“In your patienceyou possess your soul.” Luke 21:19 NKJV I read the words again. My online reader lets me click a word and do a search in the concordance – so I did. Christ died so that I might live, so how could I do anything to “possess” my soul? I do nothing because He…
Do you want to be a success? I have only met a few people that wanted to settle for mediocre or just enough – they had no desire to succeed. Not many people are naturally inclined to settle in failure (and anything less than your personal best could qualify). Most people want success, whatever that…
“I know that is true, but then things happen or something comes up and I end up doubting what I know.” Life is full of these moments – where reality and faith collide. My husband and I faced one of them down on the back porch just this past week. I shared my belief. He…
Are you listening? That still, small voice beckons – even now as I stomp around in my own directions and my own determinations making so much racket that I hear nothing but myself. That still small voice continues – despite the noise I create; despite my disregard; despite the direction I demand. Seven years ago,…
Life has a way of finding excuses. I decide if those excuses will be the driver or just something on the side of the road that I pass by. The day started with a crash – literally. I went out on the porch to see what had fallen over only to be left without an…
I drove back from an event with my best friend. Being a young driver (I had just turned sixteen), I watched the road with diligence . . . or not. My friend and I were free and made the most of it. We turned up the music and followed the road. An hour into the…
Success isn’t something that happens overnight in the world of freelance writing. It takes time and effort to realize success – the longer you spend working as a freelance writer, the more successful you’ll become. Like any other business out there, it relies on “traction” – once you’ve landed that first writing project many others…
Sometimes finding a new idea for your blog posts can be a challenge. If you have written a blog for any amount of time then you feel like you have written on the subject you are about to address. Or maybe you read the same idea on another post. Someone has written about it, that…
“Get up already.” My children had been listening to me call them for over an hour and I had yet to hear them stir. My frustration showed. I grunted and slammed down the pot I had been cleaning. “Mom, you do not have to be so dramatic. I got up.” My oldest son had chosen…
Building Blocks to Writing Success is an eBook released by Kathryn C. Lang in November of 2011. It shares tips and suggestions for building a writing career based from her own experiences into the industry. “How do you make a living writing?” I get asked this question almost every place I speak on writing. Most…