Before I became an author, I never realized all of the various aspects that went into being an author. I thought I'd write one book send it off and then start on the next. My life would be filled with writing one beautiful, touching story after the next. However, after releasing a novella and my 7th book in December and now having another novella and books 8, 9, and 10 slated to release this … [Read more...]
My Secret to Juggling Life
Often I'm asked, "What's your secret to juggling life?" Most people wonder how I manage being a mom of five kids and having a full time writing career. My days are jam-packed with teaching my kids, and my afternoons and evenings are crazy-busy with running them to all of their various activities. In addition, I try to squeeze in all of the responsibilities that come with being an author. … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Keep from Becoming a “Bah Humbug”
Recently I read the book Night by Elie Wiesel. In it he recounts his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–1945. I find it amazing that anyone at all could survive the brutality that the Jews experienced during the holocaust. I couldn't keep from wondering how Elie lasted two years in spite of beatings, starvation, freezing cattle … [Read more...]
Book Release and a Giveway!
This week I'm celebrating a birthday! No, not my birthday (because as you all know, I'm at 29 and holding). ;-) I'm celebrating a BOOK birthday! This week my 7th book, Love Unexpected, released. It's the first book in my new Beacons of Hope lighthouse series. The series centers around real women light keepers who served at real Michigan Love Unexpected is a marriage of convenience story, … [Read more...]
A Few Lessons I Learned From My Grandma
My sweet 95 year old grandmother died this week. You may recall that I wrote about visiting her this past summer and how seeing her weakened, frail, demented condition broke my heart. So while I mourn her physical loss, I've already been grieving for some time . . . grieving the loss of the strong woman I'd once known, the grandmother who'd adored me, who bought me a big cookie for … [Read more...]
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