Most of the following words were written last spring in a post on Caringbridge. Earlier this year, my 39 year old (seemingly healthy) husband was diagnosed with stage 4 colon […]

If I’m being honest, I like to be a little afraid of the story. Epic fantasy stories—where the fate of an entire kingdom is at stake; love stories—when it seems […]

I’ve been working on a novel for about two years. I have 10 completed chapters, which amounts to some 20,000 words. If you had told me a couple years ago […]

My husband was uncharacteristically silent after our church service on New Year’s Eve. After the kids had finally gone to bed — for real this time, without the tromp of […]

One blustery autumn weekend I drove a few hours west to Fort Wayne Indiana, and had a blast talking with a room full of creative people about writing stories for […]