@BisbanoWrites I guess I’m not going to the conference, I said to myself. I was convinced you wanted me to go, Lord. I began to close my laptop—BING. In 2015 I asked God to allow me to go to the Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference. It would be my first…

@RhondaRhea There’s hardly anything I enjoy more than a good meal. That’s probably why I don’t cook much.I guess that’s also why I love, love, love whoever it was who invented the marvelous, miraculous…frozen dinner.What a genius! I owe this person. Everyone talks about those fancy ice sculptures. But me?…

@DiAnnMills We writers often pursue a holy grail of writing. A holy grail is a sought after prize of great significance that brings the writer happiness, accolades, and even can provide special powers. It’s often termed elusive—just beyond reach but dangling, teasing, urging the writer to keep moving forward. [tweet_box…

@JennyLCote Last time I asked you to examine why you write. If you’ve settled that, then the answer to this question may come easier. But that doesn’t make it any less depressing of a scenario. Aren’t we passionate about writing so people will read, enjoy, be inspired, educated, transformed or simply…

@LucindaSMcDowel Katherine was a human computer. A black woman in the mid-century America NASA space program. Among other responsibilities, she calculated the trajectories for both the Mercury and Apollo missions. But no one knew about her work. Until the recent book and movie “Hidden Figures”revealed the true story of the…

@BisbanoWrites Grief paralyzes. I want to forget the sting of death. I’ve been to too many funerals this month, I said to myself, as I remember the blank faces of friends and family who don’t know Jesus.  My heart aches for those with no hope of heaven. My favorite Netflix…