Books, Humanity & Divine Expression
Character Development: Story
It’s time for Character Development 103! If you’ve just discovered this mini-series, welcome! and be sure to check out Character Development 101 and 102 before reading this post. Those first two cover everything from finding the perfect name to building complex...
You Can Do Better than 2000 Book Sales
The scariest part of writing a book isn’t writing it. The scariest part of writing a book is letting other people read it. You’ve poured your blood, sweat and tears into this monstrous stack of paper. It’s stamped with the title that you slaved over for weeks or...
Real Song Lyrics
I have hundreds of favorite songs. As a dancer, it's hard not to love music. In fact, I think it's pretty much impossible. As a writer, there are still more songs that make me say, "Yes. I get that." Mostly while listening to Bon Jovi. There are some songs that just...
The Girl with the Lightsaber
The day that my children's pastor used a Star Wars-themed slideshow to prove a point that I don't remember, my parents could not get me out of church fast enough. "It was so creepy!" I told them. "There was this weird, green... thing. I never want to watch those...
The Daughter of the Sun
Sixth grade was a year of new teachers, new friends and uniforms that fit me like trashbag clothes. Most predominantly, though, it was a year of writing. My Language Arts teacher hated when my classmates and I regurgitated the facts that we learned in class in our...
Life Lessons from Princess Winter
Marissa Meyer's Princess Winter taught me invaluable lessons about sacrifice, the power of kindness and what it means to be strong. She's sweet, funny and absolutely certifiable, but she also refuses to bend where her beliefs are concerned. Though she lives on the...
18 Tips for New Adults
This morning, at breakfast, a friend of mine made an excellent point. She'll be moving to college at the end of this summer and, like most of the class of 2018, she is coming face to face with her future self. Because the same young women and men who felt that they...
101 Years of Music
When my great-grandmother passed away in 2015, I wanted to do something to commemorate her extraordinary life. She was born during WWI and was 14 at the start of the Great Depression. She was 24-30 years old during WWII. She was 84 when I was born and on the 29th of...
Dear Kindred Spirit
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