What Do I Know?

I used to be a teacher and if a student asked a question, I’d do everything I could to give them an answer. Answers help us make sense of the world. Answers are important. When I was growing up in church, pastors seemed to have answers for everything. It appeared there was a Bible verse …

Hope For Tomorrow

Humans need hope. Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.   Vincent McNabb Today is all we have. There are no guarantees for tomorrow. While that is true, we also need hope that tomorrow can be better. Hope is found in the idea that …

10 Lessons I’ve Learned From Writing

After my first book Beautiful: beauty tips for the soul was published, my family asked me when the next book was coming out. ‘What do you mean?’ I asked. ‘I’ve just published a book, I’m happy.’ ‘We think you’ve got a few more in you,’ they said. I’d always wanted to be an author. I’d …

Why Go On a Writers’ Retreat?

Writer’s Retreats Fifteen years ago, I decided that writing was my thing and, ever since then, I’ve taken myself away. Away to a library; a café, Oxford University, Tuscany, Massachusetts, London, and Colorado. Away from the responsibilities of home and family, away from other work, to invest in my writing. In 2017, I spent the …

Author Interview | David Rawlings

Getting to know you interview with David Rawlings Welcome David to our blog today. We are going to have a little fun while we learn a little more about him. Can you tell us a little about yourself? Sure. I’m a 40-something father of three and husband of one. I’m a copywriter with my own …

Author Interview | Introducing Rose Dee

Fast Five Long black or flat white? Cappuccino girl here! Kiwis or koalas? Koalas. Mangoes or kiwifruit? Mangoes. Cricket or rugby? Southern Stars (the Australian Women’s Cricket team, and current world champs). Hobbits or Mad Max? Neither really, but if I had to go one it would probably be Max. Books or TV? Can’t choose. …