Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Writing”
I am working on a prequel story to my hockey novel coming out next February. Title and cover are coming soon! In my novel, Kenzie and Brady are reunited in the hockey arena when Brady is bumped down from the pros and lands on the minor league hockey team Kenzie works for. Neither are thrilled. Who would be after a …
What’s worth fighting for? This is a question I’ve been thinking about constantly the last few weeks. See, I have this tiny red head, and she is amazing, made in God’s image, and strong willed. That strong will is a BEAUTIFUL thing, but it has to be aimed and discipled, which is HARD. I was listening to a parenting podcast …
Happy New Year! Tis the season of goals, motivation, and my favorite…a fresh start. We all know there’s nothing magical about January 1st, but to me, it truly is the chance to begin anew. Josh and I have been discussing what we want to focus on as a family this year, what we are seeing with our kids that we …
I’ve been working on a project for my day job centered around this idea: “What does it mean to be courageous?” And it got me thinking about the beginnings of the Heart of a Warrior series. This series began in a fourth-grade classroom while I was substitute teaching. They were taking a quiz, and I had just watched a news update on …
One of the most common questions I get about the Heart of a Warrior series is: Why Navy SEALs? I usually give one answer or another: My brother considered becoming a SEAL at one point. One of my favorite movies, Tears of the Sun, showed me what flawed men and a flawed mission can sometimes accomplish when our perspective changes. …
Goodbye, 2016, and hello, 2017. As Shakespeare said, “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” Bidding farewell to 2016 feels very much that way to me. Last year, I… Married off my baby sister and welcomed a brother-in-law into the family Learned I’m going to be an aunt! Moved to a new place and set up my first dream space (aka an …
December marks a year of Surrendered in the hands of readers and a of a season of brainstorming for me. Many of you have asked when you can expect another book and here’s the answer: I don’t really know. The plan is to release something next year. I’m hoping for two somethings, so stay tuned and we shall see. I …
I remember the footage all too well, the announcement that an earthquake had struck a tiny island nation, the waiting and wondering if people were alive. It’s been five years, and in that time, I’ve experienced what the Lord is doing in the aftermath. Today, I’m hosting a giveawy in support of 3 Cords, a ministry that provides jobs to …
Time for an update on my writing progress! Shadowed is with endorsers, Surrendered is underway, and the next proposal for the Heart of the Lion series is finished (as of today). Which means…it is almost time for the ACFW conference! This is the first year I will be attending as a published author. I love meeting other writers and can’t …
My story is ordinary by most standards. Boring sometimes by mine. And to many, irrelevant. Out of millions of people in the world, why should my story matter? The truth is, it doesn’t. And yet it does. In the grand scheme of eternity, my story is written from beginning to end by the finger of the God who crafted the …