July – the heart of summer! In Kentucky the weather is hot and sometimes stormy. The crops are laid by. That means they’ve grown too big to plow. The gardens are coming on and some of the neighbors are bragging about their first ripe tomato. They used to brag over the back fences. Now they post pictures and brag on …
“Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority–literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.” Ignazio Silone (Italian Novelist & Journalist, 1900-1978) Liberty is what we celebrate here in America on the Fourth of July. It’s what we’ve had from the time …
I had a good time at the Kentucky Christian Writers Conference in Elizabethtown last weekend. I don’t think it’s a big conference. I might not be a good judge of that since I’ve only been to it and ACFW last year. For sure, it’s not as big as ACFW. It is a helpful and inspiring conference. This is a photo of the teaching staff and this …
Author – K. Dawn Byrd I’m happy to welcome K. Dawn Byrd as a guest on One Writer’s Journal today. K. Dawn is a lover of books and an avid blogger who interviews authors and nearly always has some kind of book giveaway going on her blog. When not reading or writing, she enjoys spending time with her husband. They …
I’ve been working all week on getting ready for the Kentucky Christian Writers Conference in Elizabethtown coming up this Friday and Saturday, June 24 & 25. I had actually thought this was my first writers conference when I went last year, but then I was reminded that I had led some workshops at the Green Rivers Writers Retreat some years …
Happy Father’s Day to all of you – those who are dads and those of us who have dads. There’s nothing like a dad, but it’s also true that our dads weren’t always dads. They used to be boys and then young men looking to the future, trying out their wings, finding their independence. This picture is my dad on his …
I’ve been having fun with this picture on my Facebook Author’s page. I had posted a picture of Darrell and me on his birthday last week and mentioned how long we’d been together. A loooonnng time. We met and started dating when I was fourteen and he was seventeen. My parents trusted me too much, I’m thinking now. But it …
I have absolutely no reason for this picture other than I wanted to use a picture and we’ve had blue skies this week. This is a hayfield on our farm and a place I sometimes walk. I’d like to walk around it now because there’s a nice patch of raspberries in the fencerow, but my husband hasn’t mowed the hay …
I tried to post this on my Facebook author page today, but Facebook is not liking me lately. So I said whatever, I’ll just share it with my journaling friends. Okay, take a good look at the picture to the left. Then scroll down and take a good look at my cover. The first picture here on the left is …
Books are arriving in the mail and by UPS. That’s always fun. And it’s just as much fun when I hear from family and friends that they received my new book in the mail. Several people got gift copies of The Blessed yesterday in the mail. Other family members may get a surprise in the mail next week. It’s fun to get nice …