How do you write about faith, especially in memoir, without sounding like goody-two-shoes? Or like you're out to convert someone? Or being overly critical? Tips from my memoir-writing colleague Shirley Hershey Showalter on Writing About Faith- Hint: imagine talking to someone on an airplane trip...

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A new blog post with a little help from Tinker…

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This week on REALITY CHECK, I've asked my friend and fellow editor, Faith Freewoman, to be my guest. She's going to share how and why she has become an "ebook convert" and why it's still important to have a professional approach towards your writing regardless of format.…

t’s Two am, and I have that song by Mercy me playing in your head, the one where he talking about having writers block and it being 3:42 A.m playing in my head.  Why perhaps it’s a good song, or perhaps because I can relate.  I know what it is to have writers block, when you have a deadline to meet and no matter how many times you try the words won’t come.  Eventually they do, but at times it seems to take forever.  Thankfully today hasn’t been one of those days for me, but you know…

This blog is dedicated to my Father who passed away just five short months ago of cancer.  I love and miss you Daddy!

My Father, a…

One would think that by the time we reach our fifties, our abilities and hidden talents would have already…

Quiet Faith

 “Coincidences are spiritual puns”~ G.K. Chesterton

We’ve all heard the common mantra, “There are no coincidences.”  Whether believer or skeptic, we have all experienced these fascinating and seemingly random occurrences in…

As I stated in my January 16th article, “Is There Life After Life,” for many years I’ve had a curiosity about the infinitive properties of life. This curiosity has lead me to fill my personal library with books written by noted, and in some cases scientifically tested, psychic mediums such as John Edward, James Van Praagh, Sylvia Browne, and…

Excerpted from the memoir Fine…ly, “I believe that there are divine reasons for the pregnant pauses in our lives; the times when our life seems to come to a screeching halt and we are rendered powerless over it. Those are the times we should pay especially close attention, for those junctures may be the most profound times in our…

Many of the morals and principles that we live by throughout our life were ingrained in us by our parents when we were young.  Among other things, parents are largely responsible for building the character of their children.  They are our role models.  Children are sponges—they absorb all that they see, hear, and feel. …

The number one reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have gotten.” ~ Vaibhav Shah

When I first read this quote it rang true for me; I think we all can…

So we're nearing the end of the first month of the new year. 

The end of the month is always a source of great contention and anxiety for me. As you all know, the end of one month signals the beginning of another and of course that means its time to pay bills.

I am happy to announce that I have claimed success once again....I don't know how I do it....but it gets done over and over again - albeit - by the very skin of my teeth.

For the last twelve months I have been…

Have you ever asked yourself, “What am I doing all this for? Why is life such a struggle? What am I accomplishing?’”

I am fascinated by life after life accounts. I’ve read a multitude of books written by reputable…

Why are so many of us able to offer kindness and compassion to others, but…

In preparation for an inspiring interview last night with Anna Banks on her radio…