The Park in Winter
Our local park is always teeming with people walking their dogs, biking, playing sports, swinging. This is the only time we’ve EVER had it to ourselves. It felt very peaceful and sleepy.
Our local park is always teeming with people walking their dogs, biking, playing sports, swinging. This is the only time we’ve EVER had it to ourselves. It felt very peaceful and sleepy.
Courting Mr. Emerson is the second Christian romance I’ve read by Melody Carlson. Even when something in her books isn’t to my taste, I still can’t stop reading. Courting Mr. Emerson was just such a book – entertaining even when I had concerns or pet peeves. And as its merits outweighed any of my pet …
Do hard times inspire us to write more, or dampen our creative spirit? In this workshop delivered at Poetry Society of Indiana’s 2020 Online Fall Rendezvous, Premier Poet Sarah E. Morin hosts an honest conversation about how living in trying times impacts us as writers.
Help me convince my friend that Jane Eyre and Rochester are a great couple!
Is the Hunger Games prequel as good as the original trilogy? I say it’s better.
Last night we launched the 2020 edition of The Polk Street Review.
Here’s a short clip from the twisted fairy tale writing workshop I gave at Fishers Library (Putting a New Spin on Sleeping Beauty). You have another chance to attend Oct 7 in Noblesville! For bonus points, spot the Star Trek reference in the clip.
Are you addicted to fairy tales, but want to tell them your way? I did it, and I’ll show you how you can, too.
It’s my first book trailer for Waking Beauty!
From This Moment is an adventurous and busy novel. You never know who to track, but that’s okay because there were at least 8 fascinating and well-defined characters. Continue reading
Adult artists of any medium and experience level are invited to our NICE Creativity Workshop July 23-24! Gather with your fellow creatives at Logan Street Sanctuary to brainstorm about great works of literature, and we want YOUR creative ideas! Continue reading
So you’re probably wondering, how did speed-dating with my characters go? Fascinating, weird, fun, and very very informative. Continue reading
I am allowed to love both Hamilton and 1776, the musicals? Why certain-LEE. Continue reading
The Christy Awards will be announced at 4pm EDT Monday on the Christy website. And Waking Beauty is a finalist! Continue reading
What are some of your favorite easily confused words? Continue reading
Last night my friend KK and I attended First Friday at Nickel Plate Arts. The evening was also the opening reception for a new exhibit: Creating Indiana Together, which focuses on collaboration in our creative community. I’m pleased to say one of the collaborative works on display involved me and two of my favorite creative ladies: Alys Caviness-Gober … Continue reading
Like Narnia, the adult who reads these fairy tales will find more depth in them, because she has more life experience. Take the retelling of The Gingerbread Man. In Verner’s version, he’s the “Runaway Man,” a backsliding Christian. The sing-song retelling has some of the resonance and tenderness of the parable of the Prodigal Son. Continue reading
My friend Jenny Kalahar releases her new YA fantasy, about a kid with a crummy magical power. Continue reading
Hang out with local authors at Nickel Plate Arts Mar 24! Shop for books! Snack! Mingle! Be INSPIRED! Continue reading