My life has been quite full lately. It never helps to have the house in disarray, which is what we have right now. We are in the middle of doing a "deep energy retrofit" on our house which means we are trying to make it energy efficient. David has finished a certificate program in which he has learned how to […]
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On September 12, I wrote a post about Amish church singing. My friend, Katie, asked if I would share the songs I have, and I couldn’t figure out how to do that via my blog. Today I realized I have another venue… my website. I was able to post all three songs that I wanted to on there. So, anyone
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I am so very excited to announce the publication of my memoir, Why I Left the Amish. Michigan State University Press has set the publication date of January 11, 2011. I am about to graduate from being a writer to becoming an author! Those of you who have known me for many years know how amazing it is for me
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I just discovered blogfests this week, and here I am taking part in a second one. Madeleine Maddock at Scribble and Edit is doing a blogfest called “Share Your Ten Best Novels.” Madeleine, this is a great idea! Thank you. I will give favorites roughly in the order that I discovered them and give a reason why they became my
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Tonight I am taking part in the Great Blogging Experiment about writing compelling characters. At first I wondered what I could possibly add to the discussion — we all know that compelling characters need to be believable and come alive, and have a host of other attributes. But what makes a character believable or come alive? For fun, I pulled
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The first time Daddy found out about me, it was from behind glass during a routine visit to prison, when Ma lifted her shirt, teary-eyed, exposing her pregnant belly for emphasis. ~ Liz Murray So begins Liz Murray's book, Breaking Night: A Memoir about Forgiveness, Survival, and my Journey from Homeless to Harvard. The first sentence gripped me, and then her
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