Today I Feel Tension (And other realities of the writing life)

I’m blessed to welcome a special guest. Erin Healy’s experience includes editing a dozen of Ted Dekker’s novels, co-authoring two bestsellers, and penning four supernatural suspense novels of her own. In the midst of all her work, she’s a mother who works from home. Balancing family and work is one of the toughest challenges of[…]

Why Are You Miserable?

You know that one thing in your life you wish was different? That one area that drives you mad with a constant longing to change it—and yet you can’t quite seem to get a handle on it. Maybe it’s out of your control. Most people have at least one stubborn problem that makes them miserable.[…]

Sowing and Reaping

Walking the Tightrope If you’re like me you probably have a long list of goals you want to accomplish…this week…this year…this lifetime. That plus keeping up with work, family life and laundry and are enough to fill up pretty much all available time, right? I don’t know too many people who have even a nanosecond[…]

Inspiration through…Deprivation?

Two thousand ten was a great year. Including the completion of my first novel and winning National Novel Writing Month on a second book (oh yeah, and having a baby), I achieved many things in the realm of developing myself and my craft as a writer. But I’m hoping to make 2011 much bigger and[…]