We're in Kansas this week visiting family and friends. We came by way of Columbia, Missouri where we watched two of our grandsons place 13th and 14th in the State cross country meet. Their team, coached by their dad, Ryan, and mom (our daughter Tobi), took FIRST in State for the third year in a row! We are busting our buttons! It was fun to watch the awards ceremony with their big brother, Reed, … [Read more...]

This post is a rewrite of one I wrote almost a decade ago, and since the series has been updated I thought I would share this again. It serves as a good example of how a series comes to be, how it might change over the course of writing three or more books, and how it lives on for many years after its first publication. The first Hanover Falls novel, Almost Forever, was first published almost … [Read more...]

My dear friend author Elizabeth Musser and I have known each other for twenty years, ever since we roomed together at a conference and became fast friends. She invited me to be part of a sweet prayer group of fellow authors almost ten years ago, and the six of us still meet by Zoom once a month to pray for each other and our families as we write for the Lord. It can be a challenge since we live … [Read more...]

[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...]