by krista | Jun 4, 2013 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
“Would you be willing to switch genres – to science fiction?” This question, posed by my editor at Thomas Nelson over a year ago, brought about a mixture of excitement, fear, and awe. Switch genres? I’d only just begun writing contemporary...
by krista | May 31, 2013 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Yesterday marked the end of the school year. Hooray! While it was a great year, it was also the busiest year I think I have ever had. All the things I did were good, they were fun, fulfilling. But there were just too many of them. I learned that there really can be...
by krista | May 27, 2013 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I’m not old. But I can see old. I am perilously close to the top of the hill. I know I’m getting older because people look at my wedding pics and say, “Look how cute you were!” (emphasis on the were). And because people think I’m lying...
by krista | May 24, 2013 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Last night was graduation. It is always a bittersweet time for me. I am happy – the students work hard for years to earn their diplomas. But I am also sad – I hate losing students I have come to love. This year’s class is especially close to my heart. I have taught...
by krista | May 20, 2013 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Period. If a kid is sick, he needs to stay home. I don’t want him coming to school, breathing all over me and my healthy family just so he can get an award. I’d like to make a new award: “The thank-you-for-staying-home-when-you-were-sick”...
by krista | May 18, 2013 | Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Seventeen years ago today, I married David Alan McGee. It was a small wedding, inexpensive. We had neither the budget nor the desire to spend a fortune on our day. We just wanted to get married and to have our family and friends there to watch. We were young (21 and...
