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Cover Reveal!

In: Reading, Uncategorized, Writing on: August 16, 2018

I love finding obscure bits of history that I can build a story around. My soon-to-come novella came about in just that way. As I was looking through some history timelines, I came across a reference to The Toledo War in …

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On Mary Vee’s blog

In: Reading, Uncategorized, Writing on: November 14, 2014

Today through Sunday I'm over on Mary Vee's blog sharing a bit about how God has led me on my writing journey and giving away a copy of Playing by Heart! Come visit us …

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The Christmas Story That Almost Wasn’t

In: Reading, Uncategorized, Writing on: October 30, 2014

I love Christmas-themed fiction. Doesn't matter the length--novels, novellas, short stories. And in the past couple of years I've been wondering if I could write some kind of a Christmas story. I didn't know what, exactly. I …

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A Title for 2014!

In: Reading, Uncategorized, Writing on: October 14, 2013

Ok, so remember how in a last minute change, Bethany House went with my working title, A Home for My Heart, for this latest release? Remember how shocked I was--and how excited, because it was the first of my books that had a …

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Fire Ant Bites and Book Reviews

In: Reading, Uncategorized, Writing on: August 8, 2013

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 …

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The Bestseller Society

In: Uncategorized, Writing on: May 18, 2012

Three publishing industry insiders have been working behind the scenes for the past several months in a secret author lab. Well, not really, but they’ve kept the secret since December. Thomas Unstated, Jeff Gerke and Mary …

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My Journey to Publication (the short version)

In: Uncategorized, Writing on: August 19, 2011

I'm over at my fellow author Richard Mabry's blog today talking about my writing journey to publication. Stop by and comment! …

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What’s in a Name?

In: Uncategorized, Writing on: July 12, 2010

I love my name. I really do. I love the uniqueness of the apostrophe and the capital A. I love that it forms a contraction of my parents’ names: Don and Ann.But what I love, computers hate. Databases scoff. Website and email …

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Humbled and Amazed

In: Uncategorized, Writing on: July 9, 2010

I can remember sitting in my bedroom, somewhere around 30 years ago now, reading a Eugenia Price novel and thinking Someday I would love to write historical fiction that is specifically Christian. You have to understand: …

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