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  In 2016, when I originally posted this, I was recovering from second degree burns and had been rather ill from them all week. Pretty much everything suffered, with my poor, sweet husband having to pick up some of the slack for me. God used a friend I hadn’t seen in forever to get me the meds I needed, and I finally had enough energy to clean my house. I finished the Easter centerpiece I’d been working on in bits and pieces (flowers made from green straws and #2 cone coffee filters soaked in leftover Easter egg dye and left to dry. Carefully tear itRead More →

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While listening to music while I write is often too distracting for me, musical references have often found their way into my works (either just titles, songs out of copyright, or allusions that don’t directly quote copyrighted materials.) Likewise, music has been known to influence or partially inspire me as I write, and I’ve also been known, while listening to music, to go, “hey, that’s the same theme as my story, that song harmonizes!” And one thing I’ve been known to do for fun is to up with lists of songs for mock soundtracks to mock movie versions of my books. Here is a selectionRead More →

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Music is my life blood. Like many, I turn to it for comfort and encouragement in storms, strength during the hour of temptation. Worship is a powerful way to connect with God and fight mental battles and in some cases worship can help with the mental symptoms of some physical battles (along with a healthy diet and exercise.) Here is ten of my favorites, in a fair alphabetical order. 1) “Amazing Grace” (My Chains are God) by John Newton (chorus by Chris Tomlin) Video Lyrics 2) “Beautiful” by MercyMe Video Lyrics 3) “Esther” by Esterlyn (Luke Caldwell) Video Lyrics Note: Esterlyn’s lead singer is theRead More →