Can I tell you a little story about a story real quick?

About three months ago, I was at the end of my writing rope. I’d been trying to write Some Bright Someday, the second book in my Maple Valley series, for nearly nine months. I was frustrated and discouraged . . . and frankly, a little upset at myself for being so upset! After all, struggling to write a book is nothing compared to what so many people have faced in 2020.

But after talking with some of the most encouraging people in my life, I made a decision. I decided to take two weeks away from my day job. Hide out from the world. Basically start over and try to write this book one. more. time.

If it didn’t go well, I thought, then I’d consider that God’s way of saying maybe it was time to let it go. Move on. Do something else.

And if it did go well . . . well, if it did, I would celebrate.

I spent my first week of that writing binge at a goat farm, and I journaled every day I was there. In fact, I did kind of a silly thing where I opened my Bible each day just to see if I’d land on a relevant verse. No joke, guess what verse I opened to my first day there?

“God will give you the right words at the right time.” -Matthew 10:19 

Now, let’s be real: I know Jesus wasn’t talking about writing a contemporary romance novel when He said those words. BUT STILL. I decided to take them to heart. And I started writing . . .

AND IT WENT WELL!