Inspired by Life ... and Fiction

Novelists bound by the pen, sisterhood, & more

A Deadline and a Giveaway

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I've been on deadline all summer, but "the end" (literally!) is in sight! I always feel sorry for my poor husband when I'm on deadline. I am getting better about remaining calm, but with every book, there is a certain amount of what Ken calls "fritzing out" that accompanies getting my manuscript turned in to my editor by the deadline. (Even when I'm generously given an extra few days or even … [Read more...]

The Plot Thickens | Carla Stewart

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Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Carla Stewart's writing reflects her passion for times gone by. Her debut novel, Chasing Lilacs, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and was an Oklahoma Book Award Finalist, the trophy winner for the 2011 Best Fiction Book for … [Read more...]

The Plot Thickens | Sharon K. Souza

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Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Sharon K. Souza is the author of Every Good & Perfect Gift and Lying on Sunday, both contemporary women's novels. She and her husband, Rick, became engaged 15 days after meeting (!) and have been married more than forty years. They have three grown … [Read more...]

Keeping Track of Books

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Twenty years ago, in 1996, I started keeping track of how many and which books I'd read. It was the year my first novel was published, and I had quite an impressive list of books I'd read—55 books over the course of twelve months. In 1997 I was working on writing my second and third novels, but I still managed to read forty books, recording each one in a pretty spiral journal. In the years between … [Read more...]

The Plot Thickens | Jennifer Slattery

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Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Besides her novels, Jennifer Slattery, author of When Dawn Breaks, writes columns and devotions, and manages social media and a blog for an Omaha Metro ministry that serves the working poor and homeless. She and her family garden inside the city … [Read more...]

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