I celebrated the release of A Love Like Ours last night with a 'book launch'! I've done a few book signings in the past. A very few. I don't tend to seek them out because: Only friends and family attend. If you're lucky. As the author, you spend a significant amount of time at the signing standing alone next to the little table the book store has very graciously set up for you, … [Read more...]
Cover Models!
I was able to interview the models on the covers of my past two books and had my fingers crossed that I'd be able to do the same for A Love Like Ours. Thanks to Skye and Killian, the two lovely people on the front of A Love Like Ours, I'm continuing the cover model interview tradition! They patiently, graciously answered my questions. At my request, Skye even recorded some of her answers. Be … [Read more...]
The Making of a Book Cover
Jennifer Parker, the graphic designer who has designed all four of the covers for my Bethany House novels, is a very gracious person. I may have a bit of a frustrated graphic designer within me because I always ask Jennifer inquisitive questions about my covers. She always answers them with great patience. She sends me 'behind the scenes scoop' on the creation of my covers. And I send her … [Read more...]
Inspired by Michigan Lakes… and a giveaway!
Oh, how I've been looking forward to this day! The debut novel of my sweet friend, Jill Kemerer, just released! I met Jill at the American Christian Fiction Writers conference in 2012. She was wonderfully encouraging, bubbly, funny, genuine. As I got to know her, I learned that she had written TWELVE manuscripts and been seeking publication for years without success. Most writers write a … [Read more...]
My Long Lost Cousin
Not long ago, I was scrolling through my facebook newsfeed. There's no possible way that I can keep up with all of my friends' posts, so I tend to zoom through as many as I can for five minutes here and five minutes there. I came upon this picture: I thought, Cute! They must be twins. I happened to read the caption, written by a lady named Kathie. It read, "I find this such an … [Read more...]
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