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What will you give up during Lent?

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Hello. It's the first day of March and it's Ash Wednesday.  This is a very important day to Christians, of course, because it's the first day of Lent. We have forty days (excluding Sundays) of "giving up" to represent how Jesus spent forty days fasting in the desert where he overcame temptations from Satan.  The ashes come from the burning of palm branches that were used on the previous Palm … [Read more...]

I went coastal and I loved it

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Hello, and Happy Belated Valentine's Day. I hope you all were able to be with or talk to someone you love yesterday. My husband and I took a last minute trip to the Florida Keys as part of our anniversary/Valentine's Day celebration. Our anniversary was in January but we kept pushing the trip back and finally, we made plans and went for it a few days ago. I had always wanted to go to Key West … [Read more...]

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Lenora Worth

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I was born and raised in Southwest Georgia and I grew up on a farm. I cropped tobacco, strung tobacco and hung tobacco high up on rafters in an old creaky barn. It was hard work and I'd walk the distance from the fields and barns back to my house, my hands and clothes covered with tar. I also picked peanuts and pulled corn and drove tractors and planters and big trucks. I had to beg my daddy to … [Read more...]

The Rules of Civility

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I just finished reading the book "The Rules of Civility" by Amor Towles. One of my publisher's marketing associates had mentioned the book to me when several of us were at dinner one night at a conference. I wrote it down and ordered the book, but saved it for a time when I could read without too many interruptions. That time came this past Christmas when it rained for over a week. I curled up … [Read more...]

What Will You Do Differently This Year?

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Happy New Year, 2017! Hard to believe that I've been steadily writing since 1993. This year I will also celebrate twenty years with Love Inspired Books. I recently reached a milestone with sixty-five books written for LI and Harlequin. In all, I've written seventy-six books--both in full length and novella.   But this year I hope to READ more books. I read all the time but I do it in … [Read more...]

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