If you’re like most parents, you pray for your kids. Even if you’re not much of a pray-er, you pray for your kids. When mine were small, I probably prayed more for them to sleep well than anything else, and I’m pretty sure it was for my benefit rather than theirs. The older they got, the more intense the prayers. …
Review of Risking Love
About the Book Book: Risking Love Author: Toni Shiloh Genre: Christian fiction, contemporary fiction, diverse fiction Release date: June 25, 2019 Nikki Gordon lives with a perfect trifecta of noes. No guys. No dates. No way. The past holds her bound with ropes made of fear-infused steel, and she’s determined that no one will ever cut through them. If only …
Cacophony
Writing novels as a career is an odd thing. I never gave it much thought the first several years I was doing it, because no one was knocking at my door to offer me a publishing contract—the old “don’t call us, we’ll call you.” But they didn’t. Call me, I mean. Once I got an agent, she said, “Just keep …
How to Live Big!
Inspiration for stories (and life in general) often comes from someone else’s life. It’s amazing to me that some people live BIG while others just live. Last week, my husband and I visited Dollywood for the first time. I’m not particularly a fan of Dolly Parton’s music (and since her husband of over 50 years isn’t either, I’m in good …
Where Inspiration Lives
Years ago, when I first stepped away from teaching to write full time, I was faced with the dilemma of what to write about. Write what you know, was the adage that came to mind, so I made the grievous error of trying to fictionalize my own story. I found out at my first writer’s conference that this is mistake …
Review of The Medallion
About the Book Book: The Medallion Author: Cathy Gohlke Genre: Historical Fiction (World War II) Release date: June 4, 2019 For fans of bestselling World War II fiction like Sarah’s Key and The Nightingale comes an illuminating tale of courage, sacrifice, and survival, about two couples whose lives are ravaged by Hitler’s mad war yet eventually redeemed through the fate …
Review of This Healing Journey
About the Book Book: This Healing Journey Author: Misty M Beller Genre: Christian Historical Romance Release date: July 18, 2019 The mountain wilderness of her family’s home in the Canadian Rockies is all Hannah Grant has ever known. Now at the age of twenty-four, she’s on a journey to help her father to find the son he gave up for …
Finding Mayberry
Ever since I can remember, something has always drawn me to the South—or more accurately, something has given me a hankerin’ for the South. Born and raised in California, I’d never even visited a Southern state until the last ten years or so, unless you count the road trip my parents took my brother, older sister and me on when …
Stars of Alabama
Thanks to one of the first friends my husband and I made when we moved to Tennessee, I’ve been following a writer almost daily. Sean Dietrich, also known as Sean of the South, posts an anecdotal story every day. Every. Day. It’s all I can do sometimes to post a blog once a week! But Sean is a very unique …
Surrendered Summer Book Club Read
I’m trying something new (and hopefully, fun) with my debut novel, Surrendered, and I’d love for you to be a part of it. Just grab your copy of the book—and if you don’t have one, hop over to Amazon to purchase the paperback or ebook today—and join the Surrendered Summer Book Club Read (public) Facebook page. We’ll get started on …
