by Joanne | Mar 17, 2022 | My Journal
Have you ever been in a season when you wanted to create something –whether it was sewing, painting, knitting — for the sheer joy of it? Even if no one ever saw it? This week, come behind the scenes on one of the projects I’m currently writing: a...
by Joanne | Jun 15, 2018 | My Journal
A few months back, I chatted with the worship leader at our church who just happens to be a wonderful photographer and we both had the idea of doing a bookish photo shoot! I was in need of some new head shots and he had the idea of putting together something even more...
by Joanne | Oct 24, 2017 | Learning How to do This, My Journal
On what had been a particularly horrible day, a faithful friend invited me over for a long walk through the woods to talk and to be bolstered. Afterwards, she invited me for dinner with her and her family. Together, she and I crowded...
by Joanne | May 23, 2017 | Learning How to do This, My Journal
Lounging there, I checked the text on my phone. It was a response from a friend. I read her message, responded, then tossed the phone back to the end of the bed. Except clumsy me didn’t toss it as soft as I had meant to. It skipped right off of the edge of the...
by Joanne | Mar 30, 2017 | My Journal, Video Blog
Happy Thursday, all! As promised, here is that *slightly-belated-but-finally-here* author chat of bookish news, research tidbits, and a few writerly confessions. 😉 I had SO much fun answering your questions and thanks to all of you who weighed in with those. As part...
by Joanne | Feb 23, 2017 | Learning How to do This, My Journal
“I’m too sad to write.” I heard a friend say this just the other night at a small writer’s retreat we attended. Too sad to write. Yes. I know this. She was referring to her own heart-trial, and though the words weren’t spoken for me, it...
