The alert flashed across my phone: Emergency: Armed, dangerous person on or near campus. Go inside now; avoid windows. Hands shaking, I texted my son, a freshman at UNC as of two weeks ago. Relief [ Read More ]
by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Some writers refuse to open a book when they are in the throes of creating a novel. Not me! I want to read everything I can get my hands on, but I do have a pattern, or r [ Read More ]
Everything seems bigger in Alaska and a regular road trip can mean several hours of travel from one small town to a city. Listening to books has proved an excellent source of entertainment as we wi [ Read More ]
During elementary school, all I thought about was playing with my dolls, riding my bike, and watching Shirley Temple movies. I remember reading the Dick and Jane books in reading circles in the sec [ Read More ]
by Jennifer Chastain The last time I shared about my reading life, I traveled way back to some childhood memories of growing up in a small town and visiting our library on a weekly basis. Those wer [ Read More ]
Where is the Line? I am going to start off by saying that I have written a “My Reading Life” post before outlining how I got here as a Christian fiction writer—starting with my childhood. Tha [ Read More ]
by RE Russell I used to believe that to give a book its proper attention, I needed to devote hours at a time and try to finish it within a couple of days. It was like a “beat the clock” race [ Read More ]
By: Eva Marie Everson Mother always insisted that her children take naps. Every afternoon, seven days a week. Honestly, she didn’t care if we slept or not—she needed a break from us, and we nee [ Read More ]
Don’t you love surprises? Not pink slip in with your paycheck-type surprises. No one likes those. But a good surprise. Finding twenty dollars in your dryer that you didn’t know you had. A lette [ Read More ]
Reading has always been an important part of my life. Some of my earliest memories are of my dad reading nursery rhymes from The Tall Book of Mother Goose. One night, Daddy said, “Tonight, you re [ Read More ]