by Vella Karman | Jun 11, 2025 | Author News, Soli Deo Gloria
“I’m not cut out for this,” a voice screams in the back of my mind. “I’m not good at this. I’m making a mistake.” My heart beats hard, like a bird frantically flapping its wings to avoid a fall. Air catches in my lungs....
by Vella Karman | Jun 4, 2025 | Author News, Bonfires & Stars
I’m reading this book called Strange Fire, and it’s about how important supernatural stuff is to the Christian walk. I’m really glad I’m reading it, but the book has one idea that I don’t agree with: it implies that God isn’t whimsical. What is whimsy? I don’t know...
by Vella Karman | May 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
When there’s a parade of stupid stuff I’ve said and done, ways I’ve hurt people, and rampant memories of sin dancing across my mental landscape…it’s easy to hate myself. Or even just a few things about myself. But as I’ve wrestled with this lately, I...
by Vella Karman | Apr 30, 2025 | Soli Deo Gloria
I didn’t expect to go from a homeschooled wannabe writer to an author whose writing has been read in almost fifty countries before I’ve even graduated college. I didn’t plan to go straight from my high school graduation to two years of a rigorous college-level writing...
by Vella Karman | Apr 9, 2025 | Fear
When you’re afraid of failure, it makes sense to not even try. I used to do this all the time. When I was eleven, I wanted to be Clara in the Nutcracker. I’d just finished playing a “cavalry soldier” in the Ballet Arkansas presentation of Nutcracker and I knew I...
