I’m writing. Are you?
On January 4th, I accepted Jeff Goins’ challenge to write 500 words a day for each day of January 2014. I thought, Why not? And so I signed on, planning to use the challenge to work on a project left … Continue reading →
Category Archives: books
500 words a day for January
Blogger and writer Jeff Goins challenged followers and readers to write 500 words a day for the month of January. I thought, I can do it. It’s fewer words than NaNoWriMo. It can be blogging, another writing project, but not … Continue reading →
Canadian Writers Who are Christian–Lessons of the Year 2013
On December 18 I blogged over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian, as I do each month. This being my last post for Canadian Writers blog in 2013, I wrote about lessons from this year in business and in life. … Continue reading →
The Stable Awaits the Coming
The stable awaits the coming of Mary and Joseph, awaits the shepherds who will hear the good news from the angel If we replay the original scene, as is done in the Posada and countless Christmas plays, the journey has … Continue reading →
Walking the Road to Bethlehem
For my Advent devotions, I am reading Walking the Road to Bethlehem: Your Journey to Christmas, by Adam Hamilton, a pastor with the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas. I found this little book in a Christian … Continue reading →
Canadian Writers Who Are Christian–Me, a Speaker?
Today I posted at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian, a blog by professional members of The Word Guild and authors. The fear of speaking paralyzes many into silence and challenges even those who take the step to the lectern or … Continue reading →
Wild Writers Festival with The New Quarterly
This past weekend I attended events for the Wild Writers Festival in Waterloo, Ontario. Friday evening, the events began with The Rock Comes to Waterloo, with Wayne Johnston and Donna Morrissey plus other winners of New Quarterly fiction, non-fiction and … Continue reading →
NaNoWriMo and other sites for writers
Since the last few posts have been about writing, I thought I’d share a link that a fellow editor posted to our listserv yesterday. Since some editors are also writers, it was certainly applicable, and since editors work with words, … Continue reading →
What does a person write about?
A few posts ago, I wrote about the empty page and the challenge it can be to writers. Sometimes those words just roll out on the page and then other times they don’t. When I speak to a group … Continue reading →
Learning to give thanks–Carolyn R. Wilker
Today I posted over at Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. Go there and read my post “Learning to Give Thanks.” Stay awhile and be encouraged, entertained and inspired by the posts of other Canadian Writers Who Are Christian. Blessings … Continue reading →