We all have our quirks, don't we?  I'd love to hear some of your quirks in the comments!  Full disclosure: I may even give some of your quirks to future characters. It seems to me that those of us who are writers may have received more than our fair share of quirks.  For example, I still write my books in Microsoft Word.  I don't even use a recent version of Word.  No, indeed.  I'm using Word … [Read more...]

Greetings from Philadelphia! I left Dallas on Tuesday to fly to the City of Brotherly Love for the Public Library Association conference.  Here's my view of Dallas from the air on the first day of spring: And here's my view of Philadelphia from the air on the first day of spring: What a marked difference!  A nor'easter arrived at the same time that we did, so this Texan and her … [Read more...]

My next book, Falling for You, releases in less than two months! Back when I was expecting my babies, I remember that the first seven months of pregnancy took FOREVER.  Then the last two months seemed to speed up and streak past in an I-can-bend-over-to-pick-that-up-but-then-I-can't-straighten-back-up blur.  Toward the end I'd think, "Oh?  What?  It's almost time?  Yikes!  Now?  I've got so … [Read more...]

Last year at this time, I blogged about My Favorite Covers of 2016.  It was so much fun to look back over a year's worth of wonderful Christian fiction covers that I decided to make it an annual thing! Here are... The following are in no particular order.  I set out to select covers from a range of sub genres and publishers, since it's exciting to celebrate the breadth and depth of the … [Read more...]

It's almost Valentine's Day!  Be sure to scroll to the bottom of this post for information on the Valentine's Giveaway some author friends and I are offering. :) In mid-January, I received a lovely email from a reader/book club leader.  Here it is (slightly abbreviated): Hi, Becky, I just finished reading My Stubborn Heart and loved it! Your characters are so real I believe they … [Read more...]