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Six Books I’m Excited to Read

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The rest of this month I have to be nose down, fingers on keyboard, every moment that I'm not teaching, grading or engaged in a most do activity with my family. Those include high school swim meets and Thanksgiving. While I'm being focused and diligent, I'm building quite the to-be-read pile for after I turn this book in. These books look sooooo good that it's taking a lot of discipline to not … [Read more...]

Top Ten Gifts

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Hi friends! Happy Wednesday. I am so happy to be back with you today. With the aftermath of the flood still consuming a lot of time and energy, I completely forgot about today’s post as of yesterday morning. Yikes! Then a sweet friend gave me the best idea. She said to make a list of things readers can give authors they are thankful for. I loved it! And, since she named several gifts that cost … [Read more...]

Gifts for Readers…or You!

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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...]

Writing “The End”

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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...]

Cover Reveal!

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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...]

How Faith Meets Dreams

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I'm pleased to introduce you to Andrea Renee Cox. She and her mother have both written stories for the Novelists in November anthoogy, and she's here with us today to tell us more about this project. Does your faith meet your dreams? Early in my life, I dreamed of being married and having kids. In my late teens and early twenties, I struggled with singleness and the frustration of never … [Read more...]

Our Gracious God

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Earlier this year, I read about Dani Pettrey’s Writers at the Well retreat in Texas, and my spirit stirred. My prayer for 2024 has been to establish myself in the writing community again. To renew old relationships and make new ones. I had already signed up for the ACFW Conference, but this was a more intimate setting, something usually better for me as an introvert.  However, committing … [Read more...]

Tips for a great Election Day

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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...]

The Summer of 2024 . . . a wild ride

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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...]

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