Rachael Phillips


Author - Speaker - Singer
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


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
Does a pyromaniac lurk in your family tree?  My father takes top honors in ours for his custom-designed infernos.  Unlike his wussy descendents who own gas fireplaces with ceramic logs and remotes, this octogenarian terrifies rattlesnakes inthe Louisiana pine woods (as well as a few neighbors) when he swings his ax.  Read more in "The Fire Is So Delightful. ..."

Let There Be Lite
I also write a quarterly column for the American Christian Fiction Writers e-zine, Afictionado. In my current column, "Serious Business," I survive the dangers of teaching a humor workshop. 


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.
St. Augustine was recently translated into Chinese for publication in China.

Or invite me over for coffee at your club, group or church. We'll inspire each other!
 


Books & Such Agency Retreat

agent and authors

Hey, an agent's supposed to be supportive! That's mine, Wendy Lawton of the Books & Such Literary Agency, demonstrating basic slapstick during my humor writing workshop at the agency retreat in October 2008, Sonoma, California. (Wendy has great taste in writers - and pie. Mmmmm!)

agent and authors

Me, sans whipped cream, talking about humor tools and techniques.