Anna's Ideas

Hello again, friends! Today, I'm very excited to announce that I have, well, an announcement!  For the past couple of weeks, I've been praying about and looking at starting a new blog.  One that will be (Lord willing) a lot  more organized and professional than this one. I'm trying to learn from all of the mistakes I've made thus far, and, like I mentioned, be much more organized. See, I even have a bit of a mission statement:   This new blog, called Redeem the Time, will be focused on connecting with my generation, inspiring and empowering today's teenagers to live their lives in devotion to Christ. However! Before I launch, I could seriously use your help. I've created a quick, two minute survey. The responses I receive will shape the direction of this new project. Will you please take a few minutes to: 1. Complete the survey yourself 2. Share this with any teens, parents, or youth workers you think would be interested Here's the link to the survey: https...

Hello, friend! Today, I have an exciting announcement!  Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of working with some fellow young Christian authors in the process of writing and publishing an anthology.  This is the first book I have ever seen my name in, so I've had some exciting moments.  Today, being the release date, is one of them. Now, with that introduction, I would like to share a Q&A with some of the authors (including me 😉): Why did you want to write Unmasked?   I wanted to write Unmasked because I was sad about the state of the world around me during 2020. I wanted to change it, but I didn’t know how. Then God told me… WRITE ABOUT IT. So that’s just what I did. ~ Olivia G. Booms I had actually written my short story for something else, but those plans had failed. I wanted to show there was hope through my writing, and I was wondering how I could do that if I couldn’t get my story to people. Then I saw the opportunity to join and I was nerv...

Hey there!  I know I haven't posted in a month, not since my last announcement, but I think there's a good reason! If you look at my homepage, or really any page, you might notice a few things I updated.  Any guesses? First off, I decided to finally go and get myself a logo.  I had been messing around for months, but had zero ideas, and got nowhere.  Finally, I was led to FreeLogoDesign , where I finally ended up with this!   Notice anything else?  If you look carefully on the homepage, right below my logo, you may notice a little button with the word "subscribe" on it.  If you want to click on that and enter your email address, you will receive an email notifying you whenever I post something new.  I don't know about you, but that makes me a tad bit excited.  Just a tad. And, of course I couldn't end this post without my biggest and most exciting update!  Yep, as promised in my previous post, I finally have an email list!  I k...

The first anniversary of my blog is coming up soon (the sixteenth of March, to be specific,) and I am excited! So, because who doesn't want something to celebrate, I decided to do something special.  (And yes, I may or may not be sitting at my keyboard with an overly suspicious grin on my face.) And yes, I will keep postponing this announcement for as long as I possibly can. *laughs evily* Anyway, can you guess what poems, snippets of fictional stories, lessons (and stories) from my life, random ramblings, and favorite songs all have in common? Yes? No? I'll add a few more lines to build the suspense... And a few more... Have you made your guess yet? Wait no longer! You guessed it!  (Hmm... Or did you?...  Maybe, maybe not)  I'm going to start an email list! That's right!  I'm committing to a (hopefully) more consistent schedule than the random posts here on my blog (sorry about that unpredictability, by the way).  I promise I won't flood your inbox, beggin...