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The Plot Thickens|Cindy Woodsmall

November 22, 2015 By Deborah Raney

Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Cindy Woodsmall is a New York Times best-selling author of the Sisters of the Quilt series, The Hope of Refuge, The Amish of Summer Grove series, and many more. Her ability to authentically capture the heart of her characters comes from her real-life … [Read more...]

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The Plot Thickens|Lisa Wingate

November 15, 2015 By Deborah Raney

Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Lisa Wingate is a journalist, inspirational speaker, and the author of twenty-five novels. She is a seven-time ACFW Carol Award nominee, a multiple Christy Award nominee, A Christy Award Winner, a two-time Carol Award winner, and a 2015 RT Booklovers … [Read more...]

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Our house is a very, very, very fine house…

November 9, 2015 By Deborah Raney

Do you know that song? If so, the line that comes next tells you my definition of a very, very, very fine house. "With two cats in the yard..." For much of our marriage, we've had at least one cat in the house, and one memorable summer, we had eleven cats in the yard (life used to be so hard!) thanks to two batches of kittens our stray mama cat, Biscuit, gifted us with as a thank-you for taking … [Read more...]

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The Plot Thickens|Emily T. Wierenga

November 1, 2015 By Deborah Raney

Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration.  Emily T. Wierenga is a former editor, freelance writer, and columnist and has written for numerous Christian publications. Emily's first novel, A Promise in Pieces, released in April 2014.  She is wife to a math-teacher husband, mother, and … [Read more...]

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Welcome to the (fictional) Chicory Inn

October 26, 2015 By Deborah Raney

My new novel released last Tuesday, the third in the Chicory Inn Novels series from Abingdon Press. I HOPE by the time you're reading this, that I have finished edits (and rewrites) for the fourth novel in the series, and am back to working on the fifth and final book. I've written several sequels, and two three-book series, but this is the first time I've ever written a five-book series. I … [Read more...]

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