[The giveaway has ended and THE WINNER IS…Sherry L Pike! Congratulations, Sherry! Please email your preference of e-book or print to me at debraney@mac.com and let me know what address to send your book to.My newest novel, Who Stirs Up the Sea, released earlier this month and is now available in e-book and print formats, and will soon be available as an audiobook. (Click on the book cover below … [Read more...]

This past weekend Ken and I attended the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference in Springfield, Missouri. Our own Angie Hunt, Cara Putman, and Karen Witemeyer were there also, all teaching workshops or continuing sessions. Because I had no real responsibilities at the conference this year, other than a book signing on Saturday morning, I was able to attend five different workshops, … [Read more...]

Hello, friends. I'm so thrilled to have my dear friend Stephanie Grace Whitson as a guest blogger today. Steph is the first author I ever met in person. I wrote her a fan letter after reading her wonderful Prairie Winds series. Then, when I discovered she lived in Nebraska where I was headed to visit a friend, Steph and I arranged to have coffee together. My first novel had just been published so … [Read more...]

I'm updating a post from 11 years ago since my blogging day once again falls on the day of my wedding anniversary. This year is 51 for my wonderful groom and me, and this is what I wrote back in 2014 on our 40th: Today is my 40th wedding anniversary. (Not sure how that can be since I'm only 35, but it's true.) And oh how quickly those four decades have flown! It seems like just yesterday I … [Read more...]

As I near "The End" with each novel, I seem to find it necessary to go under a self-imposed "lockdown" and just "get 'er done!" As you read this, I've been on lockdown for almost four days and here's what that looks like: First of all, I need solitude when I'm on lockdown. In the past, I've checked in to Airbnbs (even one in our own town!) so there were no interruptions, no distractions, and no … [Read more...]