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A Short Story Collection

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What fun it has been to collaborate with some amazing authors and be able to present to you this short story anthology, The Jeweler's Heart. As you can see, this collection also includes some of our lovely friends on this blog--Robin Lee Hatcher, Angela Hunt, and Cara Putman! In The Jeweler’s Heart, each story centers around a gemstone--all of which are discovered in a collection by a … [Read more...]

Snapshots of recent life

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First, new covers for an older series... I'm reissuing this three-book series (originally released 2008-2010) and am thrilled that they're getting new covers. Our own Deb Raney's husband Ken (Raney Day Creative), who is a fabulous designer and collaborator, is designing these covers for me. The man has the patience of Job—at least in his emails. Deb might tell another story … [Read more...]

Fan Fiction Story + A Party Invite

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Back in May, I posted about a fan fiction contest I was running in conjunction with my western Cinderella retelling - If the Boot Fits. Fergus Ellis, the hero's youngest brother, never goes anywhere without his pencil and tablet. He names the animals around the house and dreams up adventures for them that he jots down in his tablet. He has dubbed the family milk cow Mrs. Merriweather and has … [Read more...]

An Adventure in Branson

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A couple weeks ago my husband and I celebrated our 32nd wedding anniversary with a trip to Branson. I had only been there once before, back in 2018, as part of a writing retreat, but I had been wanting to return. I'm so glad we did. We had a marvelous time. We stayed in a lovely little cabin tucked into the woods. So quiet, peaceful, and wonderful shade with a breeze to cut back the … [Read more...]

My New Novelette–and a Kindle Sale!

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As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I wrote a novelette just for my newsletter subscribers. I’m happy to announce that it will drop in my newsletter on Saturday, August 3,  for current readers and will be a welcome gift for any new people from then on as well.  I’ve wanted to do this for a very long time, but I kept overthinking it and talking myself out of story ideas. Then the total eclipse … [Read more...]

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