by Vella Karman | Jan 15, 2025 | Author News, Belonging, Bonfires & Stars
I’m working on a huge project right now. I’m the managing editor for Fantastical Summer, a collection of summer-themed magical realism short stories from different authors. It will be released in May 2025 and for the next two weeks, submissions are open. Writers...
by Vella Karman | Dec 11, 2024 | Belonging, Bonfires & Stars
There has been a moment with each of my family members where I thought there was no way our relationship could survive. Too hurt. Too broken. Too messed up. I’d hurt them and they’d hurt me and all that compiled hurt was too much. There was no way we could ever...
by Vella Karman | Dec 4, 2024 | Belonging, Bonfires & Stars
We think we’re better than them, those nonchristians out there. It’s a tragedy. Jesus was better than all of us, and he didn’t go around sticking his nose in the air. As is, they’re better than us at creating community. I just read The Good Earth by Pearl S....
by Vella Karman | Nov 20, 2024 | Belonging, Bonfires & Stars
I started wondering this week why we think it’s so different to be in a relationship with God than anyone else. Of course, he’s the King of the universe. There’s no way for it to be exactly the same. But the mechanics of how a relationship works? Maybe they’re...
by Alli Prince | Nov 13, 2024 | Belonging, Bonfires & Stars, Guest Post
Moving across the country can be a very lonely experience. Two years ago, I moved from Nevada to Ohio for a writing program called The Company. I didn’t know anybody before I moved here, and there was nobody I could call at 2 A.M. if I had an emergency. I’d spent the...
by Vella Karman | Oct 23, 2024 | Belonging, Bonfires & Stars
I had a really good conversation with a friend recently. She brought up something I’d said that hurt her. You know, a year ago my first response probably would’ve been to tell her that I had been worrying about that since it had come out of my mouth. How I’d...
