Amplify or Release

Accepting the emotion you are feeling gives the power back to you. To avoid is to amplify, and to acknowledge is to release. ~ @Actual1Murf This is an excellent quote to describe the characters in Through His Disciples' Eyes. They avoid their feelings time and again. But those feelings eventually need to be released and…

Twelve Historical Years of the World (or just my world)

The beginning of this year marked twelve years for Lori's Lane (the above photo was my original header). TWELVE YEARS!  Aside from a few months break here and there, I can't get over that I've kept this up for that long. I created this author's blog because a startup independent publisher published my short story…

Dig

"I'm digging in the dirt.  To find the places I got hurt. Open up the places I got hurt." ~ Peter Gabriel What if you had a super power you didn’t realize you had? What if someone told you the only way to find and use that super power was to dig in the dirt?…

Marriage, Spirituality, Books

"I searched for God and I found only myself. I searched for myself and I found only God." ~ Rumi Read about two characters on a soul searching journey they don't even realize they're on in Through His Disciples' Eyes. "Your marriage will not be defined by the size of your struggles, but by the…

Glue of Creation

"Love is the name and nature of God. Love holds no ill will or unforgiveness. Love is the glue of creation and the catalyst for awakening. Love asks nothing but gives more than you could ever dream of. Divine love is unconditional and fearless." ~ DailyWord Three characters, Tobias, Julia, and Max are broken and…

Understand It First

"It came to me ever so slowly that the best way to know the truth was to begin trusting what my inner truth was . . . and trying to share it—not right away—only after I had worked hard at trying to understand it." ~ Fred Rogers   The quote describes exactly what the characters…

Tobias

There was this guy—a man who masked deep-seeded anguish by taking control of situations and wielding authority. He lived sixty years ago. The fellow was an evangelical who had it out for anyone he believed blasphemed the Bible. He made sure to set them straight about the “inerrant word of God.” One day, on his…

Come on Over

I am excited and honored to be hosted on El Space Blog today. Learn more about how my new novel was created. I'd love to answer your questions if you have any. Come on over and chat with me at this link. You'll be able to enter for a chance to win a free copy.

It’s Heeerre!

After more than a decade of trying to figure out how to get this story out of my head and onto the book pages . . . IT'S FINALLY HERE! It's such an unusual and unique plot that I had trouble finding a category and genre to put the novel in. It's not fantasy, but…

Broken Souls

I’ve finally sent my manuscript off to publishers. Yipee! Update: My book Through His Disciples Eyes is published. Click my blog link here to read about the plot and for the link to Amazon. Now that I'm finished with writing the book, I'm hoping to get back to blogging again. I'd also like to start…

Fill in the Blanks

I finally did it. I wrote several chapters of crap.  No really. This is a good thing. Stick with me. Remember when I said there were two things that caused me to be a slow writer? Well, one of them is the bite-sized pieces. With every scene, all I can see is the entire picture.…

Graham, Charlotte and Marlie

Welcome to Lori's Lane for the first post of 2018. We're in a deep freeze up here in the Midwest, with temperatures below zero Fahrenheit (below -18c). Remember when I used to live in Florida? Believe it or not, I still don't miss it. Living on a peninsula wasn't too unlike living on an island.…

My Guest

Last week I talked about meeting new friends through social media. Today, I'm going to share with you how I met one friend in particular. I joined an author's facebook page that had quite a lot of members. If I'm being honest, I met a lot of snarky people there, except for three really kind…

My Guest

I'm super excited to introduce my first guest, Jill Weatherholt. Let's get to know her and find out what she's been up to. I've asked her a few questions to get the conversation going, and guess what I learned? She just released her debut romance novel, Second Chance Romance. So, I started reading it and,…

Like New

On Wednesday I posted about making new friends, but I also have friends from this blogging world that have been around for almost my entire five years. I will not call them "old" friends, because getting to know them through their regular blogs is always like new. I'm traveling the blogasphere this week. Wednesday I…

Reviews, Guests, and a Prophet

We see such division in the world these days, but when I’m online with my blogging friends and fellow authors, I feel unity. I’ve received much kindness and help from many in these communities and want to give back in at least some small way. So, I plan to have guest posts once a month.…

Novel Surprise

Remember when I wrote a post about how I have found some wonderfully, talented blogging and author friends? I said they are such kind, thoughtful and helpful people. Well, Angela Christina Archer is another one of those wonderful friends. How did I ever get so lucky? I signed in this morning to find her featuring…

Old Scars

We must remember the past, to learn what didn't work so we don't make the same mistakes. But, dwelling on the past or picking at scarred wounds will only recreate the very same scenarios that we were supposed to learn from in the first place. If we learn, grow and change, old scars can turn…

Winter, Home and Books

I'm waiting for the PROOF of my paperback novel, Whit's End, to make sure it all looks good. I can't wait to share it. For now, I'll tell you a little about my winter experience from over the weekend. The header picture on this blog is the zoomed-in view from my front window on Sunday.…

Whit’s End

Have you ever been at your wit's end . . . say about . . . this year's election process? I'd venture to guess that most people in the U.S. reached that wit's-end-point with the build up to November 8th. Have you ever been at your wit's end with a person? Maybe a coworker drove…