When I was younger, I used to bite my nails because of fear or anxiety. They’d bleed, become infected and generally look terrible. My grandma, a farmer’s wife, used to …
Finding Balance in Writing & Life: Between Deadlines
Once I turned in my latest manuscript, I realized something—I was between deadlines, meaning I don’t have any contracted novels to jump right into. While that’s good to allow myself …
Finding Balance in Writing & Life: When Your Cup is Empty
I knocked over my cup. Tea flowed out of the mug, onto the floor, and raced toward any crack or crevice it could find. I picked up the cup to find it empty, and my shoulders sagged.
I felt like that cup.
Empty. With nothing left to offer.
You see, I spent a week in June at my youngest son’s hospital bedside praying fervently for God to spare his life. A seemingly simple diagnosis of bronchitis led into pneumonia only to have his body attacked by an unknown virus that wrecked havoc on his organs, spiraling him near death.
Oh, and by the way, I had a book deadline that week.
Finding Balance in Writing & Life: Is This Your Writing Season?
If writing time continues to get crowded out by other demands, then ask God if this is the right season for you, or if you need to take a writing break.
Finding Balance in Writing & Life: Lessons in Waiting
Believe it or not, though, but there is joy in the waiting. Unfortunately many of us can’t see it while we’re going through that season, but hindsight shows us the blessings.