Inspired by Life ... and Fiction

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Balancing Act

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I haven’t always done well in the balancing act between work and play. I’ve learned over the years that when I work too hard, my creativity shrivels up and the work I love becomes a chore. When I play too much when I should discipline myself to work, I end up at my computer bleary-eyed, late into night. Neither option is a good one. When my children were small, the words of Psalm 90 inspired me to … [Read more...]

The Inside Scoop (and a giveaway!)

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My novella, Because of You, just released as part of The Christmas Heirloom novella collection!  Thus, I thought I'd share with you the inside scoop on how the collection came to be.  Oh, and offer a giveaway -- which you'll find at the end of this post. :) In August of 2016, I attended the American Christian Fiction Writers conference in Nashville alongside numerous writing friends.  Sarah … [Read more...]

Finding Middlemarch

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I don't believe I've ever read Middlemarch, a novel by author George Eliot (pseudonym used by Mary Anne Evans) but I certainly enjoyed the beautifully-made 1994 BBC/Masterpiece series starring many wonderful British actors like Robert Hardy, Patrick Malahide, Douglas Hodge, Pam Ferris, Jonathan Firth, Juliet Aubrey, and a young Rufus Sewell ("Lord M" of recent Victoria fame, though I have been a … [Read more...]

A New Adventure

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My husband has a dream of traveling the country for a year in an RV. Alas, Ken's dream is my nightmare! As my friend Bonnie described it, my hubby is a snowbird with clipped wings and I am a homing pigeon! But since my sweet husband has supported my dream of being a writer for almost a quarter of a century now, I figured the least I could do was consider it. So... ...this week, we are … [Read more...]

You’ve Got Words Challenge Grand Finale (And a BIG Giveaway!)

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As you may be aware, a group of authors including Becky Wade, Dani Pettry, Jamie Jo Wright, and Katharine Reay, and I have been participating in a month-long “You’ve Got Words” challenge. If you missed the first two weeks challenges, be sure to go back to Becky’s post and read through our entries where we crafted titles and heroes using random words that we drew from a cup. Last week we crafted … [Read more...]

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