a deadline, a date by which that manuscript has to be to the publisher. Along with the excitement of starting a new book and creating my characters, is the idea that I must get so many words done by such and such a date. Most of my books are...
Jan 23, 2019 | On Writing
I’ve been writing since I was about 12 years old and had my first poem published in a church newspaper. I’ve written magazine articles, newspaper stories, poetry, and short stories, but never considered books. God had other plans and my first Biblical Fiction novel,...