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The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck (and a giveaway!)

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I'm so pleased to introduce you today to romantic comedy author Bethany Turner! I had the pleasure of meeting Bethany at the Christian Fiction Reader's Retreat, then spent time with her at the American Christian Fiction Writers conference.  She's a delight!  Welcome, Bethany!  -Becky Do you want to know my favorite part of writing romance? I should probably say it's capturing that moment … [Read more...]

Cover Matching Challenge and Giveaway

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When Tressa from the Wishful Endings blog asked me if I wanted to host a blog stop in conjunction with her Tackle Your TBR Read-a-Thon, I immediately said yes.  The goal of the Read-a-thon: to spend extra time reading in order to diminish our to-be-read piles of books!  For more information and a list of the other blog stops (most of which are offering prizes), click here. For my … [Read more...]

Our Sufficient God

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I recently started a Beth Moore study entitled "A Woman's Heart, God's Dwelling Place."  One of the verses we read during the first week focused on God's call to Abram in Genesis 12:1: The Lord said to Abram, 'Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you.' Well, yikes.  That's a lot of leaving.  God was asking Abram to give up a great … [Read more...]

The 2017 Christian Fiction Readers Retreat

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I had the pleasure of attending the second annual Christian Fiction Readers Retreat on August 12th!  The retreat is the brainchild of bloggers Carrie (Reading is my Superpower), Annie (Just Commonly), and Bonnie (Overcoming with God) and it's a day of fun, fellowship, and worship for Christian fiction writers, readers, bloggers, and publishing types. After journeying to Cincinnati for the … [Read more...]

The Things a Writer Never Wants to Hear

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For the past few days, I've been racking my brain for a blog topic and drawing a BLANK.  So I asked two of my heroic writer friends, Courtney Walsh and Katie Gansert, for help.  Katie came up with the idea for this post and the three of us compiled the below list together.  Please keep in mind that we love writing and publishing and that we were laughing and only wincing a little when we … [Read more...]

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