I traveled to Georgia last weekend for the Perry Page Turners Book Festival! The festival was started by a group of bookish friends... After attending a book festival in Dahlonega in northern Georgia, these ladies were inspired to plan their own festival for Christian and clean fiction in their city of Perry in central Georgia. They made it happen! And this year marked their third annual … [Read more...]

Back when my kids were little, I had so much fun celebrating Valentine's Day with them. They'd bring home the cutest projects... I'd volunteer at their school parties and they'd exchange Valentines with their classmates. I'd make pink, heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. I'd use a photo of them and create a Valentine to send to family.... I also used these cards to invite my kids' … [Read more...]

At the Reader Rendezvous in the fall of 2024, wonderful reader Beckie (of the ByTheBook Blog) asked me if I'd be interested in coming to Georgia to speak at the festival she helps organize. My immediate answer was, "YES!" Fast forward more than a year, and I'll soon be traveling to Georgia to make good on that yes. In honor of America's 250th birthday, the Perry Page Turners are calling … [Read more...]

I recently returned home from a trip to California! When I go on vacation, I continue to check email and social media daily. I don't tend to post much, other than in my Instagram/Facebook stories, but I do stay stay abreast of things. During my time in California, I was taken by surprise by the increasingly amazing response to our 2026 Christian Fiction Reading Challenge. [If this is the … [Read more...]

Merry day after Christmas, everyone! In thinking about what I wanted to blog about today, I thought, "I know! I'll share some of my Christmas cards through the years!" Then thought, "Wait. I think I blogged about that once already." I checked, and I DID already blog about it in 2017. So instead of reinventing the wheel, I'm recycling my original post, adding this year's Christmas card to it, and … [Read more...]