My just-released novel, Catch a Falling Star, deals with the question: What do you do when life doesn’t go according to plan? The heroine, Dr. Kendall Haynes, has a satisfying life in a lot of ways — except her dreams of happily-ever-after haven’t come true. While Kendall is an imaginary person, the disappointment she struggles with is one many women …
In Others’ Words: Joy
I like to tell people that I don’t aim for happiness because happiness is based on circumstances — and circumstances come and go so quickly that there’s no way to get a firm grasp on happiness. Instead, I’ve learned to search for joy, something deeper and more substantial than tissue-paper-thin happiness. Joy anchors me no matter what the day holds. …
In Others’ Words: Clothes
When I wear certain clothes I feel most like me. It’s not just that these clothes are comfortable … It’s that I am comfortable being me when I wear them. I put on a certain dress or a certain sweater or a certain pair of red cowboy boots and I think, “Yeah. That’s me, all right.” I’ve bought clothes because …
When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan: Guest Post Author Deborah Raney
My novel, Catch a Falling Star, asks the question: Is life about accomplishing plans … or wishes coming true … or something more? Today’s post is the fifth in the “When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan” Wednesday blog series, 11 guest posts by authors and writers, including Deborah Raney, Rachel Hauck, and Susan May Warren, who explore the question: What do you …
Release Day: Catch a Falling Star
A book takes quite a journey to publication: idea to synopsis to pitch to book proposal to book deal to submission deadline and rewrite deadline and another rewrite deadline and then (finally) the galleys. All of this leads to today: Release day! I had a lot of help and encouragement along the way — and I mentioned many of …
In Others’ Words: Failure
Now there’s a truth I wish I’d learned years ago: Failure is an event. An event. There’s no denying that we all experience failures of all kinds in this world. Failures caused by our decisions and our choices. Failures caused by the decisions and choices of others. Deliberate actions and accidental missteps — both leading to failures. But the …
In Others’ Words: Extra Mile
There are two people you can go the extra mile for: yourself and someone else. Going the extra mile for yourself means you try a little harder to get the task done — you give more of yourself, your creativity, your effort. You’re not settling for “good enough.” Going the extra mile for someone else means you sacrifice for that …
Behind the Book: Catch a Falling Star Book Dedication (Vlog) Part 2
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uj3KGMKgvU&feature=share&list=UUyGzAHQFpqqEX6YlnLZ0yUQ Book Dedication for Catch a Falling Star: In memory of Ian Lyons, who taught me about courageous faith. June 23, 1995-April 27, 2009 “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an external glory that far …
When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan: Guest Post with Debut Author Melissa Tagg
My novel, Catch a Falling Star, asks the question: Is life about accomplishing plans … or wishes coming true … or something more? Today’s post is the fourth in the “When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan” Wednesday blog series, 11 guest posts by authors and writers, including Deborah Raney, Rachel Hauck, and Susan May Warren, who explore the question: What do you …
Behind the Book: Catch a Falling Star Book Dedication Part 1 (Vlog)
httpv://youtu.be/IBdvtsCArCo Book Dedication for Catch a Falling Star: In memory of Ian Lyons, who taught me about courageous faith. June 23, 1995-April 27, 2009 “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an external glory that far …