My friend Michelle Griep has opened a new Etsy Shop. She is offering gifts that readers will love: T-shirts featuring cute readerly quotes, stickers, mugs, her fabulous Story Letters, Victorian Advent Letters, and more. With Story Letters, you choose the subscription that intrigues you most. You’ll receive a letter twice a month with an intimate message from a historical character. But … [Read more...]

Today's post will be short because I've been burning the midnight oil (which for me, is really the nine-o'clock oil ;) ) trying to get a book ready to go to press. I finally, finally wrote "The End" on the first book in a new series and sent the final chapters off to my editors and proofreaders (who have already been working on the early chapters). The idea for this series' titles came (as … [Read more...]

I'm excited to share my next book's cover and title! :::DRUM ROLL::: Uneasy Street, the third and final book in the Sons of Scandal series, will release on Valentine's Day. My good friend, author Courtney Walsh, designed all three covers and I'm delighted with how they turned out. Look how pretty the covers look side-by-side! You can read Uneasy Street's back cover copy HERE. And it's … [Read more...]

Always remember and never forget... If Christ is Lord of your life, be super clear on whose power resides in you now... And finally, no matter who becomes our president in coming days or weeks... Love y'all dearly—and if you haven't yet voted, for the love, what are you waiting for?! DO IT! ; ) Tammy … [Read more...]

I'm typing this in mid-October, and Hurricane Milton is still on every Floridian's mind . . . much the same as Hurricane Helene is still the talk of North Carolina. Helene hit us hard, too, but most of its damage was to the beach homes along the western coast. Those of us who were inland during Helene chalked it up as a windy thunderstorm, but those along the beach literally had to dig tons of … [Read more...]