Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California! Today I have the joy of interviewing multi-published novelist Marsha Hubler, whose love for horses, children, and the Amish and Mennonites is expressed in her stories.
Marsha, How did you get into writing?
I started about twenty years ago with poetry, short stories, and articles published in magazines. I always had the desire to write, but life got in the way until I was in my forties.
Golden Keyes Parsons here writing an article on speaking to an audience of writers who speak--or is it speakers who write? Hmm, sound confusing? It need not be. I'll be posting a blog on speaking here once a month. We'll walk through the steps and hopefully gain some insight to becoming a dynamic speaker and promoter of your books.
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Captured By Moonlight by Christine Lindsay
Prisoners to their own broken dreams…
After a daring rescue goes awry, the parched north of India grows too hot for nurse Laine Harkness and her friend Eshana. The women flee to the tropical south…and run headlong into their respective pasts.
Welcome to the Can Blog on Writing from Gail Gaymer Martin at www.GaiGaymerMartin.com
Spring brings flowers and trees heavy with blooms, a rebirth for the world, and that's how I see writing, a rebirth of ideas born in my head but given life on paper. I hope these ideas inspire you.
I have two topics today -- one is the research techniques for suspence fiction and the other an invitation to a conference I'll be keynoting along with a booksigning in Owosso,MI on Saturday, May 25. Here's the info:
Mid-Michigan Chrsitian Writer's Conference in Owosso MI, Keynote Speaker:
Gail Gaymer Martin Our Dreams, God's Blessings, a message of humor, hope, and
direction. Saturday, May 25, 2013 Doors open at 10:15 AM to 3:00 PM, held at
Comstock Inn & Conference Center at 300 S. Main. Cost including lunch- $35.
More info and registration: www.mmcwf.com
"A bosom friend, a really kindred spirit." ~ L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
That's the kind of friend Anne Shirley longed for, and that's the kind of friend I found in author, speaker, and woman of God Cynthia Ruchti. We met while serving on faculty at the Quad-Cities Christian Writers Conference a few years ago. I've only seen Cynthia in person a few times since, but I'm delighted to introduce my forever-friend to the CAN audience today. She has many wise insights to share.
Enjoy!
Cynthia, how did you get into writing?
I always considered writing
recreation rather than a career choice. I trained to work in a chemistry
laboratory and did so for the first seven years of marriage, working part-time
after our kids were born. But I longed to be home with them while they were
young and laid aside my job at the lab and its income. Purely to keep my mind
agile while making homemade baby food and creating clever birthday parties on a
budget, I enrolled in several correspondence courses in creative writing. I
sold an article here and a newspaper column there, enough to convince me of the
joy of storytelling and the power of words to alter the flow of the human
heart.
Aloha from Karen Whiting!
I’ve been writing for nearly two decades and continually spent time networking to build bridges and marketing strategies. We can’t do everything at once but with persistence we can build various platforms. Let me share how the past has been a bridge to recent and upcoming releases.
For all the critter
lovers out there, I’m going to share—our beloved Springer Spaniel, Zeke, passed
away recently. He was ten years old. Here he is with my daughter, Lana, on her wedding day. Ah...in case you're wonderfing---no Zeke didn't come to the church.
Or maybe you're wondering---how is the news that my dog passed away supposed to encourage? We live in a world that is full of tough things, sadness, illness, bombings in Boston for goodness sake! Shootings in schools. Scary stuff.
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They may not have enough evidence to convict him, but they have enough to ruin his life.
Dr. Matt Newman thought he was leaving his life as a surgeon in private practice for a better one in academic medicine. But the kidnappers who attack him as he leaves the hospital at two AM have no such plans—they just want him dead. Bound and in the trunk of his car, Matt's only thought is fleeing with his life. He does escape, but at a price: a head injury that lands him in the ICU . . . where he awakens to discover he's being charged with murder.
This photo overwhelmed me when I first saw it more than a year ago. I felt as if I were looking into the soul of the women in the novel I'd just finished writing--When the Morning Glory Blooms.
I couldn't stop staring at it. I knew the real story behind it. A friend of mine held her sweet baby boy, happy to be a mother again. Looking forward to getting back into running and to finishing nursing school.
But my imagination set that aside to picture my characters and their longings, their disappointments, the depth of their pain, some of it related to the children they held and the secrets they suppressed.
Their futures--that bleached light beyond the window in the picture--were filled with uncertainty and more longing.
They, like me, were overwhelmed...but for far different reasons.
A writer's heart is often overwhelmed. He or she dives deep into characters' emotional upheavals, experiencing them in a way, in order to write about them authentically.
Continue reading "When My Heart is Overwhelmed by Cynthia Ruchti" »
Hi! I'm Kathy Ide. In addition to being a published author, I'm a full-time professional freelance editor. For CAN, I'm blogging about "PUGS"--Punctuation, Usage, Grammar, and Spelling...tips for writers based on the most common mistakes I see in the manuscripts I edit. Each blog post will have one tip for each of the four categories. (For more PUGS tips, check out my website, or get a copy of my book Polishing the PUGS (available through the website or at the conferences where I teach). If you're interested in working with a freelance editor (or know someone who is), e-mail me through the contact page of my website. Or go to the Christian Editor Network to get referrals to other established, professional editorial freelancers. If you're a freelance editor yourself, or think you might be interested in that field, check out The Christian PEN: Proofreaders and Editors Network.
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