At the last writers’ conference I attended, I didn’t have projects to pitch, so I was able to soak up as much as I could and actually enjoy my meals without vying for an editor’s attention. An acquisitions editor told me that he would not take on an unknown author unless that person had a […]

Exciting news! My book was chosen to be on the 2012 Reading List for United Methodist Women. I’m thrilled since they have 40,000 women members nationwide. And I’m honored because my book is in the same category (Missions Education) as one by my writing mentor, Kay Marshall Strom. The only other reading list I’ve been […]

Yesterday my book was added to my Romanian publisher’s website! Even if you don’t read Romanian, and probably most of you do not, it might be fun for you to check out the link for "V-am Asteptat." http://www.clcromania.ro/v-am-asteptat-slujindu-l-pe-dumnezeu-in-europa-de-est_prd10863.html I loved finding a thumbs up button when I scrolled down below the write-up about the book. Romanians can […]

We Wait You has now been translated and re-published in its second language! The new translation (called "V-am Asteptat") is in Romanian. Last September, headed back to the airport in Bucharest after one of my all-time best ever weeks, my train – delayed by several hours – stopped in the Carpathian Mountains for less than an hour. After […]

One of the most exhilarating times of my life was the 18 months I spent writing We Wait You. I had the confdence of doing what I knew God wanted me to do – stretching my long-ignored gift and waking up my dormant dream – all with the hopes of having an end result which would bring glory to His […]