Back when I was still homeschooling, my mum added to my schedule a study of the book โJane Eyreโ. I was pumped about this, as it was my favourite book, and I was getting to read it for school! The study was a series of questions that I had to answer about the book. One…
I am a BIG dreamer. By big, I mean, I have so many ideas constantly on the go, and always revolving around my mind. But itโs so easy to get discouraged, distracted, or straight up unmotivated. Some of the dreams that have come true include: publishing my first book (Scarlet Ribbon), releasing music, starting a…
For thousands of years, writing has been one of the primary ways we communicate. Story has existed even longer. Even if youโve never written, youโve been telling stories for your whole life. Stories to mum about how your sibling pushed you, stories about princesses and princes, stories to your friends about what happened to you…
How to please the Spirit of God? How to create something He delights in? Iโve had many beautiful moments of the Spirit telling me how much He loves what Iโm creating. Thereโs no feeling quite like it: knowing the Holy Spirit is enjoying what you have made. How to do this though? It doesnโt seem…
Itโs hard to believe sometimes that the creator of the universe would stoop so low to use us and our work. But the thing is, we arenโt low when weโre in Christ, He sees us as partners and his own children. Princes and princesses in the greatest kingdom of all. He wants to use my…
It seems easy enough to include Jesus in our Church life, or Bible time in the mornings, but what about our writing life? Writing is such a personal thing, and often feels very singular, like we have to do it on our own. Inviting someone else in – especially the Spirit, and not a physical…
Letโs start at the very beginning. When did I start writing stories? My earliest memory of story writing was likely when I was four. I was stood by our deep blue couches with the green striped arm covers while mum sat with a pen in her hand. I dictated a story about a group of…
To me, a description is something that paints a place, person, emotion – and so much more. It can either leave your reader feeling bored and with a blank page, or can spark pictures in their brain and begin to reveal the aesthetic and mood of your book. Of course, we all want the former…
There are hundreds of ways for a book idea to spark in our minds. For me, dreams play a big part in this. I can think of three or four book ideas which started from dreams, just off the top of my head. I believe they are a gift from God, a sort of vision,…
The flowers had been out for a week or more before I set out in search of them. As the days had gone by and Iโd seen tree after tree of them flowering white on the sides of the road – I knew the time was going to slip by for picking season if I…