Hey, y'all! My friend and fellow author Christine Lindsay has come by today to share a bit of her story. Christine and I met (if I remember correctly!) in 2009, when both of our unpublished historical novels were Genesis …
A Family Legacy of Fiction
A few months ago I received an email from my father’s cousin. I’d never met her. In fact, my father hadn’t seen in her many, many years. But she’d found one of my articles online, one I’d written about my great-grandfather …
Scavenger Hunt Stop #3
Hello! I'm so excited you have stopped by here today. I am stop #3 on the Fall Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt, where by finding all the clues (they are easy to find!) you can be entered to win the grand prize of a …
Love’s Awakening by Laura Frantz
There are some authors that you enjoy from the get-go. But you also know when their books take a decidedly different turn. One that propels their work from the "books I enjoy" category to the "books I must read." With the …
Made to Last by Melissa Tagg
I didn't read contemporary romance for a long time. Especially Christian contemporary romance. But there are some great new voices out there and I've shared some of those with you. Today I'd like to introduce you to another: …
You Don’t Know Me by Susan May Warren
There are just some authors that hit it every time. The level of their storytelling makes me wonder why I try. Susan May Warren is one of those authors. While I've only read 2 of the 6 Deep Haven series books, both My …
Fire Ant Bites and Book Reviews
My husband and I went to Shakespeare in the Park a few weeks ago. We loved watching A Midsummer Night's Dream under the stars with a picnic dinner. When it was over, we made a dash for the parking lot, for when we are in any …
Six Weeks!
A Home for My Heart releases 6 weeks from Sunday! You'd think since this is the third time I've been through a book release it would have lost its novelty. Au contraire! Actually, it's the first book release I feel somewhat …
How Do You Prefer Your Story Stress?
I read two books last week. Not unusual. But as I read--one contemporary, one historical--I kept having to stop each book and pick up the other. Over and over and over again! It wasn't that either story didn't hold my …
Do You Talk About What You Read?
If you answered yes to the title of this post, then think of me as Uncle Sam, pointing and saying, "I want YOU!" Why? Because in spite of all the various means of marketing that are available to us today, research shows that …