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October 4, 2020
Hello, October!
Goodness gracious. It has been FOREVER since my last update, and there is a good reason for it! I have been spending just about every spare moment working on Book 2 of the Tales from Adia series, all while orchestrating a return to the dorms during a global pandemic (my “don’t quit your day job” […]
July 1, 2020
Organizing Your Story: Index Card Method
Sometimes I just have to get off my computer and use visual and tangible tools to get my brain organized. If you’re anything like me, you have about 50 different drafts (all saved as “FinalFinalDraft27.ForRealThisTime-4”). Your characters have been running amok, and your spreadsheets of details are about 31% complete because you keep getting caught […]
June 24, 2020
How to Build a World from Scratch
When I started writing Kingdom Above the Cloud, I had images in my mind of characters and scenes. I jumped right in, never considering important details about the world they live in. This caused so many headaches down the road! I didn’t know their history, currency, weather patterns, cultural traditions, spiritual practices, governance systems, or […]
June 17, 2020
Free Study Guide for Kingdom Above the Cloud
It’s here! It’s here! The study/discussion guide is ready for download (below). I’m excited to share this much-asked-for resource with all of my readers! Here are a few ways to use this guide: Personal Study – Use the questions as journal prompts as you think about your faith in relation to Tovi’s. Book Club – […]
June 10, 2020
The World of Bookstagram I Never Knew!
Back when I signed my publishing contract, I had NEVER heard of Bookstagram! Honestly, the only reason I even stumbled upon it is because the Instagram algorithm is scary good and figured out that I would like (love) it! If you’re unfamiliar, it is a WHOLE WORLD of book love. It is instagrammers whose main […]
June 3, 2020
You Can Change Your Mind: How 2 Black Men and a Sea of Angry White People Changed Mine
I am not arrogant enough to think that I have it all right, that I know the answers, or that I have the power to change hardened hearts and minds. My hope in writing out my story is that it will resonate with white people who are confused, softened, starting to question long-held beliefs. And […]
May 4, 2020
“Kingdom” News Roundup
Hey, Friends! It’s been a couple of weeks since Kingdom Above the Cloud has been out in the world! What a wild ride! From time to time I’ll give a roundup of interviews, reviews, and blogs that are focused on my book. Here’s what’s been going on out there in the World Wide Web: Interview […]
April 17, 2020
Launch Day is Here!
Friends! Today is the day! It is so surreal to sit back and realize that I’m a published author! Kingdom Above the Cloud is officially out there, for sale, available to the public… So crazy! The coronavirus has impacted literally everything in our lives, and books are not excluded from this. So, one of the […]
April 15, 2020
Chapter Three Sneak “Peak”
As the early dawn haze ran away from the light and the birds began to wake, Tovi Tivka sprinted along a familiar ridge never pausing to consider the danger should she fall. Her breezy yellow dress billowed in her wake, as did the long waves of her dark blue hair. She was petite in every […]
April 8, 2020
Chapter Two Sneak “Peak”
Meira stood in the shadows of a balcony on the seventh floor of a sad, dilapidated building. The neighborhood was called the Bottom Rung, and she thought that was appropriate since most people believed you must climb past it to achieve anything in life. But she had lived further up — much further up — […]
