Don’t Feed Your Monster
An author friend of mine recently met with a potential publisher. Their first question wasn’t about the quality of her writing. It was, “How many Twitter followers do you have?” She only had 5,000, which just wasn’t enough to get her a book deal. Photo ...
7 Keys to Unlocking Your Creativity
Last week, I freaked out just a tad bit. I was a few hours away from a deadline to turn in a script for a new Christmas musical to Word, and I was stuck. Here’s how these types of jobs usually work- a publishing company sends me recordings of 8 or 9 new s ...
9 Ways to Stop Singing the “Lava” Song
Right now, my husband is playing the "Lava" song on his computer. And my son has learned to play it on the piano. Just to torment me. The song has been stuck in my head for weeks. I wake up in the night with it in my head, I eat breakfast with it in my he ...
How do Tough Conversations Make You Feel?
I have always been terrified of tough conversations. Well, I say ALWAYS, but honestly, I don’t think any of us are terrified of tough conversations as kids, because we don’t yet know what a “tough conversation” is. Which is why my kids can very confidentl ...
5 Steps to Prepare Your Testimony
So, you’ve been asked to share your personal testimony. You know, the story of how you found Jesus. Or how He found you. Maybe you’re going on a missions trip to the other side of the world. Maybe you've been asked to speak to a group of people in your ...
A List of (Truly) Free Photo Websites
A few weeks ago, one of the students at the college where I teach turned in her final paper. Like I usually do, I checked the sources included in her bibliography and my mouth dropped open. She had taken her 5 main points directly from a website on the In ...