I just love when I can visit the actual locations in my favorite books. So I'm taking you to downtown Big Tree today. The majority of Choosing Justice uses my fictional city "Big Tree, Oklahoma" as the setting. However, I based many of the locations there on real places in … [Read more...]
How Travel Photos Made Me See Backstory
Welcome to Riata, New Mexico! Travel is the perfect way to get a feel for your location and build your backstory. Riata is my fictional location in New Mexico. It is the city closest to the Maxwell Ranch in SE New Mexico. Several years ago, a friend and I took a research … [Read more...]
How God Made Me Trust
I'm more than a skeptic. I'm ridiculously cynical. Faith is hard for me. Or at least it used to be. Psalm 52:8 says, "I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever." Over the years, God has brought me to that point, but it took some doing. He led me through some … [Read more...]
How to Solve Problems with Research
an Oklahoma pumpjack Humans are visual creatures. When I'm writing, I'm trying to paint a picture for you with my words. If I cannot pull a scene or location from personal experience, then I'm relying on my imagination. But real life wins. I need to do the research. The best … [Read more...]
5 Myths about Fear & Courage
What would it take for you to do something that scares you? An invitation from God? That's what Joshua got after Moses died. Chosen as the new leader of God's people, Joshua was actually commanded to be strong and courageous. Repeatedly. Myth #1: Courage is the absence of … [Read more...]
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