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April 16 – Working Overtime

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Ok, I didn’t REALLY work overtime. It was nice to have time that I could focus on my editing. I wrote my devotional this morning – 494 Words and then went to work on a course I’m taking in descriptive writing from Kelly Blanchard-Dale. Even old folks like me can learn from young folks like her. This week’s focus is on active voice, as opposed to passive voice. The writing sample I looked at made me realize that I use the passive voice more than I thought. I did a little bit of housework after that and then went back to editing the devotional book. I got 15 days worth done. I hope to finish June tomorrow and begin the final process of sending it to the publisher. I had chess clubs today and then cooked dinner in the middle of the editing times.

Today’s devotional – April 16 – Forward the Light Brigade

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April 15 – A Taxing Day

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I didn’t write this yesterday because after I left for church in the morning, I didn’t open the computer except for our Financial Peace University Class to show the video. I have a different login for that so people won’t see a cluttered background. Aside from my regular Sunday routine, daughter’s boyfriend came back and joined us for dinner. He’s more important than getting on the computer so, it stayed shut the rest of the night. Yesterday’s devotional was 544 words. I was really trying to do shorter devotionals this year, but they keep getting longer!

Yesterday’s devotional: April 15 – “But I’m So Much Better Than They Are”

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April 14 – A Time to Edit

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Yes, that’s a take-off of Grisham’s book A Time To Kill. Editing kills me, so I thought the title was appropriate. After writing my devotional of 525 words, I spent most of the day formatting and editing. I put the May-June Devotional book into the font and sizes that I want for submission and started one last read through, fixing things as I went along. I spent about 5 or 6 hours working on fine-tuning everything. I’ve finished up to May 31. I just have June to check out. I should be able to send to the publisher by Tuesday at the latest.

I started using Grammarly as part of my work. Not on that manuscript, because it’s too much to work on now. But it’s giving me nasty notes when I try shortcuts here. Long day. I’m tired. Still have dishes to do. More tomorrow. I have church tomorrow so I won’t have much writing time. Some things are more important than writing.

Today’s Devotional (525 words): April 14 – Searching For Real Treasure

Reading: continuing on with the Venom Protocols.

Oh, and I came up with a tagline for this blog, thanks to a comment from one of the readers. Thank you Beverly from

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April 13 – A Time for Prayer

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The events of tonight, the bombing of Syria, have put a lot of people on edge. This may be a one time “don’t use chemical weapons again” type of bombing, or it could be a spark that ignites the powder keg. Russian, China, and Iran are supporting the current Syrian government. France, Great Britain, Israel, and the US are concerned about the current Syrian government. The USA worked diligently to be sure they didn’t bomb Russian positions. Still, an errant bomb, some poorly chosen words, and that place could explode. The interlocking alliances that touched off World War I are in my thoughts now. I mentioned that it was time to pray for World Peace. One of my friends, the mother of one of my former students, pointed out that even more so, it was time to have Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Very true! If you want more information on how to do that, contact me, I’d love to talk about it with you.

On the writing front today, I got my devotional done, about 430 words, and then spent a lot of the day editing. I finished ten days worth of devotionals, bringing the second book in the series close to printing. Not much else happened today.

Today’s Devotional (430 words) – April 13 – Living Genuinely

Reading: Continuing in The Venom Protocols about halfway through. It’s well written with lots of action. From a Christian perspective, the violence level is high and the language is rough. Considering the business of the people involved, that’s not surprising, but I wish we could get away from that kind of usage.

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April 12 – Limit Reached

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Some days, I reach my limit and just have to go to bed. Yesterday was one of those days. I got my devotional written and took some needed me time, walking along the bayfront. There’s something about water that’s calming. I got home in time to make a grocery list and go shopping. I began editing, but needed to stop to cook dinner when my wife let me know she was coming home after a terrible day. (Very busy day, then some issues) Then I tried to catch up on my editing. I need to work on one thing for the May/June edition while I keep on editing the March/April edition for my devotional books. In case you’re new to this blog, I had tech difficulties that kept me from getting the March/April book out on time. All this to say that by the time I finished my editing, I was too tired to even look at the computer without my eyes tearing up from tiredness…so I waited until this morning (April 13) to write the post.

Devotional (491 Words) – April 12 – Is Jesus Calling You Out?