Author: Carolyn Clare Givens

It’s the baseball post-season and my team (the Detroit Tigers) just made it through the Wild Card round. To do so, they defeated my dear friend (and SW contributor) Laura’s team (the Cleveland Guardians). And if they win the next round, they could potentially be up against my dear friend (and SW managing editor) Kelly’s…

I spent the day in back to back (to back) meetings and found myself scrambling at the end of the day to fit in a few small things that needed to get shipped. I work on an amazing church team with leaders that really care about developing the staff, so every single meeting today was…

My cat is scared of cockroaches—he literally jumps and runs away most of the time. But last night, Lord Peter Wimsey’s ancient hunting instincts (long-dormant) awoke, and he cornered one. Lord Peter firmly believes all killing or removal of critters should be my jurisdiction. His responsibilities end at cornering. So he cornered it.  Then it…

I have been delighting in cool mornings, low humidity, and sunny days this week. The weather is lulling me into a false sense of security, of course. I’ve lived in the American South for over a decade now and I know that September is still summer here, but I’ll take this week’s lies and revel…

I have been delighting in cool mornings, low humidity, and sunny days this week. The weather is lulling me into a false sense of security, of course. I’ve lived in the American South for over a decade now and I know that September is still summer here, but I’ll take this week’s lies and revel…

I spent the afternoon out at the Whitewater Center near Charlotte today, enjoying a staff activity and tackling the rapids. It was so much fun, and even more fun to watch some of my coworkers who had been very nervous to try but had signed up anyway. They had so much fun and more than…

I saw a post recently about “mental autumn” and found myself ready for such a thing again. It may mean turning the AC real low and lighting a spiced candle, but I think I can pretend enough to make it mental autumn, right? Anyone looking for bouquets of sharpened pencils on the horizon? Around the…

It’s—um—still raining. Well, not right at this moment, but I’m beginning to wonder if the atmosphere still has any water left in it. Perhaps it has collapsed in on itself and we’re weeks away from an extinction-level event. Or maybe I’ve been reading too much science fiction lately. That’s also possible. Around the Web Redeeming…

It’s raining. It has been raining for a while now—like most of each day for the whole week. We’re, um, wet. But—and here’s my favorite part—we’ve also had cool weather, which after a week of nearly 100º feels amazing. I’ll accept the humidity and the water drops on my glasses if I don’t feel like…

We’ve had another fun project in the works! The first episode of The Green Writer podcast is now out in the world wherever you listen to podcasts! You can also watch it on YouTube by subscribing to The Green Writer Show or follow along with the newsletter. S. D. Smith and Brett Harris will be giving young writers the…

My sincere thanks to Kelly for pinch-hitting last week—I was representing Bandersnatch Books at Realm Makers, a conference for Christian writers of speculative fiction, which this year coordinated their expo hall with a conference for Christian game developers, and let me tell ya, that’s a combination of people to have in the same room! Next…