Some Questions Answered

I belong to a writers group on Yahoo and once a month they send out questions to the group about our goals for our writing. To be perfectly honest I don't usually participate in answering them but this month I did, so I have posted below the questions that were asked and my responses to those questions. I hope you enjoy it.

1. How often do you get daily time in the word? (It's totally okay to be honest about this one!)

I am in the word everyday on a regular basis, seems like all day, not because I'm that disciplined mind you but because my husband and I are in college learning missions. We are retired military, (Navy), and they are paying for us to go to school to learn a different vocation and we choose to work for God this time so his major is pastoral and mine is cross cultural missions and this requires a lot of Bible work, and writing papers. You pastors in the group know what I mean. And to clarify, I was not Navy but as a spouse I qualify for the school benefits.
In addition to that we homeschool 3 boys, they have a Bible class and that work is different from our college stuff.

2. Does it affect what you write? Do you pray over your writing?

It most certainly does affect what I write and yes I do pray over it, that it will be pleasing to God, that the reader will see Him through the writing clearly and that it will do none other than glorify Him. If these goals are not met then there would be no right purpose for my writing it.

3. Right now, how much time do you feel called to spend writing?

I feel called to write every waking moment but that doesn't mean I do.

4. Any thoughts or outside influences side-tracking you from meeting that goal?

Life! I am very frustrated right now in not being able to work on my novel and I have two other stories yet to get on paper that are still roaming about in my head. Then the other day my oldest son Ryan (15) came to me with story board pictures he drew and a whole novel in his head he was rattling off to me while I was cooking dinner, asking me if I could help him write it with him. So my side-tracks are: My school, the kids school, housework, my work at the church.. the list goes on, that is why you don't see me post much to the group, If breathing weren't automatic I think I'd suffocate.

EXTRA CREDIT:5. Do any of your characters remind you of, or represent Christ? (Tell us!)

Actually my characters are ordinary people that we all can relate too who are either searching for Christ, struggling with God, or who find Him through a circumstance.

I will be done with school after this semester so I will have time, starting this summer to get back to my novel. I also plan on going to the Blue Ridge Mountain conference in mid May so hopefully that will jump start me a bit.