ACFW Conference Next Week!

YES! My pup, JACS, perked his ears at my exclamation. Yes, I exclaimed. Am I ready?

I thought so last week : )

ACFW - American Christian Fiction Writers - a wonderful organization of Christian writers dedicated to the excellence of writing and helping one another.

If you are writing in a lonely little cubbyhole, check out this organization : http://www.acfw.com/

Well, off to work on those One Sheets, first chapters, and getting my mind focused on the Lord.

Words

Words! As writers that's our business. As Christians, we must weigh our words carefully.

Proverbs 15:23
A man has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word!

Proverbs 25:11
Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.

Matthew 12:36
But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment.

With a word, we can tear down or build up. Speak and write, death or life. We must choose our words wisely.

As writers, especially on the Internet, we must remember that these black and white thoughts will go on. They will not be deleted or erased by time.

Make a choice to write words that lead people to life.

Getting it together

Yikes! The ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Conference is only a few weeks away. Am I ready? Well I am getting there. I have my one sheets almost ready to print. My books, I have three finished, are nearing their final edits.

I am excited. I see opportunity on the horizon. And it's there if you want to go after it.

Write! Diligently and then write some more.

Just a quick note and update.

My website is under construction.

Check out my new blog

Taking a break over here and am on a mission.

You'll find me at 100 Mornings with the Son

http://100morningswiththeson.blogspot.com/

I got an IPhone!

I am finally joining the 21st century. After years of the old Star-Trek style flip phone, I now have a sleek mini computer -phone. Amazing technology. Still trying to learn what the thing can do. Finally figured out how to call and send texts.

I love it! Well, not really love, but I like it a lot. : )

I am so blessed to live in this age of technology. Now I need the discipline on how to live with it. So many blogs, so many sites to search, so many games to play. Lord teach me to use the wonders you've given me and let them be tools and not distractions from the things I am to accomplish.

New Glasses

I have new glasses. Things aren't blurry. I am in focus!
If only it were that easy. 


But maybe it is. As a writer, I have got to focus on the story that I am working on. Sounds easy, but distractions leap out at me and...well, you know. 


I guess bifocals are out. Now, theses lens are called progressive. So I have to train my eyes to look out of the right spot to see clearly. Again sounds simple. The Eye Doc even said it's the brain that has to work. 


Hmm, so it is my brain, my choice that needs to see what I need to work on. Okay brain. I will look at the lens of my things to do and train you to look through the proper site so I can accomplish what I need to do.

Writing Wednesday - A tribute to authors.

Today I thought I would write a tribute and encouragement to authors. Those brave souls that bleed on paper and write their most inner thoughts for the world to see. The scribes who pull down the stories to tell and entertain, teach, challenge and encourage readers. Books have challenged nations to change course, cultures to come to grips with their shortcoming, and individuals to better themselves. Anyone can pick up a book and say "I could write better than that." Maybe, maybe not. But those who have stuck it out and written into the late hours of the night, edited until they were cross-eyed, and carried a story to through the end. THANK YOU. The world needs authors. Now more than ever. With the e-book, thoughts and stories will circle the planet in lightning speed. Available to any with Internet access. SO to those brave scribes who have been called by the Lord - WRITE. Go after the stories HE has given you and give the world what only you can give. AS Christians, we carry the hope of the world inside us. Show it in your stories, let readers know and see the hope of Glory in your writing. NOW is the TIME.