by Elaine McAllister | Mar 3, 2018 | Writing
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” – Ernest Hemingway Recently, in my unattainable quest to become a master, I attended the Florida Christian Writers Conference along with a few hundred aspiring writers. Are we now master...
by Elaine McAllister | Mar 1, 2018 | Friends, Writing
Well, I did it! Who would’ve thought it? Certainly, not I. I’ve just returned from the Florida Christian Writers Conference at Lake Yale, just outside of Orlando. It was truly a great opportunity and one for which I am so thankful. Everything came together in the last...
by Elaine McAllister | Jan 20, 2018 | Life, Writing
“I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” – Vincent Willem van Gogh I like that quote from the famous Dutch post-impressionist painter! Think about it. There isn’t one thing we do NOW, that we didn’t do ONCE, for the very FIRST time!...
by Elaine McAllister | Oct 13, 2017 | Life, Thankfulness, Writing
There’s been a silence lately. My blog has been a bit inactive. I haven’t been inactive, but I’ve been absent! My fingers have been flying over the keys on my computer. Pages have been flying out of my printer at an alarmingly speedy rate, too. In...
by Elaine McAllister | Aug 18, 2017 | Faith, Life, Thankfulness, Writing
In this country, where excess is commonplace, and millions of people seek after that which is bigger and better, isn’t it ironic that SO MUCH can often be accomplished by SO LITTLE. Warning: Random thoughts ahead! Our alphabet has only twenty-six letters! No...
by Elaine McAllister | Jul 23, 2017 | Family, Friends, Life, Thankfulness, Travel, Writing
Life is an adventure, and I’m always up for one! I just returned home, safe and sound, after a road trip through ten states, covering over 3,500 miles…all by myself! It was a memorable adventure, and will be the topic of future blogs, I’m sure! But,...
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