Do you know what your calling in life is? Has it changed over the years? Do you think that there are some callings that don’t ever change? Here we are in the weeks between the Canadian Thanksgiving (October) and the American Thanksgiving (November). During this Thanksgiving season, I think about the many things I am thankful […]
Twenty-Twenty Hindsight
Do you have twenty-twenty hindsight that makes you look at your own life and circumstances more critically than usual? Do you think of questions that begin with any of these starters? It would be easier now if I had… Things would be different now if we were… I wish I never did… Those things crossed […]
If music be the food of love?
Okay, I promise those of you who know the quote, I’m not going to misquote Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night! When Duke Orsino says If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die, he wants so much music played he gets sick of […]
Herein is Love… (and #Giveaway)
Suddenly, it’s February. Valentine’s Day is almost here. So I felt like I need to talk about…LOVE! As an author of Christian Romance (and Christian Romantic Suspense, but that’s outside the scope of this blog), I keep in mind that, at the end of the day, I am writing about two people falling in love […]
What Resolutions?
And here we are. It’s already eleven days into 2019, friends. Some will say “Hooray!” and some will say “Yikes!” Have you executed your new year resolution yet? Or did you decide to not have any new year resolution this time around? Even though I like checklists, the one thing I try to avoid at […]
My 2018 Writing Retreat – Gold Coast, Australia plus #giveaway | Narelle Atkins
Last month I was fortunate to have the opportunity to visit with my writing friends Andrea Grigg (pictured, right) and Catherine Hudson (pictured, center) for a week long writing retreat. The retreat was timed to coincide with Andrea’s birthday celebrations on the weekend. We stayed in Andrea’s home on the gorgeous Gold Coast in sunny […]
It’s still a thrill after all these years… Roxanne Rustand
I started writing in 1992, after I met Lyn Cote and Judy Roemerman and then joined their critique group. Neither of them had sold, but Lyn was already really productive, with a number of full manuscripts and a strong focus on being a published writer. I often wonder–if I hadn’t ever met these two lovely people, […]
Ten Things I’ve Learned From Being a Writer (Part 2) and a #Giveaway
This is a continuation of an earlier post. You can read Part One here. Without further ado…here’s the rest of the list. :-) The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. I’ve seen authors jump from traditional publishing to indie publishing, and I’ve seen an almost equal number of authors take the leap from […]
Ten Things I’ve Learned From Being a Writer (Part 1) and a #Giveaway
Sometimes I have trouble coming up with blogging ideas. It’s easy when I have a book coming out, but even that wears a little thin after a while. (Last month I told you about my upcoming April release…so it doesn’t seem fair that I talk about that release again in April, now does it? You […]
Writing what you know…or not
Back when I started writing, advice frequently popped up in writing articles and workshops: “write what you know.” And, when I kept writing and eventually became published, some of the comments from acquaintances implied that this principle surely must be true: if I was writing scenes in a book, then I surely must have personally experienced those […]