The F.U.N. Quotient… music to write by…
Years after this album came out… I still love tapping my keypad to this invigorating music. Thanks guys! Buy The Goat Rodeo Sessions here.
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A Catholic Writer’s Prayer
This has been my prayer for many years. I reread it often. Rather, I pray it often. I’m happy to share it with you, and if you do pray it, kindly send one up for me too. Thank you. ::: + Heavenly Father, there have been fits and starts to my creative life. Help…
Read MoreCatholic Photo Challenge # 2: Darkness and Light and a writer’s prayer
Last year, on a date with my husband, we lingered in an antiques shop, where I found this blast from my past. I snapped the photo with my iPhone4s. As a young child, I loved tapping out words on our family’s ribbon typewriter. Often our first loves as children translate somehow into our adult loves. I think…
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“Teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 (a journal entry plus photos)
“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” – Ps 90:12- That’s what I want. A heart of wisdom. I’ve desired that since giving my heart to Jesus Christ as a young teen. That was probably the first wise thing I’ve ever done. I’m a middle aged woman…
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On writerlyness and fortune cookies… or the good fortune of writing.
“…it’s not the published book that makes you a writer. You’re a writer because of the things you notice in the world, and the joy you feel stringing the right words together so they sound like music.” – Susan Henderson– About twenty years ago, when my children were small, I got a fortune cookie once…
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Blessed, Beautiful, and Bodacious… on the road and on the blogs… and the Seal of Approval!
Next week I’ll be in Somerset, NJ! I hope to see you at either the Catholic Marketing Network (CMN) show, or if you are a writer, at the Catholic Writers Guild conference that runs concurrently. I’m looking forward to meeting booksellers and store owners, other authors, and my wonderful publishers and editors at Ave…
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On writing, keeping God first, and Elizabeth Scalia’s new book: Strange Gods
There’s a simple line from the Book of Wisdom, that comes from Solomon’s prayer for wisdom… “For both we and our words are in his Hand.” (Wisdom 7:16 rsv) One of the things I love about God is that He is a Creator, and very much, a writer. The Bible is his book. He wrote…
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The Art of the Love Letter: Tips for husbands and husbands-to-be as Valentine’s Day Approaches
In which I kind of get to brag on my husband a little as I encourage men to commit their love to paper in honor of St Valentine… In the rush to go green and paperless, and in the never ending screen-related communication that we face daily, the love letter will never lose its power….
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