Catherine

Waiting for the words

I’m waiting for the words to come. They haven’t shown up. It’s been a week. A week when I should be writing a book. I should be a quarter of the way through. I have a deadline. I had a plan. Write fast and intensely. Bang out a first draft as quickly as possible. UseContinue reading “Waiting for the words”

Writing a book in three weeks, and other miracles.

I thought it would kill me. It seemed like a great idea when I started…. No scratch that. It seemed like a great idea before I started. Back in July, I looked at a calendar and wondered by when I’d be finished the first draft of Written in the Sky, the fourth book in myContinue reading “Writing a book in three weeks, and other miracles.”

It takes Grace

I wrote earlier this year about the darkness that skips behind me and what happens when it reaches me. When I was underwater, surrounded by darkness last month, it was not the time to be blogging about the experience. But I needed to share this one with you. This was the worst day. My brainContinue reading “It takes Grace”

Finding God on the holidays

I always find God in the holidays. That might appear self-evident, but it’s not. In the middle of the cooking, cleaning, gift buying, child entertaining marathon, God can easily get stuffed on the back burner. This year I forgot the brisket. We always have brisket and I just didn’t buy it. Instead we had theContinue reading “Finding God on the holidays”

When good things happen

It’s like when I met my husband. It was wonderful, a whirlwind, full of frantic joy, and slight trepidation. When the big moment came and he looked me in the eyes and asked if I’d marry him, I was totally ready to smile in mock surprise and accept. (Because, honestly, it was a done dealContinue reading “When good things happen”

Wait is the hardest answer

My mother always says that God has three answers; Yes, No and Wait. Wait is the hardest. And I’ve been waiting, and waiting and waiting, for the third book in my YA fantasy series (The Palace Saga) to come out. First I wrote it. That part is a bit like giving birth, at first youContinue reading “Wait is the hardest answer”

Outrunning the tide

People ask me how God is so real to me. It’s because sometimes He’s all I’ve got. You see, the darkness chases me. Sometimes I skip ahead of it, like jumping out of the path of waves on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The sand is in my toes, not a cloud in the sky andContinue reading “Outrunning the tide”

Making the team

God is running the world. We have a tendency to remember when someone’s ill, when we buy a lottery ticket and when we’re hoping that cute guy in the gym will notice us. But what’s He doing when He’s not managing life and death, dispensing serious cash and running the course of true love? He’sContinue reading “Making the team”

And the Lord said…..

I was sitting staring out of the bus window, because I live in a place where public transport is easier than owning a car (so not LA.) The scenery was passing by and my mind was blank. And then it came…. The voice of God. It was moderately surprising. But, as it was not theContinue reading “And the Lord said…..”