Inspired by Life ... and Fiction

Novelists bound by the pen, sisterhood, & more

The Plot Thickens | Anita Higman

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Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Anita Higman is a CBA best-selling and award-winning author. Anita has written or co-authored more than 30 books, including fiction and non-fiction for adults and children, as well as plays. She has written for radio, e-zines and advertising, and is recognized … [Read more...]

Christmas Collections

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Do you have a Christmas collection? One of my sisters has a collection of crystal snowflake ornaments, given to her by her mother in law every Christmas for many years: My other sister has a collection of angel ornaments.  Eventually, she'd like to have a separate, 'angel's only' tree: My mom and I collect the Department 56 Dickens' Village: Five Reasons To Love Christmas … [Read more...]

I Love Christmas Traditions!

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There's something about the Christmas season that can make it hard to breath. Life seems to speed up thanks to all the extra Christmas parties, rehearsals, pageants, shows, recitals, ack! But I long for Christmas to be a time to slow down and focus on what it really means. A small season to focus on the greatest gift of all and the many gifts He's given us. For my family, that takes the shape … [Read more...]

The Love of Story

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Jerry and I returned about an hour ago (when I wrote this post) from seeing the movie, Interstellar. Over the last month, I've had several friends rave about the movie, but somehow, other than knowing it was a movie about the earth in trouble and some people going into space to find another place for mankind to live, I managed to stay ignorant of any details. What a movie experience. Truly. I … [Read more...]

Busy, Busy, Book Release Time

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Last week was BIZZ-EEE! First, I celebrated the release of my new book, The Secret of Pembrooke Park, at my local bookstore. This book launch is my big event of the year—my night to feel almost like a celebrity with a big crowd to cheer me on. If you were to study this crowd closely—or the photo slideshow I play while people are arriving—you would see that many of these same people attend year … [Read more...]

A Snowflake Party

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Thirteen years ago my little story about one of our family's long-standing traditions was published in the December 2001 issue of the now (sadly!) defunct Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion Magazine, which was a huge favorite of mine. I think I was a subscriber from the very beginning to the end of the magazine's publication. I'm still a fan of Mary Engelbreit's illustrations and decorating books, … [Read more...]

The Plot Thickens | Tracy L. Higley

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Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Tracy L. Higley started her first novel at age eight and has been hooked on writing ever since. She has authored eleven novels. Tracy is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Ancient History and has traveled through Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Israel, … [Read more...]

Book Release and a Giveway!

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This week I'm celebrating a birthday! No, not my birthday (because as you all know, I'm at 29 and holding). ;-) I'm celebrating a BOOK birthday! This week my 7th book, Love Unexpected, released. It's the first book in my new Beacons of Hope lighthouse series. The series centers around real women light keepers who served at real Michigan Love Unexpected is a marriage of convenience story, … [Read more...]

Deck the Halls . . .

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Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to contemplate bringing all those boxes down from the attic in order to deck the halls with Christmas delights. I'm not a big interior decorator, unless you count "lived-in" a design style. Between the day job, writing, and keeping up with three kids, it's about all I can manage to get the beds made and the dishes done. Decorating is far down on the … [Read more...]

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