I have been passionate about writing since I was a little girl. I have written for as long as I can remember and use every opportunity I can find to pursue my passion.
I get lots of questions about how I balance writing and family and I have to admit that at times I don't do such a hot job at it! I can get so tunnel-visioned about my writing, I barely look up. I am thankful that I have a husband who is good about keeping my focus where it needs to be. He does a great job of holding me accountable to really living my priorities instead of just paying lip service to them!
I got started in writing by writing for free for anyone who would let me-- including a fledgling little newsletter called Proverbs 31. I feel like I have grown right alongside this ministry that now features a full color magazine, a daily email devotion that goes out to hundreds of thousands of women, a speaker team of 21 talented speakers, and a yearly speakers and writers conference called She Speaks. Last year we had nearly 600 women there!
My husband and I have co-authored a book together entitled, Learning To Live Financially Free: Hard-Earned Wisdom For Saving Your Marriage and Your Money, which will be available in March, 09 from Kregel Publishing. I am also currently working on a book entitled The Reason We Speak: 31 Professionals Share Their Experience With Christian Speaking, which will be available in the summer of 2009. This book is a follow up to a book I did for Proverbs 31 Ministries in 2005, entitled For The Write Reason: 31 Writers, Agents, And Editors Share Their Experience With Christian Publishing.
Other writing credits include:
The Old Schoolhouse magazine
The Hearts at Home Devotional (monthly column for 2005)
Hearts at Home Magazine
Money Matters Newsletter for Crown Financial, regular contributor
Parent Life magazine
TEACH Magazine
The Greenhouse Report North Carolinians For Home Education state newsletter (regular contributor)
Above Rubies
The Quiet Hour devotion
The Charlotte Observer
Idoleyes (a giveaway)
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3 comments:
Hi Marybeth. Through the email devotionals I receive through P31 everyday, I found out about the She Speaks Conference and signed up for the writer's track. I immediately ordered your book and I am devouring it like a big asiago bagel covered in creamy, melt-in-your-mouth cream cheese (I read your blog about how much you like food description hehehe). I just can't work through it one day at a time and I find myself reading a few entries everytime I open the book. I've written for a long time and indeed it is my passion (I even have an English degree)-- but now I've found my way to writing for Jesus. So far I have 2 devotionals which is a start and a few poems. I feel he is calling me to write a book but it is slow going. I wanted to have at least a proposal ready for the conference. I am praying without ceasing and writing little bits that just don't seem to come together. Do you ever experience something like this and what do you do?
hi sisters: I wanted to share with
you my experience with God bringing
me through many trials and tribulations. First of all when
I was 25 I gave birth to a Down's
Syndrome son who was severely
retarded. He had heart surgery at
10 mos.old,He is now 37 years old
at the time I gave birth I did not
know Jesus as my Savior. At the age
of 35 my son fell ill and had to
be rushed to the emergency room
which resulted in 40 days in cardiac icu; he had to have a mitral valve replacement. This time
I knew the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. The journey
was heartbreaking and gruelling
yet God was with us. I came to know
the nurses in the unit( because
I stayed with him). At night I
would sing hymns to my son and the
nurses would join in. He is now
doing well again. The event almost
destoryed me financially but God
is restoring everything. I have
faced abandonment and lonliness and
many times I still feel this way
but I gain strength , knowing that
God never leaves us or forsake us.
I am now almost 63, I can testified
that : Jerm.33:3. Remember that life and death are power of the
tongue we must speak LIFE TO OURSELVES. Rev. Jackie
Hi!! Hope my english is good enough, I am from Mexico and I read every day devotionals, but today God really showed me clearly myself in your words, I don`t know if I can get your books here, but I´ll try. I send you a hug and blessings.
Leticia
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