The time has come for me to take a deep breath, let go, and trust in God's will. I'm seeking about five beta readers for Come Fly with Me (about 90K words -- typical for a novel of this type). I need honest, detailed feedback from those drawn to this genre or these topics: Christian romance PTSD recovery Survivor's guilt…

Well, I guess I got lazy this time. We headed up to the Northeast to have Thanksgiving with our 21-year-old and their partner and I didn't get back to blogging. Yes, we went hiking along the Atlantic coast this time and, yes, I took photos of some lighthouses. I didn't set out to make that my theme this year, but it seems like it turned out that way.

I mentioned in a previous post that I often wake up, sometimes in the middle of the night, with ideas for stories. What I didn't mention is, I have a history of solving problems while asleep. Once, in the late '90s, we were wrestling with a way to format bylines for the newspaper the way we wanted in a new system we were programming.

My sister, Gina, suggested that a relationship chart might be a good idea as I start talking about characters for future novels. After trying for two days to find a good plug-in for WordPress to post one, I went for a different solution through a website called drawio.com. I was able to control the size of the elements and the width and then put it on a page on this site.

Sometimes I wish my brain would shut down more and let me sleep better. But maybe it is giving me good sleep, since sometimes it seems that's when I'm the most creative. I had an eye doctor appointment this morning, which means I woke up early. I always wake up early when I have plans. And by early, I mean 4 a.m.

Today, I ran across a recently released novel with the title I was planning to use. So now I’m doing some A/B testing. A. Come Fly Witb Me B. Wings of Grace I expect the artwork to change, as this is AI generated and I will probably opt to take a photo myself.

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