Inspired by Life ... and Fiction

Novelists bound by the pen, sisterhood, & more

The Plot Thickens | Denise Hunter

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Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Denise Hunter is the nationally published author of bestsellers Sweetwater Gap and Surrender Bay. She has won The Holt Medallion Award, The Reader's Choice Award, The Foreword Book of the Year Award, and was a RITA finalist. In 1996, inspired … [Read more...]

What Were They Thinking?

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Have you ever looked back at pictures taken of you in high school or pictures of your mother when she was high school and thought, What in the world was I (she) thinking???? Yes, I was a child of the 1980's. I sported big bangs, dangling earrings, and stone washed jeans. Thankfully I avoided the legwarmers and cut-off sweatshirts, but it was a near thing. Fashion trends that seem so cool at … [Read more...]

Resolution or Bucket List?

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It's January 12, and if you're like me, you've already broken 87.4 percent of your New Year's resolutions. But what about your bucket list? The thing I love about bucket lists is that you have a lifetime to achieve the items on that list. And while, in the back of our minds, we might realize that some of the things on our list are unattainable, still just having them on our list means fun times of … [Read more...]

The Plot Thickens | Angela Hunt

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Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Angela Hunt is the best-selling author of The Tale of Three Trees, and The Note (a Hallmark Hall of Fame film), with over three million copies of her books sold worldwide. Eight of her novels have won Excellence in Media's Angel Awards. Angie has also won … [Read more...]

Reading Challenge for 2015

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Let's talk reading goals! I admit that I'm a bit of a slacker when it comes to New Year's goals.  I don't choose a word for the year, though I think the idea of doing so is lovely.  And I don't make any resolutions.  If I did they'd probably be along the lines of, 'Don't wear yoga clothes four days a week.'  'Spend less time procrastinating writing and more time actually writing.'  <But … [Read more...]

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