Lane, Author at Lane M. Arnold

Making Room to Create

Clear Space, Set SMARTer Goals, Hone Your Craft If you’ve ever stood at the edge of the ocean, watching the waves roll in and slide back out, you already know something about the creative life. It has a rhythm all its own. In some seasons, innovative ideas...

God of All Comforts

by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices

The Wonder Overhead: A Murmuration of Starlings Just before dusk, if you listen closely to the wingbeats and low calls, you’ll hear a rustling murmur above you as thousands of starlings form an undulating cloud. Before they settle into their roost for the night,...

Go Play in the Shallow End: Why Children’s Books Are Secretly the Best Thing You Can Read as a Writer

by Lane | Writing

Recently, I stopped by the library to pick up several novels and nonfiction books I had put on hold. I could’ve ducked back out to my car and kept running errands. Instead, I meandered through the children’s section of the library. Delight bubbled up. I browsed...

The Wonder Tucked Inside the Ordinary

by Lane | Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Practices

I love lists on legal pads because they hold all the thoughts swirling in my head. If you stepped into my home office on this rainy afternoon, you’d find one lounging by my keyboard and mouse, another sitting askew on my analog calendar, and a third one poised to jump...

A Buddy Pole, A Utility Crew, and A Book Coach

by Lane | Writing

Picture an electrical pole leaning precariously, with high-voltage lines still attached but all those vital wires dangling down a bit too close to the earth. Imagine a neighborhood dependent on that pole to stay steady, for its posture helps provide vital electricity...

Making Room to Create

God of All Comforts

Go Play in the Shallow End: Why Children’s Books Are Secretly the Best Thing You Can Read as a Writer

The Wonder Tucked Inside the Ordinary

A Buddy Pole, A Utility Crew, and A Book Coach

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