My God Love Story

“Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God’s love encompasses us completely. … He loves every one of us, even those who are flawed, rejected, awkward, sorrowful, or broken.” -Dieter F. Uchtdorf I’m enjoying another Proverbs 31 online…

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My Writing Process – Blog Tour

Thanks to Bruce Atchison http://bruceatchison.blogspot.ca/ for inviting me to participate in this blog tour. What am I working on? I have several projects on the go right now: The San Francisco Wedding Planner Series with Helping Hands Press. For this project I’m working with 5 other authors on a light romance. Several of the volumes…

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#MapIt: Understanding Zephaniah 3:17

This week in our Proverbs 31 Bible study using Limitless Life by Derwin L. Gray, our key verse is Zephaniah 3:17. The NIV version is above. Here are some other translations: “Your God is present among you, a strong Warrior there to save you. Happy to have you back, he’ll calm you with his love…

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Life as a Writer – Author Support Blog Hop

Thanks to Sharon Bayliss for hosting this author support blog hop. WHAT do you do? Give us a summary of your crazy life and all your responsibilities Wife to Kendall, who is a mechanic working at home Mother of five, ages 6 to 16 Writer (Connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google+) Editor…

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#Snapit: My Favourite Place to Study

By the time you read this post, I will be flying across the country to Guelph, Ontario, in order to attend Write Canada. One of the prompts for this week’s blog hop with the Proverbs 31 crew was, “Share a picture of your favourite place to study or write.” This chair is situated in a…

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5 Ways to Effectively Market your Book

For the past several weeks I’ve had the opportunity to learn more about book marketing from many different authors. Dvorah Lansky put together The Book Marketing Challenge with a diverse cast of authors who took turns sharing marketing ideas that have worked for them. Some of the strategies I knew about, but having access to…

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From Miserable to Amazing: The importance of Attitude

The above quote is from Charles R. Swindoll. He also says, “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” In Chapter 8 of Balanced: Finding Center as a Work-at-Home Mom, Tricia Goyer has two lists. The first one is titled: How to Make Today Truly Miserable. “Open your eyes…

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Sorting through the time crunch

Today’s assignment in the Balanced Challenge is one that I know I’ll have to keep coming back to. I don’t know about you, but for me it’s often a challenge to figure out how I’m going to make the best use of each 24 hour segment God gives me. There just isn’t enough time to…

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God’s Calling on my life

“The Spirit of the Lord and King is on me. The Lord has anointed me to tell the good news to poor people. He has sent me to comfort those whose hearts have been broken. He has sent me to announce freedom for those who have been captured. He wants me to set prisoners free…

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4 Ways I’m Involving my Family in my Writing

Today our Balanced Challenge is: “How can you get your kids involved in what you’re working on? How can they experience what your job is like and contribute to it? This was a good question for me to think about. Often when I think about my writing, I don’t take the time to think about…

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