Welcome to Fiction Friday.  Each Friday, I’ve shared with y’all a glimpse into the mind of Zach the Zombie and some of his friends.  Today, a little more about Zach’s Rot. You know the drill–this is only very minimally edited, and voice is still bouncing around a lot.  I still appreciate grace and forgiveness, please…no red pens!  🙂   The sun sat bright and high in the sky as Zach stumbled along the road. “Damn, I thought that finger would hold out for at least another week,” he thought, as the flesh of his left ring finger finally pulled away from […]

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Travel is today’s theme…but not for me this time! Today, two blogger friends of mine are out of the country for two very different dreams. The secretly incredible Jeremy Statton is growing his family by adopting two amazing children from China. The extraordinarily energetic Kimanzi Constable is living his dream as he speaks in Australia. I’m honored to guest post for both of them today. At Jeremy’s blog Living Better Stories, I’m sharing the story of how my selfish life changed through adoption. For Kimanzi’s Tales of Work, I’m sharing Three Secrets to Living Your Dream. Go check them BOTH […]

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Welcome to Fiction Friday.  For the past few Fridays I’ve shared with y’all a glimpse into the mind of Zach the Zombie and some of his friends. Today, Zach is over at the makeover site trying to make a difference in the world.  He’ll be back next week to tell you all about it. In the meantime, take a minute to check out some of Zach’s friends around the ‘net: Tim Gallen Jennie Pollock Denise Dilley Like Zach, let’s get outside ourselves today.  Encourage a writer today by sharing a link in the comments to someone else’s writing.  

I’ve been searching my soul a lot lately. At the beginning of the year, I set some goals.  One of them was to talk to y’all three times a week.  I did that, and then life got in the way.  I got busy. I lost my mojo.   I focused on one tiny category, and failed to see the mojo of my life in its totality, and to make sure the pieces were woven together efficiently.  I dropped the ball on several of my other goals that are also really important. I have so many things I want to say, […]

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Welcome to Fiction Friday.  For the past few Fridays I’ve shared with y’all a glimpse into the mind of Zach the Zombie and some of his friends. Today isn’t *strictly* fiction, but it’s an essential exercise in understanding our hero.  Humor me.  🙂 This week, I joined the launch team for Jeff Goins‘ new book “Wrecked: When a Broken World Slams Into Your Comfortable Life,” which will be released by Moody Publishing on 1 August.  This has me thinking a lot about making a difference and what makes us need that, which is of course bleeding over into what is driving […]

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