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...]

People often ask me which of my books is my favorite. I tell them that my books are like children—I’ve labored hard for many months to give birth to each of them, so how can I choose a favorite? Yet the birth of each new book is very exciting for me. And now I can announce that my newest baby, “Where We Belong,” is here! I wrote a brief summary of the story in my last blog, and told how it was … [Read more...]