by Kathy Cretsinger It is very fulfilling to be a writer. It is an extension of your thoughts and your dreams. Words play in your mind all of the time. Even in your dreams, words keep coming. It can be exhausting to have all those words and scenes play around in your head. Your characters …
by Kathy Cretsinger The book on Hebrews is a very interesting book. It was written to the Jewish Christians, and we have no idea who wrote it. Most people think it could be Paul, but the writer is not named. Image you had been brought up in a religion that used sacrifices. Then, you find …
by Kathy Cretsinger Today, I slipped. I\’ve tried to either write my blog early, by writing a few days before, or fairly early the next morning. Early for me is around 9 a.m. I don\’t wake up much before that. I do walk around, but my mind doesn\’t go with me sometimes. Therefore, I am …
by Kathy Cretsinger Each author wants their book published the best possible way. It is our baby, and we want the best for our babies. We want to enlighten people\’s lives, and let each reader enjoy a little time away from the everyday cares of the world. This is everyone\’s dream. We\’ve looked at different …
Lessons I\’ve Learned by Kathy Cretsinger The picture you see is gluten-free bread. You will notice it doesn\’t look like bread with gluten. That is the first thing I learned. Bread doesn\’t look like you are used to it looking. The taste may be different also. I\’m not an expert on gluten-free bread yet, but …
This weekend has been difficult. For the past week I\’ve been wearing a heart monitor, which I hate to have to do. My heart races at times, and this weekend, it decided to take a wild race. Finally, it has slowed down and I don\’t have to go to the doctor today. It is not …
Recently, we bought a table in a box. It had to be put together. It was only an end table, so it shouldn\’t be too much trouble. Besides the pieces and screws and bolts, it had a book of instructions. It looked simple. Put piece A and piece B together with screws F and G. …
by Kathy Cretsinger Have you ever written a book in three acts? I had heard James Scott Bell give a class on writing this way, but I never tried it. I guess so much was going on in my life that I simply forgot it, but I wanted to try it. I started my work …
Why is a publisher called small instead of large? It is the number of employees. A small publisher has a smaller number of people working with them than a large publisher does. Most small publishers work out of their home and outsource the printing of their books. When I owned a small publishing company, we …
Last week I had a hard time not eating bread. Now, I have biscuits in the freezer and a great hamburger bun/roll recipe. It is so good to have friends. Eating gluten has really hurt my body and my mind. I had gotten depressed because I couldn\’t make a biscuit that wasn\’t hard as a …
