Inspired by Life ... and Fiction

Novelists bound by the pen, sisterhood, & more

My Writing Closet (…and a giveaway!)

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Please extend a very warm welcome to my friend Jill Lynn!   Jill and I met a few years ago at an American Christian Fiction Writers conference.  Then, Jill was an unpublished writer who'd been nominated for (and went on to win) a Genesis award for her work.  Now, she's multi published!  AND she's giving one Inspired by Life...and Fiction reader a copy of her brand new release.  Check the bottom of … [Read more...]

Tea Traditions (and a giveaway)!

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It's a treat for me to welcome my friend Jill Kemerer back to Inspired by Life and Fiction!  When Jill visited last time, I mentioned that she wrote 12 novels before finally receiving her first publishing contract.  This month, her third novel releases!  Jill has released THREE NOVELS in one year.  Praise to the One who is, "able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine."  Ephesians … [Read more...]

Where Do You Find Your Recipes?

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At best, I'm an adequate cook.  I can follow a recipe proficiently.  But I can't improvise and definitely can't create recipes of my own.  Also, I only enjoy making things like chocolate chip cookies.  Dinner preparation is not bliss for me.  Nor is eating what I cook.  I rarely eat one of my dinners and think, Yummy!  It's usually more like, Well, here's more healthy sustenance.  Since I cooked, … [Read more...]

A Gift From the Past

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My parents live in California, where I was born and raised.  They come to Texas for frequent visits, however, and on one recent visit my dad gave me a savings bond that my Great Grandmother Monninger had given to me when I was little.  He'd filed it away for safekeeping alongside other documents and as the years -- then the decades -- slid past had forgotten about it.  When he came across it a few … [Read more...]

Comfort to Courage

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It's my pleasure to introduce you to today's guest blogger, author Nicole Deese.  Nicole and I met at the Dallas/Ft.Worth chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers.  She's down-to-earth and funny and smart and great to talk to and I pretty much decided that we were going to be friends whether she liked it or not.  She and her family moved from Texas to Idaho last spring, so I don't see her … [Read more...]

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