by Christine | Oct 22, 2019 | Blog, Inspiration, Writing
(Be sure and read Part I of this story first!) 6 months later… Lena grunted as she fought her way down the parallel bars, hand over hand. She glanced down to make sure her legs were still attached to her body, as they didn’t seem to be helping very much. There they...
by Christine | Oct 15, 2019 | Blog, Inspiration, Writing
“Make a wish!” A semi-circle of Lena’s friends closed in, phones at the ready, waiting for her to blow out the flaming inferno of forty tiny candles. She was briefly distracted by a flash of movement on the living room TV, a woman running in the Boston Marathon...
by Christine | Aug 7, 2019 | Author, Blog, Writing
Are you ready for some football??? For fans like my husband and I, the annual 6 month long hiatus is finally over – football’s back! To celebrate its return, let’s have some fun and connect the dots between my favorite sport and my favorite passion (and...
by Christine | Jan 29, 2019 | Blog, Books, Writing
An idea contained within the bindings of a book is camouflaging its greatness. It’s a well-kept secret, revealed to one reader at a time and then whomever the reader chooses to share the secret with. Reader after reader, friend after friend, social network after...
by Christine | Jan 9, 2019 | Author, Blog, Writing
Is being online constantly killing our ability to read and comprehend books and if so, how will that affect authors and the future of publishing? “When we go online, we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking, and...
by Christine | May 2, 2018 | Blog, Food for thought, Inspiration, Writing
Act As If: As a writer, people think you’re a lot smarter than you really are. Act as if that’s true!Write Good: Grammar and spelling are like a handshake and a smile in creating a good first impression. Offering up unsmiling, limp-wristed suspicion of your motives is...
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