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Today, I ask my students to describe their childhood backyard. It’s a lesson on setting. I don’t give any instruction other than to use as

My two favorite games to play with my children are Memory and Jenga. During the holidays, it relaxes us all to just sit and play

This morning I read a verse I don’t remember reading ever in my life. Deuteronomy 33:27 offers this wonderful promise: “The eternal God is your

It’s arduous: We’re driving up the mountain to go hiking, and my youngest tells us all how much she loves chugging uphill in the car.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to stop trying to impress people all the time? Wouldn’t the holidays be so easy if the motivation behind our behavior

Sometimes, characters in novels take on lives of their own. They do things that deviate from the originally storyline. It might be a small detail

We’re driving on the highway behind a huge concrete truck. The revolving drum on top the truck mixes the concrete even while on the road.

Today I realize all the ways one might influence an environment. In writing, an author influences the mood of a piece by using primarily sensory

My shy daughter finally befriends a little girl she’s crossed paths with for years but never had the courage to approach. She finally invites the

My amazing agent and I are working together to prepare a manuscript to submit to publishers. (It’s a contemporary adult novel that you’ll hear more