Snow dusts the trees, and the ground is covered in white. Crimson cardinals and viridian pines contrast with a world frozen in stark black-and-white. Snowflakes glimmer against the bright blue sky and positively sparkle against the long moonlit nights. Everything seems quieter. Peaceful. The world slows down around Christmastime. Well, except for us people. WeContinue reading “Merry Christmas Everyone!”
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Sweet Gifts of Love: My First Magazine Article!
It finally happened! After years of dreaming about writing for a magazine, my very first article is now published: “Sweet gifts of love: Baking cookies for strangers during the pandemic.” Writing this piece for Love Is Moving has been an amazing adventure into the unknown world of magazine writing, and I’ve already learned so much.Continue reading “Sweet Gifts of Love: My First Magazine Article!”
Wide Awake: Unlocked Devotional
Sometimes it’s a new idea. Sometimes it’s from busyness. Sometimes it’s sadness or fear. Sometimes it’s anticipation or excitement, other times it’s dread or worry. Whatever reason, we all sometimes find ourselves wide awake at night. I know I do. In my frustration with my awakeness (and the boredom that comes with it), I oftenContinue reading “Wide Awake: Unlocked Devotional”
A Letter to Aspiring Authors
Today is International Author’s Day, a day to celebrate storytelling, the books (and their writers) that inspire us, and the authors we often aspire to be. This is a great day to reread a favourite book, send a thank you email to one of your favourite authors, or to find extra motivation to start aContinue reading “A Letter to Aspiring Authors”
Promises for Anxiety: Unlocked Devotional
I can feel it building inside of me like a heavy weight on my chest. It’s an unexplained hurricane surging into my mind, whirling around my thoughts so quickly that I can no longer make sense of them. I can only ride out the storm and hope that I find some way to cope withContinue reading “Promises for Anxiety: Unlocked Devotional”
The Secret Writer
Sometimes I think I’m the most secretive writer ever. I hide in the corner with a laptop and hide my screen when someone comes near. When someone asks me what my story is about, I say, “an adventure” (truthful, but too vague to mean anything). I fumble over my words when asked for a plotContinue reading “The Secret Writer”
Finding Rest: Unlocked Devotional
In a short moment, life can go from boredom and having nothing to do to a mountainous to-do list and an overwhelming, overflowing to-do list. We go, go, go, with no time to stop. That’s how I feel about this transition time from summer to fall: At the end of summer break, I had seeminglyContinue reading “Finding Rest: Unlocked Devotional”
The Comparing Game: Unlocked Devotional
Today I’m sharing another piece I wrote for Unlocked Daily Readings for Teens. Comparison is a tricky balance: it can seem innocent at first, like observing a fact (‘Well look at that, I write neater than him’). But it can quickly turn into arrogance (‘Ha, I write so much better than him!’), or we canContinue reading “The Comparing Game: Unlocked Devotional”
10 Writing Tips: My One Year Blogging Anniversary
On the first anniversary of my first blog post, I decided to take a different approach from celebrating and instead share what I’ve learned so far about writing in general through these twelve months in crazy editing, short stories, essays, devotionals, submissions, and publishing. It was hard to limit myself, but I put together tenContinue reading “10 Writing Tips: My One Year Blogging Anniversary”
A Celebration: One Year Website Anniversary!
One year ago today, I started my website journey! The idea began out of countless desperate internet searches: “How to get a book published.” “Writing tips.” “Steps to getting published.” “Becoming a published writer.” “Tips for aspiring authors.” Many articles I read pointed towards starting a website or blog: to get your work out there,Continue reading “A Celebration: One Year Website Anniversary!”
Abby Ciona 