This last month has been an emotionally exhausting one.  As I’ve been working on this novel, working steadily towards the crucifixion, I have been questioning my own faith, as well.  What do I believe?  What makes me think that my belief is any better than anyone elses?  What makes me so certain that there is [...]

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Yesterday, I Googled myself.  Who doesn’t do this?  It’s makes me blush to admit it, but I do Google myself on a semi-regular basis.  I’m just kind of interested what’s out there!  Once there was a very angry web site that just despised me!  I mean, they really, really didn’t like me.  They read an [...]

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I don’t want to write the ending to this novel that I’m working on.  Just don’t wanna.  I have several reasons for this: 1. The ending of this book revolves around the crucifixion, which is not surprising, considering the story is about a Roman centurion.  I hate violence.  I worry myself into strange little depressions [...]

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My husband and I decided to have only one child.  To further our resolve in family planning, my pregnancy consisted of off-and-on bed rest and our son was born 2 months early.  The risks of this happening again are quite high, we’ve been told.  We were afraid we were going to lose our son, and [...]

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I have reached a point in the current novel I am working on that I always reach in all my books…  it’s the boring chapter.  Generally, when I’m planning the book, I plot out each chapter, and when I plot out the inevitable boring one, I think, “I’m sure I can spice it up somehow…”  And when I [...]

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I am a virgin blogger.  While I am not new to writing, I am new to just putting my thoughts out there for all to see without first going through an editor.  Being able to just hit “post” is a little too easy for someone with my impetuous nature!  But here I am, giving it [...]

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