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Coming in July, Colors of Truth

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It's always a pretty good feeling (#majorunderstatement) when you finally get a book finished, edited, and submitted to your publisher. And when you get the final cover, too! That's where we are with my next release, Colors of Truth, the second full-length novel in The Carnton Novels Collection, releasing July 2020. Based on the real history of Carnton, an antebellum home that served as a … [Read more...]

Favorite Website Features

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Not long ago, I took an informal poll of readers' favorite features of authors' websites and found it very interesting. To that end, I'd love to know what you like best about authors' sites. What information you appreciate seeing when you visit an author's online home. In response to reader feedback, I added a "Bonus Features" page to my site which includes a slew of icons that lead to other … [Read more...]

For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given

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One of the most sobering moments during my trip to Israel earlier this year was standing atop the Herodium—one of King Herod's fortresses and luxurious palaces—and looking out toward Bethlehem, the birth place of Jesus. Only three miles separate the two. Look straight out toward the two buildings that stand very close together in the far distance, just on the horizon. That's Bethlehem. … [Read more...]

Christmas Gift Guide for Your Bookish Friends GIVEAWAY

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Do you love books? Does someone on your Christmas list love books? Then here's a bookish gift giving guide just for you! Ten other authors and I have teamed together to give you some book buying ideas for every genre under the sun—contemporary, historical, romance, suspense, and more. Plus, we're giving away "11 gifts" that are really fun! Especially if you love to bake! Hint, … [Read more...]

In these changing times, one thing never changes

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Are you old enough to remember life before cell phones? Before you carried 2,000 books—and at least that many songs—in your hip pocket, and could be reached anywhere, anytime (whether you want to be or not)? I write historicals. 19th century, to be exact—1860s-70s, during the Civil War and Reconstruction period—and I often marvel at how much life has changed in the past 150+ years. At other … [Read more...]

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