Write Now Literary is pleased to announce The Paschal Lamb, a Christian drama play with author Elizabeth G. Honaker, March 13-17, 2017.
ASIN: B00KZ4JMQO
ISBN-10: 1500172227
ISBN-13: 978-1500172220
A Word From the Author
A Word From the Author
How to
Meet Deadlines and Remain Sane
By
Elizabeth G. Honaker, Sometime Author
True
confessions: I have been a teacher for over 40 years, and I secretly hate deadlines. I cope with deadlines
all the time: half-hour piano lessons with students who have not practiced one
note; full-hour tutoring sessions with writing students who don’t have a clue
what they are going to write; deadlines for course assignments that I assign my
college students that they conveniently “forget” about. It’s enough to drive
you insane.
Wait…aren’t
I supposed to write about keeping
sane? Yeah… well…let’s put that aside for the moment.
Instead, I
want you to ask yourself a question: Why do
you write? If you’re writing for any of the following reasons, I can’t help
you:
1. Money
2. Fame
3. Power
However, if you’re writing for any of the following reasons,
I can help you:
1. The
love of communicating
2. The
love of words
3. The
love of writing
I know nothing about the former; I know a lot about the
latter.
Now bear with me. I’m not going to into great detail about
techniques or anything like that. I will simply ask you this: If you love some-one, what do you do? [Allow a pause for
reflection.] If you love some-thing,
what do you do? [Allow another pause for reflection.] Do you get the
connection?
In short, I love to write. Whether it’s a play, or a short
story, or an explanation for my writing students, I attack it with gusto. I do
it because I love to do it. I stay up late (I have stayed up until 3 a.m.), or
I get up early (like 6 a.m.), or I find time in five-minute snatches to complete
my compositions by the time they are needed. I get good feedback from friends
and acquaintances, but very little of the green stuff. (I won’t say I would
turn it down…but I do other things to help pay the bills.)
And remaining sane? Well, I have another confession: It has
been a long time since anyone has
called me “sane.” Love is like that – it drives you utterly, decisively,
irreparably in-sane. (Ask my husband
of 46 years!)
Seriously. You make time for what you love to do. And, in
all my years of writing, I have yet to find a way to keep sane while doing it. In
fact, I am quite insane over the deadline for this blog!
About The Author
Elizabeth Golibart Honaker hails from Sparta, Tennessee, where she teaches writing support and English at Motlow Community College. Her undergraduate degree is in Liberal Arts, and her first MA is in Theology. This has given her the breadth and scope to write over fifteen full-length passion plays in the last twenty years – seven of which are in print with others being prepared for publication – as well as dozens of shorter scripts, short stories, and poems on Christian topics. Her first historical fiction novel, Come Before Winter, was published in 2014. In that same year, she completed her second MA in English and Creative Writing (Fiction) at Southern New Hampshire University.
When she is not writing or tutoring, she spends her time devising new home projects for Allen, her husband of 45 years. She also enjoys communicating with her two wonderful grown children and buying (and making) trinkets for her four lively grandchildren. She is passionate about sharing Christ, missional activities, and her local church. She also loves gardening, sewing, piano playing, and Star Trek as time permits.
About The Book
Martha of Bethany and Barabbas of Bethlehem both experience life-changing events at an early age. Martha experiences the price of sacrifice, and Barabbas experiences the price of hatred. As adults, their lives intersect and they encounter Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah awaited by the Jewish nation. This Christian drama explores the importance of accepting the sacrifice of Christ for sin.
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Thank you, Elaine, for allowing me to be posted on your blog! I will definitely keep checking in on you!
ReplyDeleteIt was my pleasure. Any time.
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