Author Archives: Fran Hart

About Fran Hart

Disciple of Christ, earning a living as the director of US-based operations for a Taiwanese company, managing an engineering organization while carving out time to write. Wife, Mother, Grandmother.

Lilies aren’t always enough

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Fran Hart

Jessica sat at the piano, looking out at the globe lilies growing wild in the pasture that filled the view through her front window. Fairy lanterns. The stuff that fired her dreams when she was a young girl growing up … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenged, Fiction, IndieInk, Writing | 4 Comments

Meeting Her Maker

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Fran Hart

Tuesday. A day like any other day; at least, it started much the same. Melody woke shortly before her alarm sounded at 5:30am, as was her habit. This allowed plenty of time to read the Bible, pray and write in … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Writing | 8 Comments

We’re either doing something very right or very wrong

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Fran Hart

It’s nearly impossible to keep up with our housing shenanigans. We bought a house in ’10 that we have managed as a rental. We bought another house at the end of August ’11 that we intended to flip. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in children, family, Flipping, Flipping Houses, Real Estate, Rehab | 1 Comment

“Empty Hallways and Ashen Faces”

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Fran Hart

We, the survivors, huddled together in a large conference room near the entrance, a room usually reserved for the principal. They, our rescuers, looked as shocked as we. I have no doubt that not one of us greeted the day … Continue reading →

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If I can, you can (aka “The first day of Christmas”)

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Fran Hart

Perhaps because I’ve been immersing myself in Psalms and Proverbs, which have plenty to say about pride and humility, or perhaps for reasons best ferreted out by a professional, this year I finally participated in Neil’s annual Christmahanukwanzaakah post (his … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, faith, Music | 6 Comments

Real Estate Plot Twists

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Fran Hart

I hope that the twists and turns of the last month in our real estate saga are not indicative of what we should expect for the future. The flip house that we couldn’t keep on (or off) the market? The … Continue reading →

Posted in Flipping, Flipping Houses, Real Estate, Rehab, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

How the race was “won”

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Fran Hart

If you caught my post on November 13, you already know that this year’s attempt to write a novel in November got off to a rough start. By “rough start” I mean, as of then I hadn’t really started. If … Continue reading →

Posted in discipline, NaNoWriMo, Writing | 3 Comments

Real Estate, Holidays and Word Counts

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Fran Hart

Two weeks ago, on November 13th, I started writing a novel for NaNoWriMo. Sure, I should have started on November 1st, since the whole point is that November is National Novel Writing Month. But the first 2 weekends were tied … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Flipping, Flipping Houses, Real Estate, Writing | 10 Comments

Things for which I’m thankful

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Fran Hart

Next week is Thanksgiving: Why wait to share all that fills us with gratitude? I’m following Michael Hyatt’s lead and posting about the attitude of gratitude. Today I carried a pocket cross, and I plan to renew my habit of … Continue reading →

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Back on the market

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Fran Hart

We’ve lost another round with our flip house. The 2nd buyer has backed out based on the inspection. Mr. H is back on site making some additional repairs. I did not expect there to be this much drama in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Flipping, Flipping Houses, Real Estate, Rehab | 1 Comment