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Just When I Thought I Couldn’t Squeeze in One More Thing…

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The month of December has found me in my office working on four different story projects. First of all is an edit for our own Robin Lee Hatcher. (You are going to love her next book, To Capture a Mountain Man!) This is the third in Robin's The British Are Coming series, following these two, which I throughly enjoyed as well. Second, I've been listening to the audiobook files for my novel … [Read more...]

Favorite Reads of 2024

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Well, the year is winding down. Christmas is around the corner, and New Year’s Day is less than four weeks away. Can you believe it? I know that many “rabid readers” will continue to read over the course of these last 25 days of 2024. However, today I’m going to ask what your favorite reads of the year (so far) were. When my first book was published back in 1984, a paperback book had … [Read more...]

Waiting for Gilbert with Tasha Hackett

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When Tasha Hackett reached out to me about her new Christmas book, Waiting for Gilbert, I was eager to help her get the word out. I grew up with the Anne of Green Gables books, and I loved that they served as inspiration for Tasha's story. So I invited her here to share about it with you. Take it away, Tasha . . . Tasha Hackett here! A few years ago, I read and re-read all of Karen’s books … [Read more...]

The Things We Do for Love

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The old 1970s song “The Things We Do for Love” ran through my head often last week. And while it’s a song about romantic love, my context was the love of parents for children and grandparents for grandchildren.  You see, we are not beach people. We enjoy looking out at the ocean and hearing the waves crashing while reading a book. We don’t particularly enjoy fighting for a bit of shade … [Read more...]

Snippets from Thanksgiving

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Hey friends, today is GRAND TUESDAY meaning we've got Leo and Ari today, and Leo is a sick little buddy. So I'm off to snuggle and comfort. But real quick... Some snippets from Thanksgiving, thanks to a video my daughter made. (Thanks, babe!) I hope you all had a wonderful time being grateful with (and for) family and friends, too, and that the depth of blessings in your life took your … [Read more...]

It’s the Most Wonderful Time

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When I was young, I loved the month of December because the entire month felt like a celebration. There were Christmas parties at church and school, special Christmas concerts at church and school, plus Christmas, plus my birthday, plus New Year's celebrations. And the music! Nothing can beat Christmas music for its sheer beauty and variety! Now that I'm adulting my way through life, there … [Read more...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Once upon a time there was a girl who dreamed of writing books. Books were magic carpets that transported her through time and across space. The only problem was her favorite authors simply did not write books fast enough. What was a voracious reader to do? She already haunted the local Christian bookstore, a feat she did with such regularity she'd walk in and the owner would hand the catalogs to … [Read more...]

Name the Character Game & Giveaway!

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Hi friends, and happy Wednesday! I hope your day is off to a lovely start.  I don’t know if you read my last post about how we moved from Maryland to Florida and, three weeks later, got slammed by Hurricane Helene. Four feet of water ended up inside and outside our house. We lost 95% of our belongings (they were still in boxes on the floor) and two cars.  It’s been really rough, as … [Read more...]

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