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London: A Change of Perspective

August 11, 2022 By Cara Putman

This morning a little after one a.m., we arrived home from our latest adventure. It's the last as a family before our oldest gets married and we made the most of six days in London. I love exploring new to me places, but I appreciate the perspective shift that can come with travel. One of the things I wanted to do this time was to see a show. London's West End is famous, and we haven't made … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: cara putman, London, reading, Vacation

This or That, Sales & Giveaways

July 28, 2022 By Cara Putman

It's summer time and that means road trips and long walks. I love both, but I also love redeeming the time. One way I love to do this is walking with a friend or loved one. But I also love walking with an audiobook or Kindle. Yep, I'm the crazy person walking through my neighborhood reading on my Kindle. I love that with my Kindle, I'm literally walking around with hundreds of books in my hand, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: caraputman, giveaway

Want to Write? Love to Read? Come to ACFW + Giveaway

July 14, 2022 By Cara Putman

This is the middle of an insanely busy couple of weeks in my day job, so this will be a shorter post. Be sure to stick to the end for information on a giveaway I'm coordinating. I know you're an avid reader, or you wouldn't be here. But are you interested in writing? I'll be teaching three workshops at ACFW in September with my writing buddy Pepper Basham. Last week we hopped on a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: ACFW Conference, cara putman

5 Books I recommend + Giveaway

June 23, 2022 By Cara Putman

This week I crossed having read or listened to 68 books. You can see the whole list here on Goodreads. Because I read voraciously and because we are officially in summer, I thought I'd take the time today to share some books I've enjoyed. At the end you'll also find links to two givewaways on my blog -- one ends today! Have you read any of these books? I don't know if you were able … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: cara putman, giveaway, reading

Author Newsletters: What do you like? + Giveaway

June 9, 2022 By Cara Putman

I got the nicest email this week in response to a newsletter that I sent on Monday. If you're curious you can see it here. I often write these and wonder if anyone cares or reads them, but lately I've been getting several responses from readers. That's been so much fun. But it also has me thinking about what you as readers love about our newsletters. Each of us on this blog has a different … [Read more...]

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