![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I knew she’d wander away from her family as they prayed the Rosary at the crash site. I knew that there would be a girl whose grandmother had died in a plane crash. Because I’ve got nothing!”Ī few days later, someone sent a tweet to me, commenting on my old Twitter handle and blog name – A Few Beads Short, (I’m “a few bead short of a full Rosary,” like some people are “a few fries short of a Happy Meal.”) This person said, have you ever thought of the power of a single bead?” I responded with, “Great point! I’ll have to write a blog post on that!” And mentally filed it away for future blog material.Ī few hours later, when I was with my family in the car, I got what I would call a “download” of the first chapter of A Single Bead. That single sentence set bells ringing in my head, as if the Holy Spirit were saying, Stephanie, pay attention to this! I had never even considered writing fiction, though, so I said out loud, “God, if you want me to write Catholic young adult fiction, you’re going to have to By mid-October, I was researching publishers and came across Pauline Books & Media, who said they were specifically seeking Catholic young adult fiction. Having consecrated myself to Jesus through Mary in early October of 2013, I found myself feeling renewed conviction to write a Bible study on the Rosary. To really answer that question, I have to share the story of how I came to write A Single Bead in the first place. ![]()
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