Giving our stories the gift of time

Sending out a manuscript too early is like taking your NICU baby home before she has fully developed. Her little lungs are too immature to work properly and her voice isn’t going to be heard. I remember sitting in the NICU with my brand new granddaughter - wires everywhere, alarms going off, specialized nurses scuttling…

…but God

Opening my first box of books blissfully unaware of what was coming! I've been thinking about my first books, a trilogy that was released in 2020. Trying to market during lockdown when stores were closed and in-person events were cancelled. I was reminded of God's faithfulness and those two words of the Bible that mean…

Investing in our stories

The same spirit that drives a writer to take a hybrid or indie approach to publishing can lead to the decision to take on every facet of publishing single-handedly. Writing, editing, formatting and cover design can be done independently depending on the writer’s abilities but there is an argument to be made for partnering with…