by Andi | Nov 14, 2014 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
This week, I asked the members of the Painted Steps Writers’ Group to share 3 writers that they each emulate – people who they would like to be like as writers in the world. Because it’s not fair of me to ask of them something I won’t do... by Andi | Nov 13, 2014 | Andi's Book, Written and Wrought
I don’t know how it happens for you – whether you’re like John Irving and know the last sentence to which you will write, or maybe you hear a character speaking in your mind, maybe it’s just something that gets you so fired up that you... by Andi | Nov 12, 2014 | God's Whisper, Written and Wrought
Xander, our rooster, was crowing when I let Meander, our dog, out at 4:45am this morning. I lay down on the coach to wait for Meander’s return from her pre-dawn jaunt, and I thought of the women who had walked these same boards before me. Of Effie Tucker, the... by Andi | Nov 10, 2014 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
I have been gifted many things over the past few days – a beautiful dutch oven from my mother-in-law, great walking shoes from P, money to buy myself an outfit from my dad, the presence of dear friends at my birthday party, and candles (I LOVE candles!). I am... by Andi | Nov 9, 2014 | Book Recommendations, Written and Wrought
A couple of years ago, a woman I don’t know and I got in an online discussion about our individual book-reading policies. I said that I don’t abandon books, and she – rather fervently – told me that she thought that choice ridiculous, given...