Christmas preparation has looked a little different at my house this year. Moving boxes instead of gift boxes. Clearing out hiding places instead of storing away surprises. We have no decorations up. I haven't even listened to Christmas music in all the sorting and shuffling. But I've been...
ACFW Conference 2023
At the end of August I attended the American Christian Fiction Writers national conference in St. Louis, Missouri. This post is overdue, and that is largely because God has been busy answering prayers, moving mountains, and making a way for me after what has been a long, difficult, and uncertain...
Genesis Double Finalist 2022
Have you ever had a dream? Story has always been one of my biggest dreams. It's drawn me from my earliest memories. Before I knew how to write, I spoke stories out loud and asked others to write them down for me. I loved it when my parents or grandparents would read aloud, and I was blessed...
ACFW Conference 2021
The American Christian Fiction Writer's annual conference was last weekend. Although it was virtual, that didn't stop me from getting away for it. I invited writing friend Becca Kinzer to come down from Illinois, and we rented a little 2-bedroom place about an hour from my house. It was so fun to...
