“I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:14

“With her realistic characters and absorbing dialogue,
Matlock crafts a moving story about a woman’s road to self-discovery.”
~ Publishers Weekly, on Driving Lessons

• February 23, 2015

  Gleanings: You Become What You Read, Techniques of the Selling Writer

  “Read all sorts of things, especially in your preferred genre…Read everything that’s good. Start with Pulitzer Prize winners and National Book Award winners, the Booker Prize and Whitbread winners…” ~ Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Pen on Fire. The above advice is good, with exceptions. I once read a Pulitzer Prize winning novel in which men had sex…

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     “…a fabulous read for all readers. Inspiring and up lifting it brings just a little bit of relief from this rat race world.”
  ~ManicReaders.com, on Little Town, Great Big Life

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