by krista | May 7, 2012 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I have been a professional writer for a very short time. But I have been reading since I was four. And what I have learned is that most writers are readers. Big-time readers. I read A LOT. Sometimes as much as a book a day, but almost always at least a book a week....
by krista | May 3, 2012 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Today is the National Day of Prayer. Our school celebrated it by devoting an hour this morning to praying for our country, for our schools and churches, our families and friends. It was a sweet time. But why do we pray? Why should we pray? And does it really make a...
by krista | Apr 28, 2012 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Some writers need absolute silence. Others need music. Some write with lots of notes spread all over their desk. Others just write without stopping, going back when they’re done to fix their mistakes. I know writers who have their own specials spaces...
by krista | Apr 26, 2012 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
“Where’s the ketchup?” That’s what I just heard in our sweet little Christian school lunchroom, from one of our sweet little Christian school first graders. Not, “May I have some ketchup, please?” Not even an “excuse...
by krista | Apr 22, 2012 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Yesterday, I watched my kids play softball/baseball. They all did something in one inning that I never did in a whole season — run to first base. In a whole season of soccer, the only goal I made was for the other team (I wondered why no one was trying to stop...
by krista | Apr 18, 2012 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I’ve spent many years of my life doing plays: community theater plays, church plays, school plays, even dinner theater and a touring show. I love theater – love watching it, love performing it, and in the last few years, I have discovered that I love...
