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Beating the Winter Blues

February 10, 2021 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, Happy to be back with you this week. I don’t know about you, but being a summer girl at heart, winters can be hard on me. In Maryland it’s cold and dreary most of the time. We have this grey blanket that covers the sky often. Since I’m a blue sky and sun kind of girl, the lack of sunshine often weighs me down. I lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico for a number of years, and the … [Read more...]

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Most Anticipated Reads of 2021

January 27, 2021 By Dani Pettrey

I’m a writer, but I’m also a voracious reader. I’ve never actually met a novelist who wasn’t a reader at heart. I was captivated by stories at a young age—reading books, acting out stories with friends, and daydreaming stories in my mind. Daydreaming was my escape. I loved going for Sunday rides with my mom. We lived in New Mexico at the time, and every Sunday we’d go for lunch and then a long … [Read more...]

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Inspired by the Arts

January 13, 2021 By Dani Pettrey

As an author, I’m clearly inspired by the art of writing, but I don’t know how many authors consider writing an art and how many consider it a craft. I honestly view it as both. It’s part art, which I define as divine inspiration from our Creator to create. I believe it’s woven into us when God places us in our mother’s womb. It doesn’t automatically come out wonderful. I didn’t sell my first … [Read more...]

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Glad Tidings

December 23, 2020 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, It’s two days until Christmas! I can hardly believe it’s been another year of sharing our love of books, stories, and life together. I hope you know how much I look forward to sharing this time with you every other Wednesday. Today, I thought I’d share a glimpse of our pre-Christmas fun, along with how the McKenna family from my Alaskan Courage series celebrates. We’ve been … [Read more...]

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Inspired by Christmas

December 9, 2020 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, Is it just me or does it feel like Christmas came on so fast this year? It just doesn’t feel like it’s Christmastime yet. It’s probably because, thanks to the sweet kindness of a friend, my family got to spend two weeks in the Outerbanks and enjoy Thanksgiving there. It could be because I’m working hard on a book and I haven’t wrapped a single present, or because I came down with a … [Read more...]

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