I just finished writing Year of the Dog ! It had a massive plot hole that I had to fix which turned out to be more work than I expected. Here’s a snippet: “Hey, Auntie Nell.” He wrapped his arms around her, bussing her on the cheek and breathing in pikake flowers and shortbread cookies. And suddenly he was nine years old again, and her solid presence had made his chaotic world stable once more. “What are you doing here?” He usually took her to dinner on Wednesday nights, but today was Tuesday. The edges of her smile faltered a little before brightening right back up again. “What, I can’t visit my nephew?” She angled around him to enter his home. “Is this your new house? Looks lovely.” Which was a blatant lie, because the fixer-upper was barely livable, much less acceptable to a neat-freak like his aunt. She also left four matching pink and purple floral suitcases on the stoop behind her. Only then did Ashwin notice the cab driver standing slightly to the side of the walkway. “Can ...
Captain’s Log, Supplemental
I apologize this post is late—the power went out last night before I could finish posting.
Blog book giveaway:
My Monday book giveaway is JADE by Marilynn Griffith.
My Thursday book giveaway is SQUAT by Taylor Field.
You can still enter both giveaways. Just post a comment on each of those blog posts. On Monday, I'll draw the winner for JADE and post the title for another book I'm giving away.
Prayer: My friend Danica came up with the most fabulous idea of starting a blog to pray for our enemies.
Yup, you read that right.
She was inspired by Philip Yancey’s new book. There’s a great quote that I want to copy here:
"God loves his enemies," concludes Bonhoeffer; "that is the glory of his love." We defeat our enemies by loving them, and prayer activates that love.
Here’s the blog post that explains her thoughts on this, and here’s the blog she set up to pray for our enemies.
TMI:
Writing: I am finishing my Marketing Info sheet tonight. It’s almost done. Cheryl called me last night to ask if she needed to mail me “something dead.” I might be able to expect a grasshopper in gruesome pieces in my mailbox in a few days.
Diet: I hate exercising. I really don’t feel the inclination for it when I get up in the morning. I didn’t exercise yesterday, so I really need to get on the ball today. After I blog. Or maybe after I eat. Or maybe after I check e-mail, in case something life-shattering happened.
I apologize this post is late—the power went out last night before I could finish posting.
Blog book giveaway:
My Monday book giveaway is JADE by Marilynn Griffith.
My Thursday book giveaway is SQUAT by Taylor Field.
You can still enter both giveaways. Just post a comment on each of those blog posts. On Monday, I'll draw the winner for JADE and post the title for another book I'm giving away.
Prayer: My friend Danica came up with the most fabulous idea of starting a blog to pray for our enemies.
Yup, you read that right.
She was inspired by Philip Yancey’s new book. There’s a great quote that I want to copy here:
"God loves his enemies," concludes Bonhoeffer; "that is the glory of his love." We defeat our enemies by loving them, and prayer activates that love.
Here’s the blog post that explains her thoughts on this, and here’s the blog she set up to pray for our enemies.
TMI:
Writing: I am finishing my Marketing Info sheet tonight. It’s almost done. Cheryl called me last night to ask if she needed to mail me “something dead.” I might be able to expect a grasshopper in gruesome pieces in my mailbox in a few days.
Diet: I hate exercising. I really don’t feel the inclination for it when I get up in the morning. I didn’t exercise yesterday, so I really need to get on the ball today. After I blog. Or maybe after I eat. Or maybe after I check e-mail, in case something life-shattering happened.
Comments
Can you add a link on your page
for the enemyprayerblog?
Danica, that is a great idea.
I know, normally, it'd be too
easy to not pray for enemies.
Thanks, Ann
Camy