tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41561405481521341052012-02-03T06:47:38.103-05:00Encouraging Words For Writersby Jean Matthew HallJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.comBlogger319125blogspot/OqOMhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-40386683632101877842012-02-02T20:44:00.000-05:002012-02-02T20:44:56.290-05:002012-02-02T20:44:56.290-05:00Calling All Teens Who WriteCalling All Teens Who WriteSo you know any middle school or high school students who love to write? This is the event for them! Only $50, too.Vonda Skelton and Chris Schweizer will keep them spellbound at Write2Ignite! 2012 Teen Track.Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-74531347865287928472012-02-01T15:58:00.000-05:002012-02-01T15:58:41.108-05:002012-02-01T15:58:41.108-05:00What's the Cure for a Creative Funk? Green Eggs and HamWhat's the Cure for a Creative Funk? Green Eggs and HamGreat advice from my friend, Donna, at Write2Ignite.comJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-87062179209997341902011-12-14T09:13:00.000-05:002011-12-14T09:13:47.466-05:002011-12-14T09:13:47.466-05:00WRITE2IGNITE! 2012It's finally here! Registration for Write2Ignite! 2012 is up and running at http://www.write2ignite.com/.
Praise-A-Lujah!
I hope to see you March 16-17, 2012 at North Greenville University.Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-26228544138914239532011-09-17T09:39:00.000-04:002011-09-17T09:39:22.241-04:002011-09-17T09:39:22.241-04:00CONTEST!Don't you just love winning? My dear friend, Donna, has a contest going on her blog, WordWranglerNC.
You can win your choice of three terrific books:
Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen
Complete Idot's Guide to Publishing Children's Books by Harold Underdown
Jesus in the Present Tense by Warren Wiersby
Now, you can't beat that with a stick!Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-11938573878231293762011-08-19T00:05:00.011-04:002011-08-19T00:05:01.757-04:002011-08-19T00:05:01.757-04:00Book Review: The Fight of Our LivesAnother book review as I promised.
The Fight of Our Lives: Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth & Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam by William J. Bennett & Seth Leibsohn (Thomas Nelson, 2011)
The Fight of Our Lives is a clearly written book. Bennett and Leibsohn dogmatically, repeatedly and unapologetically state the theme:”Lifting the veil and engaging the fight, as both a matterJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-50006066903119272882011-08-12T11:12:00.001-04:002011-08-12T11:13:59.937-04:002011-08-12T11:13:59.937-04:00Book Review: Heaven RevealedI'm back--temporarily. I need to post several book reveiws (as I promised to do). I hope they are helpful to you all.
Thanks,
Jean
Paul and Helen Enns dreamed of growing old together. But God had a different plan. Helen passed away and went home to Heaven leaving Paul behind to mourn.
In his own words Enns says: “That singular event has changed my life and my thinking. My thoughts are Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-45000782564344665042011-07-04T11:17:00.000-04:002011-07-04T11:17:56.001-04:002011-07-04T11:17:56.001-04:00Bye-ByeMaintaining this blog has been a fun challenge for me in several ways:
It has forced me to think about the things I am learning as a writer
It has disciplined me to write concisely (most of the time)
It has helped me to connect with other writers
It has disciplined me to write even when I don't "feel like it"
It has given me opportunities to encourage other people using their talents to glorify Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-51059056763687881042011-06-29T22:41:00.003-04:002011-06-30T09:27:08.781-04:002011-06-30T09:27:08.781-04:00Wake Up, Brain of MineWhat am I learning lately about writing?
Sometimes I think my learning has stalled a bit. I'm not picking up new information and new skills like I did three or four years ago.
But then, I go back and read the things I wrote three or four years ago, and compare them to pieces I'm writing now, and I realize that I'm doing much better than I was.
I'm refining the skills I've already learned. I'm Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-46016599487678933832011-06-21T15:00:00.025-04:002011-06-22T08:01:38.029-04:002011-06-22T08:01:38.029-04:00A Day ApartWrite2Ignite! has become a huge part of my life. I'm a business owner (I said I would NEVER do that!).
I'm an entrepreneur! (Whatever that is.)
And I'm responding to God's call on my life to be a writer, a teacher, a leader and an encourager. I can't think of a better way to "be" all of those things than Write2Ignite!
With that in mind I'm happy to announce a new one-day Write2Ignite!event Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-87967544976944201062011-06-16T23:37:00.005-04:002011-06-20T22:04:25.724-04:002011-06-20T22:04:25.724-04:00HIS Glory! I snapped these photos on a morning walk at The Center for New Beginnings.
Psalm 72:18-19
May the LORD God, the god of Israel, be praised, who alone does wonders.
May His glorious name be praised forever; the whole earth is filled with His glory.
[Holman Christian Study Bible]
Proverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, shining Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-30375306177809880792011-06-15T10:04:00.002-04:002011-06-15T10:11:46.072-04:002011-06-15T10:11:46.072-04:00Whoo-hoo! for the Southern Breeze Poetry RetreatI was NOT disappointed with the Southern Breeze Poetry Retreat last weekend! Just as I had hoped it was an enriching experience in many ways.Rebecca Kai Dotlich was fantastic...stupendous...and a really nice lady, too.
The weekend was a big success for me. Why? Let me name a few reasons: The Center for New Beginnings is gorgeous. Rustic looking but with all the modern conveniences. Our hostess Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-1847008003878701332011-06-08T09:49:00.006-04:002011-06-08T09:54:54.876-04:002011-06-08T09:54:54.876-04:00Southern Breeze Poetry RetreatI'm beginning to feel giddy because I'm anticipating a wonderful time at the Southern Breeze Poetry Retreat this weekend (June 10-12). This event will be a new adventure for me.
I'm looking forward to some good things:
To the group sessions on poetry with Rebecca Kai Dotlich
To one-on-one time with her
To her input on my picture book manuscript I've sent ahead of me
To making new authorJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-42648649144482247722011-05-31T23:27:00.001-04:002011-05-31T23:33:37.500-04:002011-05-31T23:33:37.500-04:00Meme's Bragging PostI have six wonderful grandchildren whom I adore. [Let's hear it for grandmas, folks!] Each one has been gifted by God and, I must say, their parents are doing a terrific job of following the Scriptural principle of finding their gifts, their "bent" or "way" as it says in Proverbs 22:6, and cultivating those gifts.
"Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-50182835577560818262011-05-26T10:31:00.002-04:002011-05-26T10:31:47.681-04:002011-05-26T10:31:47.681-04:00BloggerBlogger is having issues, folks. This is their latest message on the "Known Issues" Page.
We're investigating an issue which is preventing login and comment posting for some users, and hope to have a fix released shortly.
Thanks for your patience in the meantime. — latest update on Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Labels: comments, login, outstanding Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-39225352984258633442011-05-24T00:05:00.013-04:002011-05-24T20:47:09.232-04:002011-05-24T20:47:09.232-04:00Kid Lit for AdultsLast Saturday I attended my first Kid Lit for Adults session at one of the beautiful Charlotte-Mecklenburg regional libraries. It was wonderful! Two talented library staff members presented the material, the coffee was hot, and the price was perfect--FREE, absolutely free.
Most of the attendees were teachers seeking new ways to get their students involved with reading and writing. But there were Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-71507243205623376792011-05-20T21:15:00.001-04:002011-05-20T21:21:02.717-04:002011-05-20T21:21:02.717-04:00Cathy's Animal GardenCathy's Animal Garden: Enter at Your Own Risk was written by Stacy Tornio and Beautifully illustrated by my very own dear friend, Samantha Bell. It was published by Alma Little in 2010. I am as proud as a daddy peacock to own an autographed copy.
The illustrations are bright and colorful--just as they should be in a book about a garden. Bell's blossoms, trees and blades of grass are life-like Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-30424214154808617882011-05-17T14:29:00.000-04:002011-05-17T14:29:28.051-04:002011-05-17T14:29:28.051-04:00Katherine PatersonNeed a little inspiration today?
A boost for your writer's spirit?
Please hop over to my post on our Write2Ignte! Blog today.
Thanks!Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-51035237097605866652011-05-11T00:05:00.001-04:002011-05-11T00:05:00.569-04:002011-05-11T00:05:00.569-04:00Impossible ThingsI read that A. W. Tozer (that great man of God) said:
"God is looking for people through whom He can do the impossible.
What a pity when we plan only the things we can do by ourselves."
Selah--Think about that.Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-25382612378983739162011-05-09T22:46:00.001-04:002011-05-09T22:54:25.885-04:002011-05-09T22:54:25.885-04:00Books About WritingI've done it again--started reading several books at the same time. It used to be that I couldn't do that. I wouldn't do that. I was definitely prone to do one project at a time, read one book at a time, handle one mess at a time.
Then God sent me through the school of multi-tasking. Or, perhaps I should say "multi-projecting?" [Is that a real word?]
My sweet writing friend, Donna, and I are Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-52037845930061059502011-05-07T09:27:00.001-04:002011-05-08T14:45:05.929-04:002011-05-08T14:45:05.929-04:00Oswald Chambers "My Utmost for His Highest"I'm thinking most everyone who reads this blog is familiar with Oswald Chamber's My Utmost for His Highest which has been in print continuously for 70 years and has been published in 40 plus languages.
Here's an amazing story about the person who wrote this book and many others. SHE wrote what God called her to write though, as far as I know, no one ever applauded her work.
Read about her at Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-21321307139411789512011-05-06T00:05:00.007-04:002011-05-06T00:05:00.231-04:002011-05-06T00:05:00.231-04:00Common Sense Instead of HysteriaI LOVE this post and this one, too, about query letters. Actually, I love this blog period.
The blogger sounds like a really sensible blogger/agent/person all the time.
Enjoy.Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-47484747423637928342011-05-03T15:30:00.003-04:002011-05-03T15:33:58.381-04:002011-05-03T15:33:58.381-04:00I Can't Do It AllWhat am I learning about writing this week?
It seems to be such a simple point. It seems that anyone with a grain of sense could learn this easily. But I keep forgetting that I've learned it a zillion times already.
I can't do it all.
I can't do the dozens of "good" things that writers around me are doing. That list of things we do for name recognition, networking, marketing, ya-da-ya-da-ya-daJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-69500715747127006092011-04-30T07:26:00.000-04:002011-04-30T07:26:32.425-04:002011-04-30T07:26:32.425-04:00Another fantabulous list. I think I need to work on this area and create a list of my own.
Bet you do, too.
Literary CrushJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-3631569831742914352011-04-29T00:05:00.019-04:002011-04-30T07:28:43.923-04:002011-04-30T07:28:43.923-04:00God Caught Me By SurpriseOf late I've been the one in need of some Encouraging Words. My personal life has kept me moving at NASCAR pace. My mind, my attention and my body haven't been able to catch up with each other since 2011 began. I'm physically exhausted most of the time.
Over the course of my 60+ years I've learned that, for me, physical exhaustion is most often caused by emotional, not physical, labor. That is Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4156140548152134105.post-58824932223124684632011-04-27T14:48:00.000-04:002011-04-27T14:48:39.634-04:002011-04-27T14:48:39.634-04:00CreativityCousin Bill sent me this list and I think it's a hum-dinger. When you're stuck, when you're in a corner, when you're close to brain-dead try one of these suggestions from Life on Michigan Ave.
http://paulzii.tumblr.com/post/3360025995Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670857919750760186noreply@blogger.com3