My Journey Toward A Trusting Heart

Exciting News -- PS

thought I should clarify that KANNER LAKE is a fictional town. It is "Kanner Lake" Idaho that the new Brandilyn Collins books are based upon.

It exists only in Mrs. Collins' mind -- but believe me, you'll think its real when you read the first book, "Violet Dawn." Please be sure to pick it up in your local bookstore -- B&N or Borders or local Christian bookstore -- they'll all have it. It'll be released sometime in August.

All the "bloggers" are FICTIONAL characters from the story...the writers are people from every corner of the country. Each post will be written AS that character...so it calls for a little "fiction writer" in each of us.

It will go LIVE July 5. www.kannerlake.com  then click on "scenes and beans" at the bottom.

I've enlisted the help of several friends who can lend me some true-life ministry experiences...things I can give to my character, Janet Detcher, the local minister's wife.

If you have any such stories, please pass them along. I'm not sure what will be used and what will not, but it'll be great to hear your stories and then to try to weave them into Janet's life (church and home) in Kanner Lake. Brandilyn will be editing everything before it is posted, so its hard to say what will make it and what won't. But I need all the fodder I can get!

As soon as I can get it figured out, I'll have a link to the site on my blog. I'M WAITING FOR JULIE NOTT TO SHARE HER WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE ON THE SUBJECT. I'm really a techno-dork, and just simply don't know where to start!

So, bear with me, and I'll get that link set up ASAP.

Thanks for your help, HSBs. Any church-life stories will be welcomed...be it funny, moving, -- maybe its funny now but wasn't funny then!? -- please share!!

Have a great day!

OH, another thing....I'm preparing to submit an article for consideration to Hearts-At-Home. Will you pray for me? Obviously to have it accepted will be a great thing, but if I get rejected -- something the pros tell beginners to expect! -- God give me grace to accept it and move along.  This will be my first attempt at a "printed" magazine...and there are many out there. I just need the courage to step out.

I am happy to report that I've had two well-established writers from the FaithWriters site remark that my work is good and has great potential. Now if I can just convince others of that! If God wills....

Kim