Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines an obsession as a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling. This word is thrown around casually by many, including me. The key word here is unreasonable. I’ve stated that I’m obsessed with work, but that’s clearly an exaggeration. Or is it? A few years ago while researching the Internet for a writing project, …
I’m thrilled to introduce you to Kari Trumbo, today’s feature author. Be sure to enter for a chance to win a paperback copy of her novel More Than a Heartthrob. How long have you been writing? I have been writing since 2008 but didn’t publish until 2016. The first scribblings are still in a notebook buried in my office. Though, …
You may remember April 20, 1999 as the day two students went into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado with semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and bombs. They killed twelve fellow students, one teacher, and wounded twenty-one others. It’s a hard day to forget for many, but for me, it had personal impact because it was my first year as a teacher. …
The first thing that came to mind when I read the back cover copy of The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman was Kristin Hannah’s Firefly Lane. Both were about friends and interwove a time slip of a period close to my heart—and personal history. Shipman’s story is about four girls—Emily, Liz, Veronica, and Rachel—who first meet in 1985 at a …
Several years ago, I experienced Savannah, Georgia for the first time—and I was smitten. Like a schoolgirl in the throes of a first love, I saw it through the rose-colored glasses my mom once accused me of wearing. And she was right. There have been decisions made in much of my adulthood that were based off what I wanted to …
It is an honor to introduce you to contemporary women’s fiction author Susan Beatty. Her novella Carmen’s Journey of Courage releases tomorrow, so I am thrilled to be able to share a little of her writing journey with you as well as the links to connect with her and/or purchase her book. At the end of the interview, be sure …
One would be hard pressed to deny the existence of evil in our world. We hear about it every day on the news, see it in Internet headlines and some live with it daily. I will admit that while I live my little life, I’ve been insulated from this evil having much of an impact on me. But as we …
What I loved about Rachel Hauk’s The Memory House: This is an enjoyable love story with real characters, interesting settings, and redemption throughout. But it’s more than that—it’s an historical fiction time-slip, which adds another level of dimension. Ms. Hauck weaves not one, or two, but three different historical events into her novel. It starts out in present day New …
Bitterness is an emotion that grows quickly and is hard to gain control over, don’t you think? It’s so easy to find flaws in our lives and wham! Before we know it, that ugly emotion has taken root. Faith Nicholson, the main character in my latest novella Saving Faith, has lived with one disappointment after another—not the least of which …
It started out with an innocuous comment, as most miscommunication often does. I had a red crinkly blouse with white flowers that I really liked. Such a cheery color and the crinkle material gave me the (false, I’m sure) impression that I looked thinner than I was. Ladies, you know what I’m talking about, right? A blouse, or jeans, or …
