There came to be a flaw in my experiment parameters: that I could actually escape email and other responsibilities. I instead interviewed a source for an article and spent lunch time with my sister. Overall a great day but not very productive. Perhaps I’ll try again. I’ve worked in a few chapter edits here and there of my current manuscript so I’ll keep up on it!
Friday “Experiment”
Greetings, Today, I’m conducting a personal experiment. In light of a ton of personal time I’ve accrued at my work, I decided to take a mental health day and devote a day to writing, reflection and prayer. No internet. No email. No phone calls. No pleading puppy dog eyes (leaving the house!). I am hoping for a day of refreshment and will certainly let you know how it goes. I’ve never done anything quite like this, as I typically stay “plugged in” to my work and email even on the weekends. It’s a horrible habit, I admit. I’ll certainly have some new blogs and musings and will let you all...
The Coming Spring
I don’t know about you, but I really needed some sunshine these past few days. I live in the Pacific Northwest, so I’m no stranger to rain—torrential downpours, actually. Usually, it doesn’t really bother me. This year, it did, just a bit. So when the flowers began to bloom, I was certainly glad to pick up my camera! Enjoy these shots!
Book Review: The Girl in the Gatehouse
Description: Miss Mariah Aubrey, banished after a scandal, hides herself away in a long-abandoned gatehouse on the far edge of a distant relative’s estate. There, she supports herself and her loyal servant the only way she knows how–by writing novels in secret. Captain Matthew Bryant, returning to England successful and wealthy after the Napoleonic wars, leases an impressive estate from a cash-poor nobleman, determined to show the society beauty who once rejected him what a colossal mistake she made. When he discovers an old gatehouse on the property, he is immediately intrigued by its striking young inhabitant and sets out to uncover her identity, and her past. But the more...
Why not making it to the semi-final round of the Genesis contest was exactly what I needed…
Last week, the semi-finalists were announced in the 2011 ACFW Genesis Contest. Two of my fabulous critique partners made it and I couldn’t be prouder. It stung a bit that I wasn’t in the semi-finals. This was my year—I was sure of it. But as I’ve come to realize over the past few days of pondering, that thought is perhaps the very reason why I didn’t final. I have a tendency in life to work very hard, excel my expectations and then coast for a while until the ground falls out from under me. It’s a habit I’ve known about my whole life and constantly combat. But lately, I’ve been...