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Spring: Sometimes We All Need a New Start

April 23, 2015 By Cara Putman

In Indiana, spring has been late in arriving. Finally, in the last week, it has exploded on the scene. I'm still waiting for my irises to bloom, but the trees are fully decked out...vivid colors...delicate blooms, green leaves stretching out to touch the sky... It's a time of fresh beginnings. That may be why spring is one of my favorite seasons. [Tweet "Need a reminder winter will end? New … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: flowers, growth, spring, winter

4 Things They Didn’t Tell You about When Dreams Come True

April 9, 2015 By Cara Putman

This week I learned that Shadowed by Grace finaled in Christian Retailing's BEST Awards in the historical category. This is quite a thrill because there was a journey to Shadowed by Grace getting published. As any author can tell you, each story has it's own road filled with twists and turns. [Tweet "4 things "they" don't tell us about chasing #dreams from @cara_putman."] There are so many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: coffee!, dreams, parenting, to-do lists

An Unexpected Adventure

March 26, 2015 By Cara Putman

Life is an adventure. We can probably all agree on that. Sometimes it takes some unexpected twists and turns. I just got back from one of those. It was a good twist, but one I never expected to find myself taking. I spent all of last week in Brazil. When you ask me where I want to travel, what I what to see, what I hope to experience, Brazil never hit the list. In fact, traveling south of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: brazil, caterpiller, G.E., Rio, Sao Paulo, travel

To Catch a Price by Rachel Hauck

March 13, 2015 By Cara Putman

Currently Cara Putman is giving away a copy of Rachel Hauck's latest fairy tale:How to Catch a Prince,. You can enter easily by clicking here. The giveaway ends March 20th, so don't delay. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Past E&G

Developing New Ideas

March 12, 2015 By Cara Putman

Developing new ideas for books is an agony for me. I know many people who see ideas EVERYWHERE. I am not so blessed. Maybe it's because when I think of a book, I realize I am committing a minimum of two years of my life to that story. There's the research and proposal stage. Writing the proposal is truly my least favorite part of the process, but when I'm teachable and allow myself to be pushed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing

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