Katie Ganshert's Blog, page 27
July 10, 2012
Like Clay
This was the verse my husband was meditating on leading up to his surgery.
It’s a beautiful truth, isn’t it?
Let’s Talk: Do you trust the Potter?
July 8, 2012
Writing Fodder
Holding my husband’s hand before he went back for surgery….
Saying “see you when you wake up” and kissing him goodbye…
Waiting in the waiting room….
Eavesdropping on a family of sisters, who passed the time engaging in a lively discussion about Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes….
The emotion I felt when we heard the surgeon was putting Ryan’s kidney into his younger brother’s body….
The emotion we all felt when we heard that kidney started working immediately….
My husband lying in the hospital bed after...
June 28, 2012
3 C’s – It’s Friday!
Cares:
On Thursday, July 5th, my husband will be donating his kidney to his younger brother.
Four of my old fifth grade students (who are now going into seventh grade) came over this week for a mini-writing camp. These girls are not only enthusiastic writers (and hilariously fun), but super talented. Way more talented than I was at that age! I’ve loved sharing advanced writing techniques with them.
Concerns:
Colorado and the fires. My publishing house, my agent, and some writing friends live in...
June 26, 2012
Honest to God
Guest Post from Jeanette Levellie
We caught our daughter, Esther her in her first lie at the venerable age of three. When I confronted her with “Is that the truth?” she replied, “It’s my truth!”
Honesty is a character quality we all applaud. According to one survey, honesty is the foremost quality people expect in a close relationship. Yet when it comes to our relationship with God, we usually are anything but honest.
How often do we come in prayer or worship and say the things we think He wants...
June 24, 2012
3 Ways to Make Stretching Yourself as a Writer Less Taxing
A Guest Post from Sherri Johnson
Lately I have been writing up a storm. I’ve been working on my fourth novel, on interviews of other authors for my blog, and on guest posts for various blogs of writer friends. In the writing world, marketing is equally as important as penning your pieces and it takes a lot of it to gain the right amount of exposure. Therefore, writers must step out of their comfort zones and share bits and pieces of themselves with the world so that the world may know who they...
June 21, 2012
3 C’s – It’s Friday!
My sick little man…
Cares:
The fundraiser is tomorrow! Online bidding ends at 5 pm CST tonight.
Concerns:
The fundraiser is tomorrow!
My son has strep and my computer crashed. Very thankful for bubblegum flavored Amoxicillin and Mozy online backup.
Celebrations:
The fundraiser is tomorrow!
The hero from my debut novel is Boyfriend of the Week on Edgy Inspirational Romance. Hop on over to read some of my favorite Evan-moments from the book.
Let’s Talk: What are your cares, concerns, and celebrations th...
June 19, 2012
Submissive Wives
As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything. For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. -Ephesians 5:24-25
Love your wives….as Christ loved the church.
How did Christ love the church?
He washed the disciples feet.
He defended the prostitute against stone-wielding haters.
He hung on the cross.
Jesus took the punishment that was meant for me.
Jesus took the punishment that was meant for you.
He sacrificed everything so that...
June 17, 2012
Deep Point of View
Deep point of view allows the reader to feel and experience exactly what our characters feel and experience. Authors who do deep point of view well often create stories that are highly engaging – where the characters come to life and the reader gets lost in the pages.
Once we get the hang of it, deep point of view takes our writing to the next level.
So when I saw a tweet about this book called Rivet Your Readers with Deep Point of View, free on Kindle for a limited time, I was immediately intr...
June 14, 2012
3 C’s – It’s Friday!
Friends helping me put together silent auction baskets at my mom’s house
Cares:
Our big fundraiser (a silent auction/trivia night) for our adoption is next Saturday. Can’t go? No worries! We made the silent auction viral by setting up a new website. Please stop by and take a look at forty really cool items/baskets up for bid. All proceeds will go directly toward our adoption. Online bidding ends next Friday, June 22nd.
You can also participate via Facebook. I have a photo album set up, so it’s s...
June 12, 2012
The Focus of a Levite
They will have no land of their own among the Israelites. The Lord himself is their special possession, just as he promised them. -Deuteronomy 18:2
The Israelites had to be so eager to get to the Promised Land.
Finally, no more wilderness. No more desert.
But land.
Fertile, amazing, glorious land. A place to settle down and make a home.
I can only imagine how easy it would’ve been to pin their hopes on the promised land rather than the unshakable, all-powerful Lord.
So very easy for every single tr...
