Novel Writing: Climbing the Mountain

So I’ve been trying to write this novel. And I’ve been hitting wall after wall. Questions keep popping up like: What the heck am I doing? Why in the world am I doing this? Who said I needed to write this anyway? Basically, I feel like I’m climbing a huge mountain by myself with a […]

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I’m going to write a novel. No big deal.

When I first found out I was going to be unemployed for most of October and all of November (not to mention December, when I’ll be home in the States!!), I immediately knew I had to set some kind of goal for myself. There was no way I could let that kind of time go […]

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White Christmas

I had a surprisingly lovely Christmas this year, full of laughter and love. One of the most wonderful moments was walking home in the snow by myself late Christmas Eve after a party with friends. I caught white snowflakes on my new black gloves and marveled at the endless creativity of God. For the brief moments […]

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Thunderstorm

Wow, thunder just hit so close that I felt my whole house shake! Tonight there are not only flood warnings out, but there was a tornado warning not too long ago! Very unusual for Baltimore, Maryland. The weather is doing crazy things here these days… I love this storm, though. There is something distinctly beautiful […]

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Music-making Tuesdays

When the semester started a few weeks ago, I thought I was going to hate Tuesdays. Wake up at 7:30am, hour subway/bus commute to school, piano lesson at 10am, 2-hour studio class at 3pm (in Korean), then hour subway/bus commute to the prayer tabernacle for practice, then serve at the prayer tabernacle from 8-10pm. After “enduring” […]

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