Hello! It has been a long time since I have blogged. I have an amazing reason to blog today! The Shattered Vase by Gracie Lynne has been nominated for an award in The Christian Literary Awards! Yep! That is the only contest I have entered and I am nominated in the Fiction category for the …
On the 25th of July I experienced a lovely event. I had a book signing success! I had rented a room at a local coffee house and invited many of my friends to the event. My sweet boyfriend helped co-host the event and he took the pictures of the book signing. What he didn’t capture …
Rejection Last week I had a disappointing day. It started off with an email from a pastor of the church I currently attend. I had gifted her one of my books, asking her assistance with getting it into the church bookstore. https://store.bookbaby.com/book/The-Shattered-VaseOne of the first ladies who read my book decided it should enter the …
MY FIRST BOOK SIGNING OF THE SHATTERED VASE IS ONLY TWO DAYS AWAY! I am so excited! A friend of mine suggested I host a book signing at the Re:defined Coffee House in Grapevine. I went there to buy a cup of coffee a couple of times and fell in love with the atmosphere. Everyone …
Recently, I have meditated on envy. Envy is like a pelican wishing to be a sailboat. In my novel, The Shattered Vase, envy is characterized as a green blob of vomit. When I think about envy I realize how symbolically accurate vomit is to envy. God gives us gifts and if we envy others it …
In my novel, The Shattered Vase, the main character, Suzie, has a struggle with covetting her husband’s new mansion. This is not exactly coveting thy neighbor’s house but it may be much more than that because coveting is listed among the Ten Commandments. Exodus 20:17 “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not …
My boyfriend was planning a wonderful spread for our Independence Day celebration. I was helping him clean and prepare for the guests. As I gazed around his house I noticed he could use some dusting off the light above his dining room table. I mentioned it to him and soon we were working together to …
This morning I did it again. I was wasting my time, playing one of my games on my phone. It is called Word Stacks and the reason why I started it was because it said it would increase my IQ. I must say, I don’t know if my intelligence level has gone up or down …
This morning I did it again. I was wasting my time. I was playing on one of my games on my phone. It is called Word Stacks and the reason why I started it was because it said it would increase my IQ. I must say, I don’t know if my intelligence level has gone …
In the Bible, Jesus tells his disciples several different times to shake the dust off of their feet if the gospel they proclaim is not received. I have realized I need to start shaking the dust off of my feet. (Matthew 10:14; Luke 9:5). In Mark 6:11 I have had a guy who has been in the …
