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I would add that daily devotion is good for your health too. The meditative properties of quiet prayer time have physical/mental benefits, and of course spiritual ones too. Funny, this is the one I have the most trouble with. I just spent the last couple weeks in and out of a draft/rewrite, being bombarded by some pretty big/heavy life stuff, and…[Read more]

I could definitely improve diet still, but I’m not the one who cooks so it’s always been hard for me unless my husband is on board.

That’s so interesting! I don’t get questioned about my love for writing. My church community has many creative types who serve God in “unconventional” ways.

For me, trudging on takes a lot of commitment and not letting my current excuses be my continual excuses. I have to remember that God called me, period. Not add “to be perfect” or “to be cool…[Read more]

This is wonderful advice. I’ve been spending a lot of my “writing” time in silence, just thinking about the world, trying to solve problems, etc. I love what music can do to a brainstorm session, but I also love what silence can do, and it’s very different!

I just read our guild’s and Erekdale’s stories. Wow! I’m so impressed! Happy to be part of this amazing group.

Erekdale’s almost brought me to tears! It was a worthy story.

Thank you! The longer I sit with the name, more I’m glad I picked it. It’s started to feel like “me.” 🙂

My favorite book is The Hobbit, because I felt so transported reading it! But I think my favorite story is Pride & Prejudice. I can’t seem to get enough of Elizabeth and Darcy…

My favorite book is The Hobbit! I love Tolkein’s style and the way he thought about storycrafting! But I haven’t been able to get past the histories in LOTR 😬 I was inspired to write after reading Libba Bray’s Gemma Doyle series, and right now I’m enjoying Leigh Bardugo. But I’ve always had a hard time picking a “favorite.”

An aside: the au…[Read more]

Wow we really do have a lot in common! I also love performance, but it’s been a while. I just recently started sing on my church’s worship team and I am glaringly ignorant of music terms, but I give it my best shot! I don’t have beef cows or teenagers, but I do have three kids under 5. I will survive this stage, right? It sounds like you have…[Read more]

Hi!! I’m glad we have a lot in common 🙂 makes me very happy to be here!

My husband will be able to work in his field (technology/management), and hopefully the kids can go to a Japanese-speaking school (a private Christian school would be ideal!) and as for me, I don’t really know. I’d like to keep studying Japanese, and maybe earn a bache…[Read more]

For reading and writing, I would definitely pick fantasy/YA. But I do feel like I prefer stories that have a good romance. When it comes to writing, I like to experiment. Right now I’m spending a lot of time on developing the world and the characters in my stories, so I just pick whatever genre fits after!