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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....
Peggy Ann Shumway
Jun 29, 20245 min read
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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...
Peggy Ann Shumway
Dec 29, 20207 min read
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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...
Peggy Ann Shumway
Sep 18, 20202 min read
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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...
Peggy Ann Shumway
Jun 12, 20202 min read
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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...
Peggy Ann Shumway
Jun 9, 20202 min read
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Conquering Our Mountains
A few years ago, I attended a writers conference where keynote speaker Regina Sirois compared mountain climbing to our writing careers....
Peggy Ann Shumway
May 30, 20202 min read
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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...
Peggy Ann Shumway
May 28, 20202 min read
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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...
Peggy Ann Shumway
May 28, 20203 min read
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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,...
Peggy Ann Shumway
May 26, 20202 min read
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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...
Peggy Ann Shumway
May 26, 20203 min read
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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...
Peggy Ann Shumway
May 26, 20203 min read
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