This week I'm celebrating a birthday! No, not my birthday (because as you all know, I'm at 29 and holding). ;-) I'm celebrating a BOOK birthday! This week my 7th book, Love Unexpected, released. It's the first book in my new Beacons of Hope lighthouse series. The series centers around real women light keepers who served at real Michigan Love Unexpected is a marriage of convenience story, … [Read more...]
Real Life Fairy Tale Romance …
I have some photos to share. I know, I know they look like images for a possible book cover, but these are photos of my oldest daughter Leslie and her fiancé Honza. They just got engaged last week! And the truth is that they can thank NOVEL WRITING for their coming together. Well, sort of ... First: the photos ... Second: The Story ... In 2000, I traveled to Europe with two … [Read more...]
Heavenly Currency
Ever had one of those moments when the veil between this world and the next seems to lift ever so slightly, and you feel a "hug" from the other side? That happened to me recently. And with a $20 bill, of all things. I was out running errands. Nothing huge, just Target, then Costco, then grabbed an Ice Dream cone from Chick-fil-A (an errand staple, of course), then ran by the bank, all … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Joy
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, one that I’m determined not to allow our culture to hijack or separate from its faith-based roots. It has already happened with other Christian holidays—Christ’s resurrection has been replaced by chocolate bunnies and eggs, Christmas by Santa Claus and consumerism. Thanksgiving is quickly becoming a day to overindulge, watch football, and shop for … [Read more...]
The Plot Thickens | Patricia Hickman
Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Award-winning author Patricia Hickman writes both fiction and non-fiction for major publishers. Her new novel, Tiny Dancer, is set in an idyllic golf village in the Sandhills of North Carolina. Patricia has served as a writing professor at UNCC and has … [Read more...]
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