Purple Moons and the Hero's Kiss

What will you be doing this Sunday? Valentine's Day.

LET THEM EAT CAKE!
Each year some girls and I get together at the Cheesecake Factory. Some years we swap gifts. This year we won't. Boyfriends or not, we hang for an hour or two and eat cake!

Oh, and tell me, what is your favorite on screen kiss?

Here is one of mine:

Word Wednesday

Word Wednesday. A day to post words about the Word.



I remember a long time ago when I first began searching for God, I would run to wise council and mentors and say, “_____ just happened. What am I to do?” And “I don’t know what to do about _____ in my life. I am so scared.”

Most of the time the wise ones and mentors would tell me, “It’s going to be all right. Just keep praying. Keep your faith.” It would drive me crazy, but I’d go home and pray and work on my faith.

Many years later, as I now run to God in prayer and say, “_____ just happened. What am I to do?” And “I don’t know what to do about _____ in my life. I am so scared.”
Well, sometimes His answer and direction hits like a light bulb in a dusty, dark basement, but most of the time I hear God say, “It’s going to be all right. Just keep praying. Keep your faith.”

I was discussing this earlier tonight in my small group. It reminded me of
Psalm 46:10 (New International Version)
10 "Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth."

And I guess what sticks out in these verses is not the Be Still part. Tonight what sticks out to me is
I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth.

See, when I run ragged and shout “What am I to do?” and “Where should I go?”
In prayer and in council, the focus is on me. This verse does not say, “Be still and know that I am God – know that I will make KM’s every wish come true.” And it doesn’t say “Be still, KM’s ship is just around the corner, about to come in and deliver all your needs, and healing.” It says, He will be exalted. He has a plan, and the plan is about Him.

I guess if I went through all the things I think I want – Jesus Exalted – is the best thing for Him, for the nations, for the earth and for KM.
So tonight I am peacefully still. I wait and watch, for He will be exalted in all the nations, and all the earth and in me. I see that as a promise.

What are you reading this week?

All things Medieval

So my WIP is High World Fantasy. I am trying to research many different things.

Like is it mail or maille? And should my main character have the nickname J.R.?

I find google can find answers for either side of a debate. I am not even sure I am using the term "High World Fantasy" correctly.

What are you researching for your WIP? Do you use the internet? Google? Or the reliable library?

OKAY, THE REAL NEWS

Yesterday I signed my first contract. I don't know if I can spill the details, so I am just saying, a magazine will be printing my vampire short story in a couple of months!

I am so stoked!






PS Pray for my 92 year old Grandad. He is blessed with a great family and a great Faith. He is at peace. We don't know how long he has.

A story is born

Its been an awesome, overwhelming response of support that I have received regarding finishing my first full novel. The edits for the first 15 pages have begun, the toil is heating up to clean it up for Genesis, ACFW's annual contest.

I've been thinking as I finish this, where to go from here. I mean, my idea for the post apocolyptic science fiction story REMNANTS is "half a novel", so I thought about finishing it. Then a new story entered my life this weekend. I felt like a baby was born. LOL

A new story is so thrilling, is it not? I wonder, how do you choose what new tale to start? A dream? A thousand stories bouncing around in your mind that you don't much have to think of a new one as much as choose one from your story file in your head?

I only have a couple stories surfing through my mind at a time. One of my short stories came from a dream. One idea bloomed as I listened to a SKILLET song (I think they need to make it their video LOL) And this last/first novel COBRA CUTLASS began with a challenge over at BRANDON BARR'S BLOG, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE FICTION.


So tell me. How are your stories born?