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The foundation of a marriage forms long before two people stand at the front of a church and say, “I do.”

The foundation of a marriage forms in a little boy’s heart, when his alcoholic father tells him, “You’ll never amount to anything.” The foundation of a marriage forms in the soul of a little girl, when three neighbor boys sexually abuse her in the dark corner of a barn.

And, so often, the foundations upon which marriages are built are not strong enough to weather the storms that come after “I do”: tragedies, depression, and infidelity send shivers through the already cracked foundation, and too often the structure collapses.

But it doesn’t have to.

This is the true story of a marriage, told in alternating perspectives from the man and woman who lived it, felt it, and fought to keep it together. Continue reading “My Latest Project: a Grace-Filled Book About Marriage”

At dusk, the sound of a cricket lurches out from the heavy green grass that must soon be cut. The boy knows it’s time to mow because it was soft and warm under his feet that day. When it’s not time to mow it sticks up scratchy and straight like the stubble of his father’s weekend face.

The sky looms gray and blue and dark in the east. He presses against the window screen. It leaves the imprinted feeling of small hash marks on the tip of his nose. He can smell the stinging sweet smell of metal. Continue reading “He Wonders Why There Were No Survivors”

Here’s an interview of me by Lisa Delay regarding an E-Book I’m working on about making a living as a writer. I’m especially excited about this book because of all of the awesome contributing writers who have agreed to take part. To get updates on this project, and for chances to win your own free copy, subscribe to my monthly e-letter (simply put your email address in the field to the right and click “Subscribe”):

The list of contributors I mention in the video is not the full list because a few more have agreed to join in since this was filmed. Stay tuned in the next week or two and I’ll let you know the final list of wonderful folks who are contributing to this book.

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One of the things I’m most looking forward to about our upcoming trip is hanging out with other writers. If you had the opportunity to sit down with writers all around the country, what is something you would ask them? What are some of the more pressing/interesting topics regarding writing that you’d want to discuss?