Names, experiences, what-ifs, personalities, and quirks lend themselves to story material. Maybe you’ll want to keep a notebook handy to write down ideas—personally that’s not what I do, but it might work for you! Or as you write, just let the things you’ve absorbed show up and then turn them into a creation all your own.
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Book Chat: 2 Places to Find Book Reviews
As Christians, you and I are to be purposeful about the things we allow into our lives, right? We aren’t just supposed to accept things simply because “everybody else” accepts them. Your parents and Christian leaders have been teaching you this your whole life. So it’s helpful to have someone else come alongside you and… Continue reading Book Chat: 2 Places to Find Book Reviews
Life Chat: 3 Ways to Brighten Up Summer Vacation
School is out! Summer break is here! Time for sleeping in, eating picnic food, and going on adventures. Sometimes, though, an away-vacation just isn’t possible. After all, gas is expensive, and paying for hotels and restaurants gobbles up chunks of money. So how can you make life fresh and new right at home? Rearrange Your… Continue reading Life Chat: 3 Ways to Brighten Up Summer Vacation
Writer Chat: 3 Bonus Reasons to Attend a Writers’ Conference
I’ve attended at least one day of a writers’ conference for the past seven or eight years. Sometimes I stay for multiple days of the conference. One of these days, I still hope to get a young adult fiction novel published, and the journey just might begin with a pitch to an agent at a… Continue reading Writer Chat: 3 Bonus Reasons to Attend a Writers’ Conference
Book Chat: The Peggy Raymond Series
I discovered Harriet Lummis Smith’s Peggy Raymond series on Librivox this year, and it was a good find! The five books follow the adventures of schoolgirl Peggy, book 1 beginning during her junior year of high school and book five ending on her wedding day. If you enjoy the girlish goings on of the first… Continue reading Book Chat: The Peggy Raymond Series
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