Believing is Seeing
What Is a Miracle? As we navigate the norms of the laws of nature, we encounter events or circumstances that transcend our understanding....
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Peggy Ann Shumway
- Dec 29, 2020
- 7 min
Hope for Future Joys
What better time than the week between Christmas and the New Year to reflect on what has happened over the last twelve months. It’s a...
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Peggy Ann Shumway
- Sep 18, 2020
- 2 min
Pleasing Our Readers
The other day, my son, the one I thought would NEVER show interest in anything I’ve written, told me how he’s read my manuscripts when I...
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Peggy Ann Shumway
- Jun 12, 2020
- 2 min
Truth or Consequences
It has always amazed me how gullible we can be, from the least of us to the very elect. To be gullible means to be easily persuaded to...
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Peggy Ann Shumway
- Jun 9, 2020
- 2 min
Breathing Life Into Our Readers
Words and the way gifted writers use them have always fascinated me. An author who crafts a paragraph that makes my mouth salivate, my...
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Peggy Ann Shumway
- May 30, 2020
- 2 min
Conquering Our Mountains
A few years ago, I attended a writers conference where keynote speaker Regina Sirois compared mountain climbing to our writing careers....
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Peggy Ann Shumway
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
The Pen: The Responsible Use of Our Weapon of Choice
Whether we want to admit it or not, writers have a great responsibility to their readers. Those who write and publish without...
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Peggy Ann Shumway
- May 28, 2020
- 3 min
Our Writing Demons
I was thrilled to hear that I’m not the only writer who struggles with demons in the process of creation. Years ago, in an American Night...
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Peggy Ann Shumway
- May 26, 2020
- 2 min
Writing Through the Senses of a Child
Have you ever watched a toddler explore the world? Whatever circumstance we place before them, they move about touching, seeing, tasting,...
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Peggy Ann Shumway
- May 26, 2020
- 3 min
A Late Bloomer Just Trying to Catch Up
I think I’m a late bloomer—you know, the kind of girl who stumbles through her early years lanky and boyish, whose body holds back until...
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Peggy Ann Shumway
- May 26, 2020
- 3 min
What Is Truth?
I am currently working on a novel that deals with the meaning of truth through the eyes of science, religion, and two different cultural...
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