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Book Covers Come Alive

October 16, 2025 By Karen Witemeyer

A few months ago, I was scrolling through Facebook and found a book cover that moved. It felt like one of those Harry Potter newspapers where the images come to life. I thought it was super fun and decided I'd try my hand at making one. At the time, my newest book was To Love a Beast, so I started with that one. I was really pleased with the bookish turn of page, even if she turned pages on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Moving Book Covers

My local Barnes and Noble

October 15, 2025 By D'Ann Mateer

When the rumor of a Barnes and Noble coming to our town first started circulating, I was hopeful but not confident it was true.  Guess what? It was!  Our local Barnes and Noble—just a five-minute drive from my house!—opened the end of August, while we were away on vacation. Since then, I just haven’t had the opportunity to get up there. But Jeff and I remedied that this past … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Barnes and Noble, Bookstores

Rescued Heart: The Story of Sarah

October 6, 2025 By Angela Hunt

This is a big week for me! On Tuesday, October 7th, my latest book releases: Rescued Heart, the Story of Sarah. It's not only a new book, it's the first book in a new series, and I'm super excited about it. As most of you know, for about the last three years I've been worshipping at a Messianic Synagogue in my town. Worshipping there has given me an entirely new perspective on the Old … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Inspired by Scripture

The Growing of a Series

September 5, 2025 By Robin Lee Hatcher

Throughout my traditional writing career (40+ years), most series were three books long. In fact, back in the 1980s, instead of calling them a series, they were called a trilogy. Most authors wrote three books and moved on to something else. There were exceptions, of course. Sue Grafton with her alphabet books. Harry Potter. Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels. But things really changed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Writing

Choosing Your Next Read

September 3, 2025 By D'Ann Mateer

I know many of you, like me, have an overflowing TBR (to-be-read) pile.  Lately, I’ve been struggling with choosing my next read.  For the most part, I’m a mood reader, so I choose based on how I’m feeling. However, I also enjoy reading books from different genres simultaneously, so if I finish one genre, I pick something else from the same genre, as I likely have other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Reading Tagged With: tbr pile

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