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Have You Seen OVERCOMER Yet?

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The new Kendrick Brothers Film Overcomer released this past weekend, and Ken and I went to see it in a Friday matinee showing. We absolutely loved it and can't recommend it highly enough! A great movie for the whole family and especially recommended if your family happens to be sports-minded like ours. In fact, our son-in-law is a cross country coach and our daughter helps him coach, so we … [Read more...]

Distraction Happens

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Please join me in welcoming Jill Lynn back to the blog! It's a pleasure to host you here, Jill. Thanks for guest blogging for me! -Becky Writers have a tendency to be easily distracted. I wish I could say other writers in that above sentence, but that’s not the case. I need to get some work done, and since Instagram sucks me in with the snap of its greedy fingers, I just deleted it from … [Read more...]

A Lesson in Storytelling

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Our two-week respite from travel just happened to coincide with Alfred Hitchcock week at the annual Summer Classic Film series in town. We ended up seeing four Hitchcock films in four days—two of which we saw back-to-back in a double feature! Watching several Hitchcock films in such a short amount of time really drove home his storytelling style. As I talked through the things that struck me in … [Read more...]

Temporary Goodbyes

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Dad's safely Home! You might have already read this on Facebook or Instagram, but if not. . . Last Monday morning, my sweet father breathed his last earthly breath and is now in the glorious presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We were gathered around Dad's bedside as he passed from this world to the next, and it was a sweet and peaceful passing. The presence of the Holy … [Read more...]

If I Had a Dollar…

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I often wonder: If I had a dollar for attending every one of my husband’s concerts over the years, how rich would I be? Probably pretty rich! Ken is a professional musician, a trumpet player. He was already the principal trumpeter of the Kalamazoo, Michigan Symphony Orchestra as a college student before we were married. This month, we will celebrate our 49th wedding anniversary. When I do the … [Read more...]

New Book Release (And a Giveaway!)

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I'm thrilled to announce the arrival of a brand new medieval YA series, The Lost Princesses! To kick off the series, you won't want to miss ALWAYS, a prequel novella, that sets the stage for the three full length novels that follow (and are releasing this fall 2019). I can already hear some of you saying that you don't like novellas, that they're too short and the stories always feel … [Read more...]

Deadline Day

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August 15 - Deadline Day. Since my first book contract, signed back in 2009, I have always had a book due on August 15. My own personal D-Day. It's a day I look forward to with both dread and excitement. It's a day that seems far off for most the year then races across the calendar at light speed once we get to about June. I am proud to say that I've never missed a deadline, but some … [Read more...]

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