Welcome to my Coffee
Corner, where we can kick back and chat over caramel
mocha lattes--how about double whipped cream?
Need a smile to chase away the blues? Check out
“Dam
It
All, Anyway” my wedding story which won the 2004
Erma Bombeck
Global Humor Award, or my other
magazine articles. I'm
especially excited because
Marriage Partnership has asked me to be
a regular contributor! I look forward to fun times with one of my
favorite people, editor Ginger Kolbaba, and her
staff.
Novel News!
My young adult historical novel
Song
of the Orphan Train, the story of a nineteenth-century Irish girl who rode
a train to a new life in the Midwest, won first place in the Young Adult
category of the American Christian Fiction Writers
Genesis contest!
Help, I Can't
Stop Laughing!
Take a humor break!
Zondervan’s collection
Help, I
Can't Stop Laughing! features stories by authors such as Barbara Johnson, Martha
Bolton and yours truly! Yes, my story
“Wild Mama”
leads off this hilarious
anthology edited by Ann Spangler and Shari MacDonald. My other stories
included in the book, “Oh, Baby,” and
“The Holy Terrors” will give you a grin.
Coffee
Corner
My humor
column supplies two newspapers with smiles every week! Read
"Piracy at the Pump"and discover who the pirate really is.
...
Let There Be Lite
I also write a quarterly column for the
American Christian Fiction Writers e-zine, Afictionado. In my current column, I share
essential tips on "The Write Way to Enjoy Life."
Rachael's Teaching
Schedule
August 29, 2007
"I'm Not Funny!" Cultivating Humor
in Your Writing
American Christian Fiction Writers Indiana
Lafayette,
Indiana
September 4 - October 16, 2007
The Writing
Profession
Bethel College
Mishawaka, Indiana
October 17-21
Phase
II: God's Plan for You After Forty
Proof, Don't Goof
Glorieta Christian
Writers Conference
Santa Fe, New
Mexico
Need Inspiration?
Follow the links to excerpts from my four biographies
from Barbour Publishing's Heroes of the Faith
series:
Frederick Douglass, Billy Sunday, St.
Augustine, and Well with My
Soul: Four Dramatic Stories of Great Hymn Writers.
Or invite me over for coffee at your club, group
or church. We'll inspire each other!
After years of writing for her, I finally met her! Editor Ginger
Kolbaba of Marriage
Partnership magazine and I enjoyed our time together at the Blue
Ridge Conference.