Get Blog Post Updates
Sign up to receive blog posts automatically emailed straight to your inbox.

Tagged: fiction

Five Ways To Keep Your Resolutions
Posted on Monday, January 2nd, 2023 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Cor. 15:58, adoption, Annie Dillard, author Carol McClain, Borrowed Lives, fiction, foster care, How to keep your resolutions, the writing life

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life It’s the new year, and of course, you’ve made resolutions. Do you want to exercise more? Cook healthy meals? Write a …[ read more ]
Renovating the Heart: Introducing Secondhand Sunsets by Gail Kittleston
Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2021 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, beauty from ashes, Carol McClain, Dare to Bloom, fiction, Gail Kittleson, growth through suffering, historical fiction, Secondhand Sunsets, spiritual themes, women with grit, women's fiction, Writing Redemption

@carol_mcclain I’m branching out here in introducing other authors. Gail Kittleson is a gifted writer, teacher, and mentor. She’s recently released a new book: Secondhand Sunsets. I’d love for you to get to know her. Secondhand Sunset Recently, my husband and I decided to re-re-renovate a central portion of our very old house, …[ read more ]

How To Get Mercy

Carol McClain Blessed are the merciful for they shall receive mercy. Matthew 5:7 A segment of our society keeps saying we need to help adults who were raised in tough circumstances. Their ancestors had been abused or their parents had been reprobates. Their pasts have dictated their future. They are innocent. As a Christian, I'm sad to say, I used to think "poppycock to that." They had resources, teaching, help. They could do this themselves. Look at me. I grew up in a home of alcoholics, in poverty, and with many poor examples to model my life on. I'm doing… ...[ full story ]

Carol McClain