I realize my last post was more than a little incoherent. Why? Because I was forcing myself to write in the blog when my heart wasn't in it... and when I didn't feel God's prompting.

Today I put in a long writing session and feel that writing more would be a mistake. It's exciting to "go deeper" with the characters and see how they interact. I'm still in the process of learning about these people but every day they give me more to work with.

I'm at the point where their pain becomes mine, in a...

Sometimes stress kicks in and I feel like I HAVE to do a million things if I want to get my writing career on track.

Sometimes I go with that feeling and let the stress poison my system. There's nothing like stress to kick off a big Lyme/fibromyalgia flare. And that's when I remember... nothing is life-or-death.

If I don't get that synopsis written today, if I haven't fixed chapters to reflect new changes... really, so what? I'll do it as soon as I'm not crippled with pain.

Obviously, sometimes...

When I finally turned back to writing after 20+ years in a demanding career, I prayed that God would show me where he wanted me.

A Love Inspired blitz popped up and I submitted a synopsis and three chapters. Shortly after that I was asked to submit a full manuscript. After several revisions my book was accepted for publication. I took that as a sign that God wanted me to write Christian fiction!

Recently a Christian literary agent came to my attention and I queried her. Again, I prayed for God...