I'm so pleased to introduce you today to romantic comedy author Bethany Turner! I had the pleasure of meeting Bethany at the Christian Fiction Reader's Retreat, then spent time with her at the American Christian Fiction Writers conference.  She's a delight!  Welcome, Bethany!  -Becky Do you want to know my favorite part of writing romance? I should probably say it's capturing that moment … [Read more...]

Last month at this time I was in Bath England, where I attended an event called “Mr. Wickham and an Evening with Jane Austen” offered through the Jane Austen Festival. I was in the UK hosting my first-ever reader tour, and a large group of us opted to attend the event. It was promoted as an evening of drama and music with actors Adrian Lukis (Mr. Wickham in the 1995 adaptation of Pride and … [Read more...]

In the past three weeks, I’ve taught at one of the largest and one of the smallest writers conferences around. At the end of September, Ken and I headed to Dallas for the American Christian Fiction Writers annual conference. This was our 16th year for the conference and I’ve never missed one! It’s a highlight of my year and a wonderful chance to get to visit with dear writer friends. I’m … [Read more...]

It may be barely be fall in your neck of the woods, but it's already Christmas at Carnton here in Tennessee! Much as Lynn did yesterday with her newest novel (which I'm so excited to read!), I'm celebrating the release of Christmas at Carnton today . . . While I don't quite view the books that I write as my "babies"—I've had two babies, and they're now 30 and 28 years old (I'm smiling … [Read more...]