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July 9, 2025 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends,  Thanks so much for joining me today!  Stories entertain, but they do so much more. They inspire hope, help us believe in second chances, live often vicariously through the characters, and in some cases, even find healing within the pages.  Christian fiction, in particular, has a special gift. It brings us together within our shared faith and love of stories. My … [Read more...]

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The Summer of No

June 11, 2025 By Dani Pettrey

A lot of my writer friends and reader friends know I have Lupus. I’m pretty open about it and the fact that I have three autoimmune disorders. I try hard not to let my disorders rule my life. If I’m completely honest, I try my best to defy them. It’s the rebellious nature in me when told no regarding my health. I don’t like being limited or having to curtail the things I’d love to do at times … [Read more...]

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Dani’s Favorites

June 1, 2025 By Dani Pettrey

We hope you are enjoying these weekly feature posts from the authors of Inspired by Life…and Fiction. We're sharing some of our favorite things to help you get to know us a little better—and we’d love to hear your answers to these “favorites” questions in the comments below. Favorite Drink (hot or cold): My favorite drink by far is coffee. I love it hot or cold, but if I was … [Read more...]

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Home Again

May 28, 2025 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, I don’t know if you heard but we moved to Florida last September. Twoweeks later Hurricane Helene hit and completely flooded our house withfour feet of water. With almost everything still in boxes since we’d betraveling one of those two weeks, we lost 95% of our belongings and twocars. It turned into six months of waiting on insurance and four Airbnb stays, butwe are finally back … [Read more...]

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Which Book World Would YOU Survive In?

May 14, 2025 By Dani Pettrey

Happy Wednesday, friends! I thought it would be a fun mid-week break to play a reader and writer’s game.  It’s a quiz to see which book setting you’d survive best in. Here are the multiple-choice options.  List your answers in the comments section, and I’ll hop on by Friday with the answers for each of you, and everyone who participates will randomly be entered to win a copy of Two … [Read more...]

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