Today's Dani Pettrey's blogging day, but she'll be taking a break from posting for a while, so I'm here to give you an update on her. I met Dani in 2011. At the time we'd both traveled to Minnesota for a gathering with the team at Bethany House Publishers. We'd recently signed contracts with them for our first Christian fiction novels and later learned those debut books would be releasing on … [Read more...]

I am both humbled and gratified to announce the upcoming release of a revised and updated Tenth Anniversary Edition of the novel, Lady Maybe. This is a novel that caused a bit of controversy and earned negative reviews from some readers while others (still) claim it as their favorite novel. It’s hard to believe it will soon be ten years since the book’s original release. Though in some ways, … [Read more...]

October may mean fall color and falling leaves for some, but for me it will always mean the end of the long, hot summer--and the busiest time of hurricane season. As I'm typing this, it's been two days since Hurricane Helene roared up from the Gulf of Mexico and created havoc throughout the south. We were fortunate--and blessed--at our house, because the creek didn't rise and my wooden house … [Read more...]