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♫♪ On the road again… ♫♪

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I don't think this is the first time I've titled a post with the words to Willie Nelson's iconic song, but Ken and I are on the road again—this time a three-week trip south from our southeast Missouri home into Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and who knows where else! Best of all, we're meeting up with some dear friends from our newlywed days in the Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee, … [Read more...]

Cover Model Interview

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For almost all of my books -- My Stubborn Heart is the only exception -- Bethany House has organized a cover photo shoot. And I've had the pleasure of interviewing all of the people who posed for those shoots. Sometimes, they were friends of Bethany House employees. Sometimes they were models. Every couple on my covers was also a couple in real life. The same is true of Let It Be Me's cover … [Read more...]

Two Queries & a (really cool) Giveaway

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I'm currently finishing my first contemporary novel (for Focus on the Family—tentative release date of Spring 2022, Lord willing) and I gotta say, I'm really enjoying a break from writing "real life" historical fiction. Not that I won't return to that. I will. In fact, I've already started the third and final full-length novel in the Carnton series (Christmas at Carnton is a novella). So as … [Read more...]

A Day of Filming

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We’re getting closer! My newest novel, “Chasing Shadows,” will be released in just two more months, on June 8. So, a few days ago, my publisher, Tyndale House, sent a film crew to my home to interview me about the book. It was quite interesting to have my home transformed into a recording studio, with lights and cameras and complicated-looking equipment. It seemed like there was a lot going … [Read more...]

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