How could I not post a picture of rats with this topic?

Here it the scripture, Psalm 19:14, I referenced today.

 

Making room for your creative imagination.

The power of brain-dumping and the difference between a brain-dump and a to-do list.

 

 

This episode of Life Caraphrased goes hand in hand with Seekerville's February 14th blog post. Come on over and learn about all the newest craft tools.

Who-whheee! We had fun today. Here is my best version of a list of all the lovely author/bloggers/books that we talked about.

These links are affiliate links. They won't cost you anymore, and help you find the right author. Enjoy the reading. 

Names are listed in the order we mentioned them in the above podcast and by genre:

Contemporary: Becky Wade, Catherine West, Pepper Basham, Kara Issac, Katherine Reay, Courtney Walsh, Crystal Walton, Sarah Monson, Rachel Hauck, Melanie Dobson, Michelle Phoenix, Heidi Chiavaroli, Jamie Jo Wright, Melissa Tagg, Susan May Warren, Cynthia Ruchti,

Suspense/Thriller/Mystery: Dani Pettrey, Carrie Stuart Parks, Ronie Kendig, Lynette Eason, Patricia Bradley, Irene Hannon, Julianna Deering, Rachel McMillion, Jen Turano, Ruthe Logan Herne, Sarah Ladd, Karen Kingsbury, Cathy Gohlke.

Romantic Comedy: Mary Conneally, Julie Lessman, Amy Matayo.

Young Adult YA: Sara Ella, Mary Weber, Jill Williamson, Nadine Brandes, Melanie Dickerson, Alison Gervais, McCall Hoyle, Jodi Hedlund, K. E. Granshert.

The Jim Rubart Category: Jim Rubart

Middle School Awesomeness: Brian Wells

Amish: Shelley Shephard Gray, Olivia Newport, Venetta Chapman, Ruth Reid, Amy Clipton, Laura Hilton, Jan Drexler, Kathleen Fuller, Beth Wiseman, Susan Woods Fisher

Redemption books:Joanne Bishcof-The Lady and the Lionheart, Camille Eidie-Memoir of Johnny Devine.

Historical: Kate Breslin, Carrie Turansky, Kristy Cambron, Kristi Ann Hunter, Roseanne M White, Regina Jennings, Melissa Jaguars, Karen Witemeyer,

It's so much easier to talk about making decisions and moving forward than it is to do it. But some superhero once said, "That knowing is half the battle." 

The scripture I used today was Proverbs 13:4 out of the English Standard Version:

The should of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Can you hear the wisdom of Julie Lessman's words on dealing with the pressures of marketing and sales, comparison and the occasional blues? Experience is a patient and sometimes painful teacher.

I'll take the short cut please.

Here are a few of the resources mentioned in todays Podcast:

Seekerville Writers Community-blog

Yes, these are affiliate links. They help me out, but don't add to your cost. Thank you for stopping by.

Here is the scripture that I referred to:

Thanks for stopping by.  Author interview with Julie Lessman coming soon.

And here is a free novella download if you want to check it out before the interview.

 

The definition of fear according to Maddy is:

Fear: An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief  that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or a threat.

and her quote was from Max Lucado:

"The presence of fear does not mean you have no faith, fear visits everyone. But make fear a visitor and not a resident."

 

Here it is. My first ever podcast. We can only go up from here.

The scripture I read was Proverbs 5:11-13 in The Living Translation.

And the Facebook group of writers that I talked about was author4TheAuthor. If you feel out there and alone as a creative and would like a positive, friendly, and motivating group to help come alongside you then come on over.