EXCITING NEWS!!! I’ve been invited to be one of seven highlighted authors during the Book Launch Collective’s June Launch Event! You can learn more about the Book Launch Collective and the event here: https://booklaunchcollective.com The Book Launch Collective harness the power of word-of-mouth marketing and leverages it to help Christian fiction writers (and their stories)Continue reading “Rachel’s new Book Launch Collective!”
Author Archives: Sarah
Ten Commandments for Smooth Writing
by J.E. & Mary McReynolds TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR SMOOTH WRITING Thou shalt send most adjectives and adverbs to a place outside the camp. They are usually not needed or wanted. They may even be unclean. Hemingway was told early in his career to excise most of the adjectives in his prose. His novels became bestsellingContinue reading “Ten Commandments for Smooth Writing”
a christian carol
At this time of year, advent reflections light the hopeful way to Christmastide and like Charles Dicken’s trinity of ghosts in A Christmas Carol, advent visits us with memory past of His glorious entry into hostile and foreign territory- hope birther. The present now- darkness shatterer. And promise future- curse breaker. Hope Birther— field shepherdsContinue reading “a christian carol”
the waning
It’s another November without her. I remember the low thrum of bagpipe. I turned in the wooden pew peering toward the back of the church as the piper’s mournful tune emerged. Her kilt swung solemnly as she walked up the carpeted aisle. Tears flowed, sniffles all around me, I wiped my noseContinue reading “the waning”
To Lois, With Love
(on your wedding anniversary) Heaven Some Day, Heaven Soon In the darkness of this day, your smile made life better, A gentle touch upon an arm, a nudge you were here. Heaven here, heaven now Heaven some day, heaven soon A smile so warm it lit the room, keeping the shadows at bay, A servant’sContinue reading “To Lois, With Love”
teddy bears picnic
Today was a Muzzie day. I drove to Edmond this morning while the sun was still shining. “A single dip hot fudge sundae, please? No nuts, no cherry,” I order at Braums. Just the way she likes them now.I pull into the small park and trek across the street past the full lot as IContinue reading “teddy bears picnic”
Criss Cross, Christ’s Cross
I wept as I listened to James Blunt’s song, Monsters, about his ailing father. He sings about the universal exchange of place that occurs as a parent’s health fails. Criss crossed. Brushing bangs gently away from eyes with a caress as tender as the one once used on newborn infant. Applying Chapstick to parched lipsContinue reading “Criss Cross, Christ’s Cross”
Crater Lake Reflections on Burial Day
The wind sounded like waves rustling through the pines, not a gentle whisper, but a mighty push. Down below on the surface of Crater Lake, Wyoming I could see the wind in a way I never had before as it moved the surface of the water. The Holy Spirit of scripture is often referred toContinue reading “Crater Lake Reflections on Burial Day”
On Queries & Book Synopsis
Well, then… When one was having fun writing a novel, one didn’t know what would be involved with its next steps. One didn’t even have to care. When people asked, you just shrugged off the question as veritably unimportant. Surely that could wait. And then you finish writing your book. You stand back satisfied, baskingContinue reading “On Queries & Book Synopsis”
Milo and the Rattle Snake
(a Halloween tale, 2021) The Eagle’s “Hotel California” blared from the tape deck. Milo winced. The song’s message of futility and emptiness grated on his last nerve. From within the musty cab Gabe, the work hand, revved the motor as he rolled a well-chewed toothpick from side to side. He bid BossContinue reading “Milo and the Rattle Snake”
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