The Unhealthy Writer: 7 Tips on Writing with a Chronic Illness
You can be a writer, even with a chronic illness. As a matter of fact, the combination of the two may be more powerful than you might have imagined. I’ve had Crohn’s disease since I graduated college 30 years ago Read more…
It’s the little things that make the work worth it
Kelli, a missionary friend of ours, sent me screen grabs of a text conversation she had with another young female missionary in the jungles of Peru. The last time Kelli was in town I gave her copies of the four Read more…
40 Days: Rewrote 4 Gabby Wells Novels
During my time off social media, I had time to rewrite the four novels in the Gabby Wells young adult thriller series. The process was interesting. I got to see how far I had grown as a writer and had Read more…
Nancy Drew is back and I can’t wait
This will come in handy when I re-release my Gabby Wells thriller series later this year. I’ve always called Gabby a “modern day Nancy Drew.” Now they’ll be a modern day Nancy Drew to connect with Gabby’s character.
Fear as Inspiration
Facing what scares me inspires me to write.
Gods & Martyrs – Chapter Five
“What are you willing to die for?” Father Peters asked. His question hung in the air as the teens surrounding Gabby struggled to come up with an honest answer. Her recent brushes with death hadn’t clarified one for her, either. Read more…
Gods & Martyrs – Chapter Four
Hamilton’s mouth kept moving, but Gabby couldn’t hear anything he was saying. Her world fell mute the moment her lanky love interest terminated their friendship. As he stammered and avoided making eye contact, she grew fixated with his ears for Read more…
Gods & Martyrs – Chapter Three
Gabby liked the Burger Hut. Not for the food, the ambience, or the service, but because it was where she had fallen in love with Hamilton. They even had their favorite booth. The second one from the entrance, next to Read more…
Gods & Martyrs – Chapter Two
The glint off the Russian’s wide knife glistened in Hamilton’s eyes. Gabby’s nerdy friend shook like a dead leaf in a winter breeze as the determined foreigner’s hardened glare threatened to crumble him into a million pieces. The sharpened edge Read more…
Gods & Martyrs – Chapter One
Being bound by rope to a metal pole in the middle of a dark room probably should have elicited more fear in Gabby. Most fifteen-year-old girls would be trembling in fear and screaming at the top of their lungs. She Read more…
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