Writerly Wednesday: Do You Want to be a Speaker or Writer When You Grow Up?
Author/Speaker Marketing Boot Camp Saturday August 21st in San Jose, CA A couple of times a year I get the very fun task of teaching the Author Speaker Marketing Boot Camp for CLASS. (Christian Leaders Authors and Speaker Services.) This seminar is held all over the...
Why I shop at Home Depot Before Cooking – 6 Reasons I Can’t Live without Painter’s Tape in the Kitchen
Everyone I'm related to knows of my deep, abiding love of all office supplies. Sharpies and labels and Post-its - Oh My! But now I have discovered a whole new obsession in life - Home Depot is the New Office Depot - on steroids. Since I have been clocking a lot of...
I Need Your Help as I go through Withdrawl
As I keep mentioning (because let's fact it, I'm still pretty bitter,) we have gone from being the techie-st house on the block to the 1970's. Remember when, back in the 70's when you only had four channels coming into your house. We're back to that. I don't think you...
Thursday Rant – What is Wrong with Calling it a Tank Top?
I think words are really, really powerful. (If I didn't, I should probably get a different type of work, no?) I constantly remind my kids of this fact when they use words in a careless way. So when I started to hear my classic tank top being referred to as a "Wife...
It’s All Good – 3 Things I’m Grateful for this Week
Doc Martin We have cut back on everything around here. No more cable, no more Tivo, no more ways to distract the brain while folding mountains of towels and underwear. The one thing we have kept is a very basic subscription to Netflix. I love getting a DVD in the...
A Real Live Writer’s Conference
I get questions every single week from y'all about how to be a writer. My very first piece of advice is : Go to a writers conference. (I know that my very first piece of advice should be "Pray about it," but after so many potential authors telling me, "God told me to...
The Fruits of Our Labor and the best Bruchetta Recipe Ever
Here is why I love summer: This - becomes this- if you do this: (The world's easiest, best tasting bruchetta recipe.) Bruschetta 1 loaf Italian bread, cut into 1/2-inch slices 4 cloves garlic sliced in half length-wise 1/3 cup olive oil 3 tbsp. balsamic vinegar 1/8...
The Prayer I’ve Never Ever Prayed Before
I hate waiting so much. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. And I'm waiting a lot right now. I'm waiting to hear back on a lot of projects, a lot of queries and a lot of programs. I'm waiting to hear back from editors and publishers and event planners and teachers and...
In My Book Bag: My Five Favoirte Foodie Memoirs
I'm in the middle of writing a food book and am loving reading about other food adventures. Here are my top five foodie books. Nothing better in the summer than reading about other people cooking - except eating other people's cooking. 1. Animal Vegetable Miracle - A...
It’s All Good
I never realized how often I said this particular phrase until after I had taught at a weekend retreat. Everything that could have gone wrong, did. There was infighting in the group, the facility was overrun with spiders, and the woman who was suppose to assist me...
When it comes to your home, peace is possible…
Kickstart to Clutter Free
Clutter Free Book
