Coming to a Favorite Bookstore Near You in November

Releasing November 2014 from Abingdon Press
Swept Away
Co-Authored with Laura V. Hilton

Available for Pre-Order from these Sites
Amazon.com
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Cokesbury
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PiBoIdMo Day 5

Shew...let's try this again, I had my post all posted and realized I posted it on the WRONG blog..*embarrassed face*

How is it going, are you going strong, ready to throw in the towel, energizer bunny strength?  I am going, not energizer bunny strength but going.

Today's post at Tara Lazar's blog is a great encouragement, and had the funniest quote I want to share.

“You do have a process. It’s organic!” And she is absolutely right, because I’ve never once used pesticides in any of my books.

For the entire post visit Tara's blog and see what else Pat Zietlow Miller has to share.

Day 5 with Pat Zietlow Miller 

PiBoIdMo Day 4

So what or how do you get ideas for a picture book?

Personally I draw on the seasons, I usually always have a few ideas that center around the holidays.  I also draw from things going on around me.  People I see, last year I remember the first day of PiBoIdMo, I was in a store and an incident happened and there was a child along, and I looked at it from the child's POV, and bam there was an idea for a story.

Use whatever you must, yesterdays post from Kelly Bingham had great ideas to jump start your thinking process.

Today post from Karen is a sweet story and wise advice about understanding our writing journey.  Why do we do what we do?

Day 4 PiBoIdMo Post with Karen Henry Clark

Day 3 of PiBoIdMo

I didn't forget and I have been writing down my ideas.  I even worked on one story today..YAY me, nearly 700 words on that.

So I want to share some posts from over at Tara Lazar's blog..

Day One PiBoIdMo with Kristi Valiant

Day Two PiBoIdMo with Mira Reisberg

Day Three PiBoIdMo with Kelly Bingham

I encourage you, read these posts they are inspiring!!

Go Go you know you have ideas racing in your head.

        

It is time for PiBoIdMo again...

November 1st will be here soon!!!

If you know me, you know life has been crazy and I really hesitated about signing up, but sometimes you just need normalcy in your life.  So Picture Book Idea Month here I come!!!

Congratulations and Thank You!!

I just want to say "Thank You" to Abingdon for hosting the Goodreads Giveaway of Swept Away.
Also to each and everyone of the Goodreads readers who entered the contest, another "Thank You!!"

Congratulations to the winners of the 10 book Giveaway.

Kim
Angie
Lnichols
Karen
Debbie
Katie
Carol50
Barbara
Angela
Unsolved Mysteries.

I hope you enjoy Swept Away!  Thank you for entering the contest.

For those who did not win, Swept Away is available for pre-order at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com, Christian Books. com and many other places where books are sold online.
                         

God Knows

And He cares.
I blogged yesterday about the struggle I have had and the sadness I feel over the death of Robin Williams. The past two nights my sleep has been horrible, just restless tossing and turning, looking at the clock every 10 minutes. Drifting off to sleep and dreaming bad dreams.  So last night a friend messaged me and told me that in the wee hours of the morning she heard the Lord tell her to pray for me because I was struggling.  Those are the kind of friends to have.  Those that hear and obey.  Thanks Friend ((hugs))
How many times do we all hear the Lord nudging us to pray for someone, and we get busy and forget. The Lord cares about us all and He uses us to minister to others. The love of God that I felt when she told me that, just can't be bought. So take the time to slow down and hear what the Spirit is leading you to do. God does care, and He uses us to show that care. <3 p="">Photo by June Foster, a beautiful view of Puget Sound. A Creator who made beautiful scenery like this, most definitely cares for our troubles.  May God bless you this day!