“You seem to have lost all your joy.” My husband’s words sliced my heart in two, and tears immediately burned at the back of my eyes and fisted in my throat. It was early in the morning, and I had just (again) grumbled about how we spent more time working than playing, and it felt as if we’d been disconnected …
I’ve been writing a lot about the possibility of starting a podcast, not completely committing for fear it would be too big a challenge for me. Well, I’m committed now! The first episode of Between the Lines: of Contemporary Christian Fiction launched on October 6th. There have been a few glitches (and a huge learning curve) along the way, but …
If you’re looking for an original Christmas story, you need look no further than Tabitha Bouldin’s Steampunk novella, The King’s Promise in Keeping Christmas, Volume II. The King’s Promise (by Tabitha Bouldin): In a world of airships and kings, a prince makes a promise that tears him away from his love. An ordinary baker’s daughter finds herself caught in the middle …
Escape to Greenway? Escape into the humor of a Chautona Christmas novella, and you won’t be disappointed. We all know that a character wishing to ditch Christmas in a story about Christmas will be sadly disappointed. Or will she? Read her story in Keeping Christmas, Volume II and find out! Escape to Greenaway (by Chautona Havig): She just wanted …
One of the pleasures of reading fiction (aside from getting lost in the story) is the chance to explore worlds and/or careers of which I’m unfamiliar. In Stacy Simmons novella, Christmas in the Cotswolds in Keeping Christmas, Volume II she gives us a glimpse into both. I’ve never been to the Cotswolds, nor have I read books in this setting. And a …
How can we not think of fairy tale princesses when a story setting is a castle? I’m excited to read Melissa Wardwell’s Christmas at Curwood’s Castle in Keeping Christmas, Volume II to see how she weaves a modern-day Cinderella moment into a contemporary novella. Christmas at Curwood’s Castle (by Melissa Wardwell): A Christmas party at Curwood Castle should have been …
When I think of modern-day castles, I think of Hearst Castle or The Biltmore. Grand palaces that are beyond what we peons could ever imagine living in. Susan K. Beatty writes of just such a castle in her novella A Castle for Christmas in Keeping Christmas, Volume II. A Castle for Christmas (by Susan K. Beatty): Sadie Foster abhors wealth. …
The week before last, I posted excerpts and links for Keeping Christmas, Volume I here on my website. This week, I’m highlighting Keeping Christmas, Volume II. Yes, there is another six-novella collection of Christmas stories set in or around castles. Because I have an actual write-up on the inspiration behind my story, An Irish Christmas Heart (and because it’s my …
About the Book Book: Jeanette’s Gift Author: Blossom Turner Genre: Christian Historical Romance Release date: October 11, 2022 This life wasn’t the one she dreamed of, but happily ever afters don’t always come when and how we expect. At twenty-nine, Jeanette Williams has watched each one of her four sisters marry and start families of their own. It’s hard not …
What better genre to read for Christmas than Biblical fiction? And no one does it better than Naomi Craig in her Keeping Christmas novella The Weary World Rejoices. Behind the elaborate furnishings of Herod the Great’s palace, conspiracy and distrust run rampant. Mysterious visitors from the east challenge everything Amal thinks he knows as palace scribe. Will his quest to …
