It may be barely be fall in your neck of the woods, but it's already Christmas at Carnton here in Tennessee! Much as Lynn did yesterday with her newest novel (which I'm so excited to read!), I'm celebrating the release of Christmas at Carnton today . . . While I don't quite view the books that I write as my "babies"—I've had two babies, and they're now 30 and 28 years old (I'm smiling … [Read more...]

People often ask me which of my books is my favorite. I tell them that my books are like children—I’ve labored hard for many months to give birth to each of them, so how can I choose a favorite? Yet the birth of each new book is very exciting for me. And now I can announce that my newest baby, “Where We Belong,” is here! I wrote a brief summary of the story in my last blog, and told how it was … [Read more...]

I recently hosted my first-ever group trip to England. If you read my last post and were praying for us, I really appreciate it. We felt your prayers. I was asked to lead the trip by a group travel company, who capably managed all of the details like booking flights, lodging, and activities. One of the travel pros went with us on the trip to keep us organized, and she was awesome and a … [Read more...]

They say everyone has fifteen minutes of fame during their lifetime. I got four of my minutes earlier this month when I was asked to represent local authors on a morning news show prior to a local Kansas author event at the Wichita Public Library.     The author event later that afternoon was such a fun connection of authors and readers! Caught up with many writing … [Read more...]

When Tressa from the Wishful Endings blog asked me if I wanted to host a blog stop in conjunction with her Tackle Your TBR Read-a-Thon, I immediately said yes.  The goal of the Read-a-thon: to spend extra time reading in order to diminish our to-be-read piles of books!  For more information and a list of the other blog stops (most of which are offering prizes), click here. For my … [Read more...]