February 22, 2012 Writing dancing, dreams, fiction, focus, fruitfulness, goals, longing, manuscript, novel, priorities, progress

Stop the drama and pass the spinach please

After all the drama of the weekend, I’m super-happy to post some down-to-earth, regular-but-exciting writing news. That last bit sorta rhymes… hmmm. Relax, I’m not about to sprout poetry at you, but I do want to share some progress. It is time for an update for those of you who cheered me on as I announced […]

February 18, 2012 Odd bits & pieces character, despair, family, fruitfulness, God, hope, inspiration, kids, surfers marathon, teenager, waiting, words, Writing

Don’t throw rocks into valleys

Today was one of those icky days that I’d rather not repeat. Ever. I lost my kid. Mercifully, I got her back – but this is what happened. My 13yo (you can see her hands in the pic above) was keen to do the Surfers Challenge with two of her friends. Unlike the name suggests, it’s a […]

February 10, 2012 Writing breakthrough, dreams, fruitfulness, great people, hope, inspiration, life, opportunity, power, seed, vision

Your Gifting will make Room for You

I caught the tail-end of a story on the news yesterday. There was a man, a brilliant maths teacher, forced to flee his country because of political unrest. He settled in Jo’burg and tried to find work in his area of expertise. Nobody would hire him as a teacher, but he managed to get a job as […]

January 14, 2012 Writing books, despair, focus, fruitfulness, goals, God, manuscript, novel, words

Of polar bears and other disasters

The best laid plans of mice and er, polar bears? This poor bear has had better days, I’m sure. When I think back on this week – I can sympathize. This week has been a writing fail of EPIC PROPORTIONS. And yes, all those capital letters are on purpose. I mean every one. I […]

January 1, 2012 Writing books, deadlines, dreams, family, fruitfulness, God, hope, productivity

Hopes & challenges… fertile soil for the DREAMS of 2012

Writing a new book? Not a problem. Cranking out a few articles per month? Completely do-able. Getting through my last 4 kid’s writing course assignments… Lovely fun. Working two jobs, being mom to 3 growing girls, being wife and home-maker? It’s part of what I’m built for. I could go on… My big challenge is […]

September 20, 2010 Writing church, contentment, family, fruitfulness, God, priorities, usefulness

Life’s little luxury…

So I haven’t blogged for … 2 WHOLE MONTHS! Grief. What is happening to my life? I got to thinking the other day… Do I actually have the luxury of determining my own priorities? It certainly doesn’t feel like it. Rather, it seems I’m at the beck and call of everything and everyone else around […]

June 7, 2010 Writing advice, fruitfulness, humour, multi-tasking

Multi-writing… A writers version of multi-tasking!

I’ve always been fond of the word “focus”. In fact, it was one of my eldest kiddo’s first words. My chest nearly popped with pride. My vocab is constantly littered with phrases like ‘one thing at a time’, ‘first things first’, ‘finish that before you start this’ and so on and so on ad nauseum. If I […]

April 8, 2010 Writing despair, dreams, focus, fruitfulness, hope, productivity, publishing, vision

Fruitful waiting

All writers know what it means to wait. And wait. And wait some more… Waiting to hear from agents, publishers… All the while trying not to hope too much that this could be the one, this could be the Big Break. Only to have it all come crashing down in a two line form email. […]

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