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Why I Love Christian Fiction!

March 22, 2023 By Dani Pettrey

Happy Wednesday, friends!  I’ll be speaking at a women’s ministry event this Spring and the talk focuses on the power of storytelling and words in particular. In preparing for the talk, it got me thinking about why I love fiction, and Christian fiction in particular, and for me, it came down to words. Words such as redemption, forgiveness, faithfulness, and my personal … [Read more...]

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Deadline Disaster

March 8, 2023 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends and Happy Wednesday! Have you ever noticed when you really need life to go smoothly, it often turns upside-down? I was recently on a deadline. My final week was filled with sixteen-hour days, copious amounts of coffee, and truly frightening deadline hair as my family has fairly dubbed it. The tighter the deadline, the scarier the updo hair. It was during this week that the first of … [Read more...]

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Kept In Suspense

February 22, 2023 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends and happy Wednesday! I always look forward to my days spent withyou. I love reading a good mystery and I love writing romantic suspense because itcombines two things I adore—the twists and turns of a thriller and the happy-ever-after of a romance. I love reading and writing both, but in real life, I don’tknow about you, but I’m not the biggest fan of suspense. To be brutally honest,I … [Read more...]

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New Series, New Characters, and New Suspense!

February 8, 2023 By Dani Pettrey

Happy Wednesday, Friends! I hope you’re having a great week! I’m excited to share that I’ve turned in my novella, The Shifting Current--A Coastal Guardian novella. For those of you who’ve read my Coastal Gaurdian’s story, it’s Logan and Emmy’s love story. If you haven’t read the series, no worries, it can be read as a standalone. It’s available for pre-order now and releases on May … [Read more...]

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Immersed in Words

January 25, 2023 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends,  Happy Wednesday! I’m super excited to have Debb Hackett guest blogging for me today. Debb’s one of my mentees and friends, and I’ve loved watching her grow as a writer. Today she’s sharing about the power of words. Enjoy!  When I think back, most of my life has been inspired by words. As a child and teenager, I pored over books, using them to visit far-off or nonexistent … [Read more...]

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