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5 Words?

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Last week I challenged my readers to take the five words I gave them and write a few sentences that included those words. Oh, the creativity! Not only was this fun, but it’s a good writing exercise. And something like this might get your brain going in ways you never thought of. Here are the […]

Letter from Camp – March 2023

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Dear Readers, Here I am, back at the King’s Daughters’ Writing Camp. The weather here has been nice. More spring like than winter, which I’m really enjoying. The lake is still too cold to go swimming, but maybe later in the month some brave souls will venture out into the cold waters. It’s a spring […]

Setting Your Seasons

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Sometimes when you’re writing it can be hard to let your reader know what you know. Sometimes you can sense the seasons changing, but how do you let your reader know it’s no longer winter or summer? How do you get them to feel the change along with your characters? Here are a few tips […]

Name Quiz Answers and Name Trivia

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I must say, it was rather fun finding out the answers to all these questions. And discovering some other odd facts about my naming habits. Well, maybe they aren’t habits. Maybe they are just . . . quirks. But you are probably ready for the answers, aren’t you? 1.) Which letter of the alphabet have […]

The Name Quiz

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A few years ago, Angie shared a spreadsheet with all the different names she’d used in her Glad Tidings book which features 25 different short flash fiction stories. That got me thinking. I wondered what sort of names I used most in my stories. I knew I overused some names, but which ones? And which […]

Some Valentine’s Day Thoughts

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I saw this a few weeks ago and, while I’ve read and heard it many times before, it struck me a little harder this time and made me think just a little more. Don’t get discouraged, He’s not done! Don’t get so focused on the problems now that you forget the glories promised. Don’t get […]

The In Or Out Book Tag

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I needed something to post today. Life has been busy and my blog post creativity seemed to have either gone on strike, or be sleeping. I’m still not sure which. So, when Kate did this fun tag, I thought I’d grab it and do it too. Here’s how this tag works. There are multiple questions […]