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Author Interview with the Phenomenal Tabitha Bird
What book made you want to become an author? I actually never thought about being an author. I loved telling stories, but for me the act...
Maly "Molly" Shaffer
Feb 4, 20196 min read
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That Person is Me
"There is someone I love, even though I don't approve of what [she] does. There is someone I accept, though some of [her] thoughts and...
Molly Shaffer
Nov 13, 20182 min read
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Operation Christmas Child
When I first became a Christian, over ten years ago, I heard about this amazing opportunity to pack shoeboxes for children across the...
Molly Shaffer
Nov 5, 20182 min read
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This is Halloween: My Top 5 Family Friendly Halloween Movies
Halloween is by far my favorite holiday. I love all things spooky, fall, and macabre. So, adding dressing up and candy to the mix just...
Molly Shaffer
Oct 29, 20183 min read
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Mind Reader
I know what you're thinking, or at least I think I do. That's often a big problem of mine. I assume I know what people are thinking of...
Molly Shaffer
Oct 24, 20183 min read
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Finding Life on the Other Side of Darkness
Yesterday, I had a tough conversation with a few new friends. One of my new friends asked me if I was interested in working with a...
Molly Shaffer
Oct 22, 20184 min read
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Love Does Not Demand Its Own Way
“Controlling a person is not leading a person.” -Pastor Matt Brown This morning, I was listening to my church's podcast, The Debrief...
Molly Shaffer
Oct 17, 20184 min read
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Frazzled, Irked, and Done...
Saturday was a rough day, y'all. I had some serious control issues going on, and it seemed like regardless of what people did for me,...
Molly Shaffer
Oct 15, 20184 min read
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Broken Girl
When I was in middle school, if someone had asked me if I was going to college, I would have laughed. “No way,” I would have said. “I’m...
Molly Shaffer
Oct 11, 20184 min read
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Brain Pain
To be honest, wearing hearing aids can be a blessing, but there are moments when they are a curse. Moments when my brain is fried from...
Molly Shaffer
Oct 9, 20182 min read
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No Stands for NEXT OPPORTUNITY
I still remember the first rejection I received on the first novel I ever wrote. It was 2006, and I had written a sweet little book...
Molly Shaffer
Oct 3, 20183 min read
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I Pity the Fool Who Doesn't Rest!
So, things are about to get real. Let's just begin with this little confession... I stink at resting. I know I need it, but I struggle...
Molly Shaffer
Oct 1, 20183 min read
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Tap Out
Sometimes everything that can go wrong does, and that often happens when you are doing your best to draw closer to God. Today is one of...
Molly Shaffer
Sep 26, 20181 min read
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My Anxiety Has Anxiety
This past weekend was a huge turning point for me as a Christian woman. I went to a woman's event at my church, Cultivate, and Lysa...
Molly Shaffer
Sep 24, 20182 min read
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Unexpected
I remember the day I felt called by God to become an author, or to at least use my books for His kingdom and not my own. My husband was...
Molly Shaffer
Sep 19, 20183 min read
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The Goliath Before Me
I have always been encouraged by the story of David and Goliath, and the idea of a scrawny teenage boy overcoming a giant Philistine that...
Molly Shaffer
Sep 17, 20182 min read
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You've Got to Go Through It...
For most of my life, I buried anything that brought me pain and discomfort, refusing to deal with the issues. Being numb worked, until it...
Molly Shaffer
Sep 12, 20181 min read
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Good Intentions are Not Always Good
Something I've learned the hard way is I can be right about something and still be wrong. I can be a world wide expert on unicorns, man I...
Molly Shaffer
Sep 10, 20182 min read
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Wait For It...
One of the most difficult parts of making writing a career is the waiting process. You write. You read. You wait, and while you wait, you...
Molly Shaffer
Sep 4, 20182 min read
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Authorpreneurship
What does it mean to be an authorpreneur? In all honesty, I’m not entirely sure. What I have come to know is that books do not just...
Molly Shaffer
Sep 3, 20181 min read
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