Hi friends, Happy Wednesday! Can you believe tomorrow is Thanksgiving? Today I’m super excited to have Toni Shiloh guest posting. I met Toni a number of years ago when I spoke at the ACFW-Virginia conference. We’ve stayed in touch since and we have the blessing of sharing a very sweet mutual friend. Welcome, Toni! Even in 2020... It’s the month of Thanksgiving and thankfulness might feel … [Read more...]
A Lot To Be Thankful For…
A Castaway in Cornwall releases in one week. Ideally, I’d be able to focus on promoting it, but instead I’m frantically trying to finish my rough draft of next year’s book. Oh, the balancing act, especially around the holidays! But I am not complaining; I’m so very thankful to get to do this job I love. Speaking of being thankful, I thought I’d share a few verses that were spotlighted in a … [Read more...]
A Country Christmas (and a Giveaway!)
[AND THE WINNER IS…Lorrie Davids! Congrats, Lorrie!] I know, I know... It's Thanksgiving week and I'm already talking about Christmas. I promise I won't skip over Thanksgiving in my heart—it is one of my favorite holidays and gratitude is an attitude I truly want to foster in my own life. That said, I put our Christmas tree and decorations up last night so I'm in a Christmasy mood, plus I … [Read more...]
Inspired by Scripture
This Sunday feature is brought to you by ClashEntertainment.com. You may sign up to receive a beautiful photo with scripture in your inbox each morning or view the verse each day online. … [Read more...]
Cover Reveal: From not quite to perfect
Early in the writing process of a new book, I am required to turn in a form to my publisher with lots of different information about the work in progress. Included in this information are suggestions for the cover such as significant locations, items that play an important role, etc. The problem for me, as a seat-of-the-pants writer, is that my story can change a lot as I write the book. That … [Read more...]
Story Boards (and a Giveaway!)
Do you like Sleeping Beauty retellings? BESOTTED, the third and final book in The Fairest Maidens, is now available and is a unique retelling of the old classic fairy tale. Each book of the series is fashioned after a fairy tale BEHOLDEN (September) is loosely tied to Cinderella, BEGUILED (October) is developed around Snow White. And, as mentioned, BESOTTED (November) is a retelling of … [Read more...]
Five Surprises in Book Publishing with Amy Green
Hello, readers! My name is Amy Lynn Green, and Karen Witemeyer invited me to share with you to celebrate the release of my debut novel. Things We Didn’t Say follows Johanna Berglund, the witty and slightly blunt translator for a camp for German prisoners of war in Minnesota during WWII. And it’s an epistolary novel, meaning that it’s written entirely in letters, newspaper articles, telegrams, and … [Read more...]
Grateful. Thankful. Blessed.
I am so very grateful (warmly or deeply appreciative of a kindness or benefit) that in this crazy year God has not been absent. In fact, even though 2020 has often been a hard year in which to find things to be thankful (feeling or expressing appreciative gratitude) for, I think most of us are looking harder and seeing things small and large that God has blessed us with during these days of stress … [Read more...]
Wedding Showers . . . and Bells
Two weeks ago we celebrated our son Kurt's upcoming marriage to his fiance Kellie Fuselier with a wedding shower here in Nashville. A dear friend of mine (waving to you Kim Pressley) hosted the shower and oh, she did such a beautiful job. Don't you just love people who have the gift of hospitality? I mean, everything Kim touches just turns into Magnolia Farms or Southern Living … [Read more...]
Courageous Heroines
My two-year-old granddaughter is very active, and often fearless. My daughter sent me a video the other day of her attempting to climb the cat tree in their home. A more cautious, thoughtful child (like her older sister, who is four), might stop and think, first, before attempting such a climb: “Hmmm . . . I’m much heavier than a cat . . . and it looks a little wobbly . . . and . . . what will I … [Read more...]
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