I’m pretty lazy. I like to sleep. I have structured my life, including my job, around my desire to wear big-girl shoes as infrequently as possible. So I like comfortable. I like cozy. I like easy.
The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Family Niles…. Its permanent mission: to explore strange new teenagers; to seek out new life and new ways of living; to boldly go where no one in their right mind has gone before. (cue Star Trek theme song…) OK, so that might be a little bit extreme (and a little lame), but yeah. Life is happening, people. My head is spinning. We’re stepping into a season where God is proving his faithfulness and where we’ll need to rely on that more than ever. Changes are facing us on every front. And […]
Literally, and in the blog sense. Today, I’m visiting the Adventures in Missions offices in Gainesville, Georgia to finally meet the amazing marketing team that I serve with, and I’m also virtually visiting while my friend Jim Woods of UnknownJim.com anticipates the arrival of his new baby boy! My post for Jim is called One Dreamer’s Map to the Promised Land: Once upon a time, Christine lived a nice normal busy life. Great career, family, two cars and a house. Living the dream. Except the dream was a nightmare. Not the “chased by monsters” kind, but the “constant dread of […]
Haters are everywhere. I hear about them from bloggers I admire and I fear the day a hater shows up in my comments. I hear about them from my kids and it leaps to a whole new level. My heart breaks. I want to punch them in the face. Haters are the black cloud in a clear blue sky. They will bitch and whine about anything. Everything. “I wanted a yellow Ferrari, not a red one. You suck.” They hide behind clever pseudonyms and fake facebook accounts; they strike and slither away into deep, dark holes. They are no […]
Every once in a while, I look in the mirror. I look into the eyes of the woman looking back into mine, and I wonder who she is and what makes her tick? What gets her riled up? (Yeah, I’m a little weird, I know. Just humor me, ok?) What I mean is that every once in a while, I’m prompted to take stock of how I’m living. How well I’m using the gifts that I’ve been given. How well I’m making the world a better place. How well I’m doing with the opportunities that cross my path. And […]
I am Christine Royse Niles, and I’m a writer, a recovering project manager, and a corporate refugee with a passion to share the lessons I’ve learned.
I’ve worked with bestselling authors to launch nearly a million dollars’ worth of books and online courses. I’ve seen what works (and what doesn’t), and I know what it takes for a growing writer to get your work out and grow as you go.