Is This Procrastination?
I confess that I love toying with cover design. It’s so much fun. I often can’t accomplish what I want, but every so often I…
Sweet Encouragement
On Wednesday evening, Faith Hope & Love Christian Writers held their Reader’s Choice Award ceremony. I had two books that were finalists this year: Bible…
Writer, Beware
Hey, friends. Authors are being targeted daily by nasty spammers (out of Nigeria, I hear). Using AI, they can send a gazillion emails a day,…
Two Days to Celebrate
This February has a couple of important dates for me. So naturally I want to share them with my friends on Inspired by Life and…
New Year, New Inspiration
I hope you all had a merry Christmas and that your new year started well. I’m looking forward to my year of gratitude (I shared…
No Room in the Kataluma
About ten to fifteen years ago, I began reading books that helped me study the Scriptures through a Middle Eastern lens. This was made possible…
Through the Eyes of an Artist
My new book releases on Saturday, November 1st, and I can’t wait to share it with readers. Here’s just a little about To Reveal a…
Growing a Series
Throughout my traditional writing career (40+ years), most series were three books long. In fact, back in the 1980s, instead of calling them a series,…
Advice to My Younger Self
Back in February, I shared that I was taking an Artificial Intelligence college class. I learned so much over the course of those 16 weeks….
What’s for lunch? (in the Great Depression)
My latest release is From This Moment On: Two Kings Meadow Novellas. One of the stories is set in 1932, the other in 2015. While…
What to call a group of writers
Last week I saw this question on X: “A group of cats is a clowder. A group of dogs is a pack. A group people is a crowd….
Loving the writing life
Many times over the last 40+ years, rather than say, “I love writing,” I’ve said, “I love having written.” That is still true; I love…
Bible and a .44 podcast
In my college class this week, I began using NotebookLM for research. I plugged in all kinds of academic papers from journals and peer reviewed…
Writing in the Age of AI
In a post earlier this month, I mentioned that I’m taking a college course this spring semester called “Writing in the Age of AI.” Unless…
And how was your January?
Can you believe it? One-twelfth of 2025 is already behind us. It was a busy start of the year for me, writing- and book-wise, so…
Another Beginning
On Monday of this week, I began writing the fourth book in The British Are Coming series. After a great brainstorming session with a writer…
2024 Reflections
I don’t know about you, but I find it shocking that we are about to hit the one-quarter mark in the 21st century. And think…
Yellowstone: A Legacy of Preservation
Recently I wrote a blog for an historical Christian fiction blog, Petticoats & Pistols. Some of you may have seen it already, but I thought…
