Posts Tagged "life"
Monday Musings: Christian Books and Reality: A Reading List
I didn’t start reading Christian fiction until I started writing it. Well, I’d started reading Left Behind (everyone else in the world was, so I wanted to see what all the fuss was about), and I’d read some Francine Rivers and Lori Wick, but I really didn’t know there was anything else out there other than end-times stuff and romance. And since I wasn’t a huge fan of either, I didn’t explore much into the world of Christian fiction. And then I got a contract, and my editor said, “You should try some Lisa Samson.” So I did. And I was floored, because I didn’t realize anyone else was writing the kinds of books I wanted...
Read MoreThursday Thoughts: Hard Stuff and Innocence
Earlier this week I talked about Taylor Swift and how I’m pretty sure Abby is going to love her once she figures out who she is. I mentioned Swift’s song, “Mean,” and how Abby likes it so much; every time we’re in the car she tells me to put on one of the country stations in case they play it. Overall, I’m a huge country fan. I never would have started listening if it weren’t for my husband, but he had me hooked pretty quickly and now I can’t get enough. I love the patriotic and Christian themes that permeate so many of the songs, and the honesty of the writers in sharing about their own lives through their music. Not that...
Read MoreThursday Thoughts: The obligatory Steve Jobs post
Yesterday Western culture lost one of its most influential innovators. No doubt the vast majority of the blogs out there will touch on the loss in one way or another over the next day or two, and with good reason. How many of them are typed like this one–on a Mac? Or composed while the author listens to their iPod and dresses up the post with pictures from their iPhone? The technology revolution Jobs created with his desire to bring computing to the average person has led to staggering advances that are hard to wrap one’s head around sometimes. Have you seen what the new iPhone can do? When I think back to my first cell phone–the clunky, chunky...
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