by Teresa Shields Parker | Jul 27, 2019 | Blog, Family, Purpose, Teresa's Journey, Writing Helps
I was in eighth grade and the sponsor for our junior high newspaper had made me fiction editor. It was a big honor because usually only ninth graders got that privilege. I was the only one who had written poems and short stories that had been published when I was a... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 10, 2016 | Write the Vision, Writing Helps
I was created to be an author. I was created to write. If you cut me, I bleed ink. I have always dreamed of writing a book. I am a journalist by trade, but it wasn’t until 2013 that my dream became a reality. Nonfiction I attempted to write a book many times,... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 7, 2016 | Devotional, Family, Write the Vision, Writing Helps
Confession is good for the soul, so they say. Here’s mine. Most of my growing up years I wish I had another mother. My mother had emotional issues and the brunt of them fell on me as the oldest child. It’s not productive to delineate what went on. I was... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Aug 2, 2015 | Blog, Health, Write the Vision, Writing Helps
What do you do when your story involves some messy details? How do you share the truth of a difficult situation when others are involved? Most people who decide to write their story have thought about this more than once. Do you tell the truth or do you sugarcoat the... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Aug 1, 2015 | Health, Write the Vision, Writing Helps
“It’s time.” “Time for what?” “Time to put you in the game. It’s time to write your book.” “Really? What book?” “The book about your journey. “ And then God showed me the book. I saw it laid out in the heavens—beginning, middle, end, inciting incident, anti-climax,... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Nov 19, 2014 | Header, Health, Magazine, Poems and fiction, Poetry, Purpose, Recipes, sweet change, Uncategorized, Welcome Wednesdays, Writing Helps
Sugar is so sweet, like a baby with a lollypop. Sugar just makes everything better. Makes the medicine tastes better. That’s why many medicines are coated with a sugar coating. Chewable vitamins for children have added sugar. Ketchup has sugar added. Even some...