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The Plot Thickens | Creston Mapes

March 15, 2015 By Deborah Raney

Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. When Creston Mapes isn't writing contemporary suspense novels, like his upcoming Sky Zone, he works as a freelance writer for clients such as Coca-Cola, The Weather Channel, Focus on the Family, ABC-TV, and many others. Creston and his family have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry Tagged With: author gardens

Get Your Game Face On!

March 9, 2015 By Deborah Raney

One of our family’s favorite things to do when we all get together is to play games. Board games, card games, word games, puzzles… You name it, we probably have the game. We’ve always played table games since our kids could first hold a deck of cards in their chubby little fists, but when our daughter-in-law joined our family, she introduced us to a whole new collection of board games. I don’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family

The Plot Thickens|Richard Mabry

March 8, 2015 By Deborah Raney

Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. A retired physician, Richard L. Mabry, M.D. began his writing career in non-fiction, but now writes medical thrillers and is a proud member of the International Thriller Writers. Richard serves on the board of ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers), … [Read more...]

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Cover Quirks

March 5, 2015 By Karen Witemeyer

It's always exciting to get your first look at a new cover. Even if it gives you an odd feeling of deja vu. That's what happened to me when my editor first sent me the cover art for my latest release, Love on the Mend. This is a novella that follows up with a character from Full Steam Ahead. In that story, the hero and heroine take in a runaway boy named Jacob. The full story of what led the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Reading, Writing Tagged With: book cover art, Cover similarities

Broken Things Made Beautiful

March 4, 2015 By Tricia Goyer

I remember when my first novel From Dust and Ashes: A Story of Liberation came out in 2003. I was so excited to share it with my friends who'd believed in my writing dreams. But out of all the people who read the novel, there was one person's comments that stand out the most. My friend Kathy had worked with me to start Hope Pregnancy Center in Kalispell, Montana. She's also been in the Bible Study … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Faith Tagged With: author, Christian witness, liberation, teen pregnancy, Tricia Goyer, World War II novels

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