by Patti Miinch | Oct 12, 2021 | conspiracy theories, Facebook, no facebook orinstagram or whatsapp oh my, outages, Patti Miinch
Facebook was down for six hours last Monday and again for a couple of hours several days later. Unsurprisingly, reactions to the outages were mixed.There were the inevitable conspiracy claims; more than a few skeptics claimed that the outages Monday were linked to a...
by Patti Miinch | Sep 28, 2021 | composition, craft, motivation, passion, professor, published, teach, why I write, write
Last week, an author shared on social media that they received an email from a new fan. It wasn’t an “Oh, I discovered your book and loved it; I am going to buy every one you have ever written or will write in my lifetime” missive. Instead, it was an “I bought your...
by Patti Miinch | Sep 14, 2021 | characters, disclaimer, fiction, Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Soloman
This is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, events, and incidents in this book are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.Unless you’ve...
by Patti Miinch | Sep 7, 2021 | author, book, factorfiction, novel, writing
Other than short stories and a novel written in 5th grade that has long since disappeared, the writing I’ve done throughout my life has been nonfiction. In grade school and high school, it was summaries, reports and essays; in college and grad school, my writing time...
by Patti Miinch | Aug 24, 2021 | 2022, change, commitment, one big change
A friend recently mentioned that she couldn’t believe it had been almost seven years since she committed to giving up sugar for an entire year and, in a show of support, I gave up soft drinks.Our conversation moved on to other things. But over the next several days,...
by Patti Miinch | Aug 17, 2021 | bike, Catrike, exercise, JustaGirlandHerTrike, summer, Villager
After returning from my van-camping adventure, I turned my attention to my “100 List” of things to accomplish or experience. I read my list and stopped at #47. There it was! Something that would be both fun and good for me. It was time to buy a...
by Patti Miinch | Aug 3, 2021 | character, dreams, LessonLearnedFromtheOlympics, pursue your dreams
Over the past 12 days, I’ve watched countless young men and women from around the globe who have achieved their dream to compete in the Olympics. The realization of that dream has allowed them to pursue yet another dream — to stand on a platform, wearing a...
by Patti Miinch | Jul 27, 2021 | change, direction, God, His voice, question answered, recommitment, writing
Confession #1: When I decided to boldly ask God for clear direction as to whether He wanted me to continue writing in some “official” capacity (see “Fish or Cut Bait”), I had a hope that...
by Patti Miinch | Jul 13, 2021 | despair, dreaming, dreams, hope, life, standing in a corner adult style
In the past month or so, two acquaintances and one friend have shared with me that they haven’t dared to dream — to look beyond getting through their current situation — for several years.Each time I was told this, my reaction was the same: I nodded in understanding...
by Patti Miinch | Jul 6, 2021 | book giveaway, Rebecca Friedlander, spiritual disciplines, spiritual practices, The Divine Adventure
“Discipline” brings to mind thoughts of punishment — the revoking of privileges perhaps or the administration of some negative consequence. But as Rebecca Friedlander explains in her recently-published book The Divine Adventure (BakerBooks 2021), Spiritual...
