During my prayer time today I asked God for some encouragment. The writing life can be full of rejections and silences. It’s enough to drive a sane person crazy. So I prayed for a little good news.
And it came. No, I didn’t sell a story or get a call from my agent. But my niece sent me an e-mail telling me she’d finally gotten to read a copy of my first book, “Instead of Ashes.” She told me she couldn’t put it down. Sigh. My heart beat a little faster. A smile came to my face. That one little e-mail meant so much. I marched up to my lap top, turned it on and started working on another story to send out.
Please don’t think I”m looking for anymore pats on the back this week, my “kudos tank” is full. But I got to thinking, who could I encourage? Who can you? Take a minute today and think about someone you might like to thank for being in your life or helping you with a problem and then jot them a note, an e-mail or give them a call. Sometimes we don’t realize what such a simple act can mean to someone.
So true, Kim. I just read about your new character too. It is easy to get used to people being in your life and what they mean to you and never tell them. And it is especially true for those that are closest. That’s whats nice about birthdays; it’s an opportunity to let people know what you mean to them. Neat to see how God is a part of your writing and bringing characters out of the corners. What is “out of the Ashes’? How many books are you writing?