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My Love of the First Snowfall (and a prize pack!)

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Can you feel the holiday spirit beginning to sweep across the land? I can! This is the time of year when I love to begin reading Christmas books and watching Christmas movies, so I'm delighted that my friend Jill Kemerer is visiting today and giving away a prize pack that includes her Christmas novel, Thanksgiving dishtowels, and a Thanksgiving notepad and pen set! Welcome, Jill! -Becky I … [Read more...]

New Releases and Giveaway

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You know what I enjoy at the end of a day? Coming home to my family after a good day at work. But I also love finding a package with a book waiting for me on the dining room table. In the last couple weeks, my mailbox has been steadily filled with books I am eager to read. Today I wanted to share a few of those books with you in no particular order. You'll see that they span the spectrum of … [Read more...]

For the Love of Moose

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Hi friends and happy Wednesday! I hope you were able to catch last month’s guest post by the uber-talented Kristy Cambron who shared about peace—something we can all use more of, and sweet reader friend Joy Tiffany who shared about being a Book Fairy. Both friends kindly offered to share with you while I was in my writing cave finishing up revisions on The Deadly Shallows—Book 3 in my Coastal … [Read more...]

Falling Back; Looking Forward

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A few weeks ago I looked at my desk calendar and, mildly alarmed, pleaded, "Slow down, October!" October didn't listen. I was rushing to get my rough draft into decent-enough shape to give to my first reader by November 1st. (I managed it by the 2nd). But I wish the days would slow for another reason, too. This has been such a beautiful autumn, with warm, muted colors: maple reds, … [Read more...]

A confluence of confluences

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As I type this post, Ken and I have just finished packing up our 1998 Chinook camper for a short trip—short in time we'll be gone and short in the distance from home we're traveling. That's one of the wonderful things about living in a new-to-us state: there's so much to explore that we've never seen before and much of it is only a few miles up or down the road! As you read this, our adventure has … [Read more...]

New Book Release (And a Giveaway!)

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It’s that time again!! Time for another book release! ENAMORED, the first book in my new medieval series Knights of Brethren hits shelves this coming Tuesday, Nov. 9. For those of you who might be saying, “Didn’t Jody release a book not too long ago?” The answer is YES! I had a book hit shelves last month in October (my second Colorado Cowboy book, THE HEART OF A COWBOY). If you missed it, … [Read more...]

What Do You Love About Series?

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Not long ago, in my Facebook group, The Posse, a reader asked me this question: "When do you begin planning a new series? What is that process like?" Unlike some authors who have a constant fount of ideas bubbling through their creative centers, I tend to have tunnel vision. I focus on one idea at a time. So I always feel a bit anxious when a current series is coming to a close and I'm faced … [Read more...]

My Favorite Mysteries

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I’m currently working on a mystery novel for an upcoming Guideposts series, so I’ve been thinking a lot about mysteries lately. The truth is I love mystery stories. I love reading them and watching them. But before now, I was scared to tackle writing one! And yet here I am. It’s been a learning curve, for sure, but it’s been fun to figure out how to set up the clues and the tension and them make … [Read more...]

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