Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Author/director/producer Bill Myers’s work has won numerous awards including two New York Film Festivals. His McGee and Me book and video series, which he co-created/co-wrote/co-produced, has aired on 80 national and international networks. He … [Read more...]
Celebrating Books: Minnesota-Style
Last Saturday night, over 800 readers, writers, and publishers came together to celebrate the year’s “best books by Minnesotans” at the 27th annual Minnesota Book Awards. More than 250 books were nominated and 32 were selected as finalists. My latest book, The Secret of Pembrooke Park, was selected as a finalist in the “Genre Fiction” category, which includes Mystery, Thrillers, … [Read more...]
When Life is Research
As I've been working on the fourth book in my Chicory Inn Novels series, I've been very aware of how much of the research for these novels, more than any others I've written, has been simply living life! So many of the scenes in these novels come from my experiences as a daughter, mother, grandmother, granddaughter, daughter-in-law, wife, sister, aunt... I've truly pulled from just about every … [Read more...]
The Plot Thickens|Elizabeth Musser
Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Elizabeth Musser, a native of Atlanta, creates her novels in a charming "writing chalet," a revamped tool shed in her yard in Lyon, France. Elizabeth and her husband, Paul, have lived in France for over twenty years while involved in missions work … [Read more...]
Pie safes and other vanishing treasures
Are your pies safe? Are you sure? Have you checked them lately? The only way to be completely certain, of course, is put them in…a pie safe. Don't you just love that someone crafted a piece of furniture to keep pies safe? I wish I had one of these lovely pieces of furniture. The one to the right is a reproduction made by an Amish gentleman. Below are pie safes from the 1800s. Be … [Read more...]
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