Category Archives: Writing Process

It Takes a Village

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Ann C. Averill

This week, as part of my book launch activities, I’ve been reading up on how to formulate a request for an endorsement of my memoir, Unmoored: How an Adoptee Lost and Found Her Deepest Identity in Jesus. In other words, … Continue reading →

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Go for it!

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Ann C. Averill

Last week I wrote about giving myself permission to publish my memoir, resting on the God given truth that my worth does not rest on the quality of my achievement, behavior, or anything I produce. I am not my work. … Continue reading →

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Harriet and the Rest of Us

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Ann C. Averill

I haven’t written here in a while. I could say it was because I broke my wrist and my family has had everything this winter from norovirus to pneumonia, but the real reason is because I was struggling to finish … Continue reading →

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Past Lives

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

A week ago, I was on a plane watching a Korean movie called Past Lives. The movie begins with three people, two men and a woman, sitting at a bar. You hear the voiceover of other customers wondering what their … Continue reading →

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Veritas Matters

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

The other evening, I watched a bio pic about Aretha Franklin who was a musical force in my adolescence with hits like “Respect,” “Chain of Fools,” and “You Make me Feel Like a Natural Woman.” The film portrayed wounds and … Continue reading →

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The Jabberwocky and Spiritual Warfare

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Once words leave our mouths or our pens, they are no longer ours. They belong to the listener or the reader and are subject to their interpretation no matter the speaker or the writer’s intent. And in this mysterious process … Continue reading →

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In Christ Alone My Hope is Found

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Today I’ve completed 70 years of life. Where has the time gone? Days flash by in a blur. Is it a Wednesday or a Thursday? I’m only aware of the exact date if I’m scheduled to babysit a grandchild, take … Continue reading →

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MORE THAN ROMANCE

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Valentine’s Day has come and gone. It’s the day when we celebrate romance by sending boxes of chocolate, and sweet cards to those we love. Yes, love is a gift, but it’s also a verb. Here’s a story from my … Continue reading →

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Ordinary Genius

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Ann C. Averill

Last week I watched a movie entitled Genius about author, Thomas Wolfe. What caught my attention was the voluminous manuscripts Wolfe brought his editor, Max Perkins, and one scene in particular where Perkins says, “Thomas, put down your pencil.” Last … Continue reading →

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Does Size Matter?

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Ann C. Averill

The following is an essay I read last Friday at BraVa, an event sponsored by Marion Roach Smith and the YWCA in Troy, NY. Marion is the author of The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing and Life, … Continue reading →

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