by Vella Karman | Jul 8, 2026 | Author News
After I spoke underneath the World’s Largest Mailbox, I wasn’t sure what could top it. Was that one of my career goals? No. Was it extremely fulfilling? Yes. Luckily for you, that won’t be the only chance you get to meet me, either online or...
by Vella Karman | Jul 1, 2026 | Author News, Filling your life with LIGHT
I grew up on the edge of a rough neighborhood. Sometimes there’d be gunfire so close it sounded like it was in the backyard. One time, a police squad with K9s and a chopper were out looking for a wanted criminal in the creek about fifty feet from my backdoor....
by Vella Karman | Jun 24, 2026 | Clean fiction, For Writers
I was thirteen. I ventured into the teen corner of our local library, my footsteps hushed on the gray carpet flecked with small green lines. No one else was in the little corner alcove where the teen books resided, but the place seemed hushed. Subdued. Bathed in a...
by Vella Karman | Jun 17, 2026 | Filling your life with LIGHT
This post contains affiliate links. I’m one of those people who won’t watch a YouTube video for weeks or months, and then goes down an internet rabbit hole. If you ask me, YouTube is one of the safest places online. Every time I upload a short to my...
by Vella Karman | Jun 3, 2026 | Filling your life with LIGHT, Guest Post
Did you know God likes to have fun? Probably. After all, He created the platypus. But did you know God likes to play word games? A few weeks ago, I grabbed my backpack and took a walk to the coffeeshop. It’s about a thirty-minute walk, so I decided to play a game with...