Category: Thankful Thursday
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Thankful Thursday: Grateful for my local tribe
September will mark a year from meeting my Church tribe–a beautiful group of ladies who formed my third small group at an adult education course at my Church parish that I help to run twice a year. I’ve been part of a number of small groups at this course, called Alpha–it’s run in a lot…
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Thankful Thursday: Thankful for reviews
Today, I am grateful for the people who have taken the time to leave a review of any my books on Amazon or Goodreads–whether the first editions of my trilogy or the newly released second edition of my trilogy’s first installment. Unless you ARE an author, you can have no idea how much an honest…
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Thankful Thursday: thankful for the classics that formed me
I have always loved reading the classics. I was a Spanish and English double major in college, and I got a Master’s in Spanish literature largely thanks to Don Quixote. Today, I am grateful for the classics that formed me: that helped to form my character (and characters), my voice, my writing style, my plots,…
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Thankful Thursday: Grateful for my time in religious formation and the lesson of balance in life
I’ve been writing about setting this week, so that’s still on my mind. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about one of the settings that most impacted my life: the monastery where I was postulant for nine months. That’s for a couple of reasons. One of the sisters there who was a postulant with me…
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Thankful Thursday: Thankful for how my characters rejuvenate and inspire me
This Thursday, I am thankful to get back to writing and editing after a crazily busy promo week from June 10-14, when I wasn’t able to write. I found myself more distracted than I would have liked last week–to some degree, inevitably–by the marketing aspects of the promo and the emotional rollercoaster of it all.…
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Thankful Thursday: Thankful for fiction that reminds me my struggles have meaning and purpose
It’s nothing new to hear that it’s only when we leave our comfort zone that we grow. That it is our struggles and failures that stretch, mold, mature, and improve us. Yet, it is true. Our sufferings and stumblings not only reveal who we are, but if we let them, they can make us better…
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