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 …
Unexpected Gifts
About a week ago, I had a dream. Or, more accurately, a low-grade nightmare. I was sitting at a large table at Hein & Company Bookstore, copies of Surrendered in front of me and pen in hand, but there was no one else present. The longer I sat alone, the higher my level of anxiety. This, of course, was because …
Meet Kathy Boyd Fellure
Novelist (and children’s book author) Kathy Boyd Fellure will be celebrating the release of book two in her On the Water’s Edge Tahoe Trilogy next month. Lake Cottage Book Haven is a continuation of Emily and Jack Conner’s story from her debut novel Language of the Lake. Her new novel, which takes place in 2008, is set in a Tahoe …
Survival of a Blog Tour
Well, I survived my very first Blog Tour. In case you’re not familiar with what that is, think technological book tour. Instead of the author going from place to place to introduce his/her book, the book itself is sent to various reviewers for their honest review. The reviewer then posts it on their own blog, as well as on Amazon, …
What’s In a Brand?
It seems like the word for this season in my life is Branding. Those teaching some of the classes at Mount Hermon Writer’s Conference threw it around as if it were a simple thing—and for some, that might be true. Even if you’ve never heard of someone branding themselves, you know brands. Just Do It! Got Milk? Zoom Zoom (Mazda …
Interview with Author Blossom Turner
I am so excited to introduce you to my good friend and amazing author, Blossom Turner. She and I have been on parallel writing journeys. We met at Mount Hermon Writer’s Conference in 2009, both took time away from writing to work with our husbands and started back at the same time. Last year at the conference, we both met …
Embrace Change
Have you ever had a whirlwind year? You know the kind I’m talking about, where it’s all you can do to keep up with what God’s doing in your life? A year ago, my husband and I were packing up for a week-long trip to Tennessee to visit friends. It had been on our hearts to relocate—which was a little …
Back in the Day
When I planted my first three books in Placerville, California, I didn’t give it a lot of thought. Okay, that might sound…casual, but I think in the back of my mind, Placerville was my Mayberry. It’s where I spent many summer days on my grandparents’ property off of Apple Hill Drive. It’s where life was simple and innocent. My fondest …
