A Writer's Journey Never Ends
Fear of success. So many words have been dumped about that phobia. Books, podcasts, magazine articles. It’s real to many people. I get it. Can’t say I relate Fear of failure. I’ve walked with that. Heck, I’ve danced into the wee hours of the morning with it. As I get older and years of living…
“Is everything spinning or is it just me?” “It’s you, Emma,” Brie said as she set down a glass of water on my nightstand. “One foot on the floor, one finger on the wall. It will stop.” I saw her shake her head as she sat with her legs crossed on the chair next to…
Welcome 2020! Yeah, it’s over a week late but I’m notorious for not being on time. I wish I had made at least one Christmas post. It’s my hands-down favorite time of the year. The rush of the holidays, which included a trip up to New York to visit family, sidelined me. Weak excuse, but…
I wonder if you reviewed your life as you took that final walk, much as a person would. Or did you traverse that hill, winding around the fence posts certain in the knowledge of a life well-lived and well-loved? Were there little girls’ laughter ringing in your furry ears and mischievous young horses dancing across…
I am a big fan of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. Unlike C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series, which I read when I was fairly young, I discovered L’Engle’s classic as an adult and fell in love. I fell in love with the characters, the story, the writing (oh, the writing!), the use of science, and…
Here it is – November! Thanksgiving plans are gearing up, the chilly air is settling in, and Hallmark Christmas movies are in full swing (hooray!). Don’t scoff. You know you’re already watching them wearing your favorite comfy PJs and sipping a steaming cup of hot cocoa. But I digress. If you’re a writer, this month…
I woke up to a baker’s dozen this morning – not bagels or donuts, which are the last things I need, but to my thirteenth rejection of my novel. Something I definitely didn’t want, but maybe something I do need. The lion’s share of the rejections came a few years earlier. One was from an…
Two profound-to-the core moments in the Bible that encapsulate our relationship with Jesus. They are simple. They are powerful. They are moments. Just moments. After Peter denied Jesus a third time, just as He predicted and Peter vehemently swore he would never do, Jesus turned and looked at him. And Peter wept. (Luke 22:60-62) That’s…
I could write volumes on this subject, albeit boring ones. They would drone endlessly on about every worry, pang of anxiety, and brush with paranoia. I’m not joking. If I journaled each time fear crept into my psyche, I’d get nothing else done. It is probably the greatest source of counter-productivity in my life. Fear…
There have been quite a few essays written on the benefits of allowing your daughters to grow up riding horses. One of the most recent and eloquent was written by grand prix dressage rider and trainer Lauren Spreiser (“Let Your Daughters Grow up to be Horse Girls”) in her blog on The Chronicle of the Horse….