Dawn Camp

28/07/2025

Sorrow sneaks up when I least expect it. It’s embedded in photographs, pieces of clothing, a familiar expression on a child’s face. I don’t feel angry with God. He never promised me a life free from suffering. But I believe He’s the security that will keep me from bending until I break.

Please join me today for thoughts on grieving or comforting someone who is (link to incourage articles in profile).

11/05/2025

Gone 21 years, never forgotten. The wisest woman I’ve ever known. I miss you, Mother! ♥️

05/05/2025

Surreal to celebrate almost 16 years with the community and my fellow contributors last week! I see these women once a year, but they’re a safe space for my words and my heart and I don’t take that for granted.

Love you girls (& still awaiting the day I can buy Mexican Fresca in the US)!! ♥️😍

05/03/2025

For so long, perfectionism held me back, making me afraid to try new things, to risk looking foolish. But lately, I’ve been stepping forward — attending online writing workshops, asking questions even when I feel tongue-tied, and volunteering examples from my work. Each time I push past the fear of not being “good enough,” I see God’s grace meeting me in the process.

It's hard for a perfectionist to accept that perfection isn't remotely possible (as if it were in the first place)!

Please join me today at incourage where I wrote about Freedom in Accepting Our Imperfections!
https://incourage.me/?p=251414

04/03/2025

Six months.

Six months ago today, a surgeon pieced together my shattered right humerus with a plate and screws. I’ve got an 11” scar from shoulder to elbow, the span needed to connect solid bones together. No doubt, this has been the physical low point in my life, but today I’ve got nothing but gratitude. 🙌

I’ve started throwing a rubber ball about the size and weight of a softball at occupational therapy. My aim is $ #%& most of the time, but it feels soooo good. I’ve moved past muscle memory into the overthinking stage, but that’s okay: I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t overthink. I couldn’t get to sleep one night because I couldn’t stop throwing that ball in my head. 😂

I was a third of the way through the second draft of my first novel when I fell. Now I’m on my fourth draft, have received feedback from beta readers, and continue to edit and polish each day. I’m three lessons away from completing a thirty lesson online writing class, and when I finish it and my fourth draft, I’ll hire an editor for a manuscript assessment.

I’ve booked pitch slots at the Atlanta Writers Conference in May, I’m submitting my first thirty pages and book synopsis in a contest at another conference, and I entered a short story in another competition.

Life is hard sometimes, but God is good. I’m so grateful for progress. 😍

07/12/2024

Please join me today on Substack for my physical and writing progress; tips for how to get free ebooks & audiobooks; what I'm reading; author events I've attended recently; and my favorite reads of 2024 (so far)!

For We Are Saved By Hope; more progress; free ebooks & audiobooks; what I'm reading & 2024 favorites

19/10/2024

We all bear the marks of trauma, even if they’re invisible to the eye. Let's consider how our scars can make us more empathetic to those around us. -Dawn Camp

Share this post + read today's devotion: https://incourage.me/?p=249252

31/07/2024

The opened tonight in Atlanta to one of the most enthusiastic audiences I’ve seen at a show. The production was incredible and I can’t believe how much the lead sounded like Barbra Streisand, who starred in the 1968 movie about the life of F***y Brice, a comedienne and entertainer from the early 1900s.

Get your (funny) girls together for a night out! Funny Girl runs until this Sunday, August 4 .

Thanks , !

19/07/2024

I've got a new desktop wallpaper for you! What are you reading, watching, listening to this summer?

https://open.substack.com/pub/dawncamp/p/it-dawned-on-me-19

19/07/2024

Today I dropped a new incourage article!

Can you remember a time you maintained a normal facade while falling apart on the inside? I can.

We’re instructed to “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2 NKJV). When we choose kindness as our first response instead of our last, we make the world a more gracious place and provide the people around us with a soft place to land.

Two of my best friends and I got together for dinner, shopping, and girl time on a recent Friday night, like we’ve done a million times before. These infrequent but essential outings allow us to catch up and sometimes blow off steam since we’ve created a safe space to vent. We raised our familie...

19/07/2024

Come visit me incourage today!

Can you remember a time you maintained a normal facade while falling apart on the inside? I can.

We’re instructed to “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2). When we choose kindness as our first response instead of our last, we make the world a more gracious place and provide the people around us a soft place to land. -Dawn Camp

Read More: https://incourage.me/?p=240388 ✨

16/05/2024

When I started writing a novel in April 2023, I had no idea it would take more than a year to write or change me so completely. I feel like a different person.

Tonight I finished the first draft on the due date I chose months ago. I pushed through with my highest ever word count in a day (and wrote almost 7K more words than my goal), because we have a family camping trip this weekend and I didn’t want to be too distracted about finishing to be fully present.

My agent became my acquisitions editor (xoxoxo 😘) so I need a new one. And I I’ll need a publisher too. And 2nd & 3rd & however many drafts. But right now I’m celebrating a big WIN!! (Thanks for listening ♥️)