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New Carnton Novels video!

July 16, 2019 By Tamera Alexander

Two weeks ago, I shared that HarperCollins and I filmed some video vignettes for the Carnton series on location at Carnton in Franklin, Tennessee. We had such fun! Here's the first of those videos! I'll share the other videos once they're edited and ready—and would love to hear your thoughts on this one! I love making these videos for several reasons. I enjoy sharing real history. And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry Tagged With: Carnton, Carnton Novels, Carnton videos, Tamera Alexander, Tennessee History, writing

With This Pledge Revisited (the love story—and love letters—that inspired a novel)

July 2, 2019 By Tamera Alexander

Have you read my Carnton novel With This Pledge? If you have, then these photographs of the real people who lived and worked at Carnton—and who populate this novel—will mean even more to you. Especially the image of the heroine, Lizzie, that was just unearthed this year! Roland and Lizzie met following the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864, and the story in With This Pledge … [Read more...]

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Belmont Mansion Transformations

June 18, 2019 By Tamera Alexander

Are you a fan of Fixer Upper? Home Town? Then I have a home transformation I'd love to share with you! I posted a few weeks back about the restoration of the grand salon floor at Nashville's historic Belmont Mansion—the setting of my Belmont Mansion novels. Here's a shot of the grand salon floor as they were just about to start the project. They gave us a glimpse of the floor at that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, History, House and home, Reading

Marginal Promises & prayers

June 4, 2019 By Tamera Alexander

'Fess up! Are you a person who writes in their Bible? Last night I attended a Bible study and as I was looking up various Scriptures, I spotted precious notes, timely reminders, and personal pleas that I've written in the margins through the years. And I was reminded, yet again, of how faithful God is in answering prayer. One big prayer especially—which I listed last below. I loved running … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry Tagged With: Family, God Steps, God's Word, Pet Pics, Tamera Alexander

Carnton Video Shoot (for The Carnton Novels)

May 21, 2019 By Tamera Alexander

Last Wednesday and Thursday, I met my HarperCollins Christian Publishing team out at Carnton in Franklin, TN, and we shot several videos for The Carnton Novels. Which are, so far: Christmas at Carnton, a novella, and With This Pledge, to be followed next year with the second full length novel (that I'm finishing as we speak) and then the third and final full length novel in the series. To say … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, History, Reading, Writing Tagged With: Carnton, Carnton Novels, Carnton videos, Civil War History, Franklin TN, TameraAlexander, Tennessee History

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