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 …
On Mary Vee’s blog
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 …
The Christmas Story That Almost Wasn’t
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 …
A Title for 2014!
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 …
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 …
The Bestseller Society
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 …
My Journey to Publication (the short version)
I'm over at my fellow author Richard Mabry's blog today talking about my writing journey to publication. Stop by and comment! …
What’s in a Name?
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 …
Humbled and Amazed
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: …