April 7, 2012 Family Stuff, Prophetic words, Writing books, chaos, Christianity, creating, dreams, external, family, focus, fruitfulness, goals, God, inspiration, kids, life, vision, waiting

Things aren’t what they seem…

If you had peeped into my bedroom this morning at 8, you would have thought – look at that lazy thing, tucked up under the duvet doing nothing. You would have, in fact, been dead wrong. Oh yes – to a casual observer it would seem that I was lying very snug and still, but what you […]

March 30, 2012 Family Stuff, Writing books, creativity, deadlines, despair, dreams, family, fiction, focus, freedom, fruitfulness, God, hope, humour, novel, priorities, productivity, progress, waiting, words, work

Creature of the Night

I’ve always been an owl not a fowl, but with my kids on holiday – my nocturnal tendencies are getting out of hand. My days are filled with wipe this, feed that, mop this, carry that, tidy this, cook that, find this, pick up that, pick up that again, all to the tune of non-stop […]

March 24, 2012 Family Stuff, Writing dancing, joy, kids, kittens, life, pets, waiting, words

Dancing kittens

Or should that be… dancing AND kittens. My writing has had to wait a bit this week for two good reasons. Technically four. We’ve added 3 kittens to our household. I know… 3! Eek! But the equation is simple maths – 3 kids = 3 cats. It’s the only way it’s ever going to work. […]

March 13, 2012 Prophetic words, Writing Christianity, creating, creativity, desire, dreams, focus, fruitfulness, God, hope, inspiration, joy, life, waiting, words

Goosies and salty tears

My heart has a way of recognising truth long before my mind catches up. When truth hits home inside of me, two things happen – I get goosebumps all down my arms and I find myself blubbing like a baby. Without fail. Every time. As a writer, I get excited when I go goosies. Simply […]

February 27, 2012 Odd bits & pieces, Writing family, focus, goals, hope, kids, longing, pressure, priorities, productivity, sick kid, waiting

The one that got away

I had a plan for today. I really did. It was rather good too. It involved getting kidlets off to school, then a solid hour writing stint on my project 2, some choreography for dance group tonight and quietly wrapping my brain around cutting our music for the dance we’re working on. After that was off […]

February 25, 2012 Odd bits & pieces, Prophetic words Christianity, despair, dreams, freedom, fruitfulness, gardening, God, hope, inspiration, productivity, progress, vision, waiting

Your winter is over

Today’s post is a little unusual, so bear with me. If you get to a point that you feel it’s not for you, you are most welcome to go make some tea and carry on with your life, or move on to the next blog. I won’t be offended in the slightest. Promise. In the December holidays, […]

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 3, 2012 Writing books, Christianity, desire, despair, dreams, family, fiction, focus, freedom, goals, God, hope, kids, manuscript, novel, priorities, waiting

On being grown up and not getting swallowed…

It’s time for me to face facts. I’m desperately keen to dive in and lose myself in the world of ‘Finding Amy’, (my second novel for those who may not be following my compelling *snigger* saga.) The brutal truth is… I have two other projects that I need to finish first. Its a simple dinner before […]

December 28, 2011 Writing books, dreams, faith, hopes, novel, trusting, vision, waiting

Holes in my head… insert happy face here

I finally know that it is true. There are holes in my head, the size of swiss cheese. But it’s okay. You see this morning I started novel #2. Where is novel #1 you might ask? On the shelf. For now. I had always harboured a secret hope that I wouldn’t be amongst all […]

June 3, 2010 Writing agent, article, editor, email, novel, publishing, waiting

Writing is a dangerous business.

Writing is a seriously dangerous business. Once it’s in your blood, you’ve had it. There is no escaping that irresistable urge. Take it a step further and you’re in even more trouble… Start thinking up a specific article, a story. Before you know it, your entire brain downs tools to get involved. Forget normal life – […]

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