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LCGF Favs & GIVEAWAY

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When you love something you just have to share it, right? And I love eating Keto (low carb gluten free). Here's why: I can still eat the things I love while losing weight and getting into better shape. I have an insatiable sweet tooth and a love affair with anything bready. But like bad boyfriends, I love those things but they do not love me back. Plus, frankly, in the past I've used the … [Read more...]

The Secret

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The fairy-tale-themed wedding was lovely. My husband’s nephew and his bride made a beautiful couple. Afterwards at the reception, the DJ invited the bride and groom and all the other married couples out onto the dance floor for a Generations Dance. It was crowded at first, but each time the DJ called out an anniversary—five years, 10 years, and so on—couples who had been married for only that … [Read more...]

4 Reasons Romance Novels Are an Important & Valid Type of Literature

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I couldn’t pass up the opportunity during Valentine’s week to have a post about romance—particularly about writing romances. Even though nowadays romance novels are widely accepted and liked, there are still people who turn up their noses at the thought of reading a romance (or writing one). Some view such novels as “fluffy” or “trashy” or “titillating.” They may believe that romance novels … [Read more...]

When The Heart Dreams

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This past weekend, I was honored to participate in a romance readers & writers event in Charlotte, NC called When the Heart Dreams. Games, activities, workshops, and books abounded. It was a great time. I actually shared headline space with New York Times Bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries! How cool is that? Most of the dozen or so authors in attendance write general market romance, so I did … [Read more...]

I went coastal and I loved it

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Hello, and Happy Belated Valentine's Day. I hope you all were able to be with or talk to someone you love yesterday. My husband and I took a last minute trip to the Florida Keys as part of our anniversary/Valentine's Day celebration. Our anniversary was in January but we kept pushing the trip back and finally, we made plans and went for it a few days ago. I had always wanted to go to Key West … [Read more...]

A Tale of Two Kitties

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going … [Read more...]

More Than Just Coffee

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Recently I came across a note from a friend that was a reminder of something wonderful God did for me a few years ago when we were going through a rough patch. My wonderful, hard-working husband had been laid off from a job he'd held for twenty-five years, and while he established his own business, we were on an incredibly tight budget. We thought we already lived quite frugally. Neither of us … [Read more...]

My 10 Favorite Book Covers of 2016

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Those of us who write the stories that sit between the front and back covers of books are artists.  But so are the people who design the front and back covers of books.  Don't you agree? I'm endlessly interested in covers!  A good book cover is a thing of beauty and tricky to achieve because it has to accomplish several things simultaneously.  To me, a book cover should: Communicate the … [Read more...]

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