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Book Launch in my Book’s Setting

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This is release week! Hooray! Zach and Abigail's story is finally out in the wide world! Abigail Kemp needs a man's name on the deed to save her bakery. Zacharias Hamilton is finally free of his responsibilities as head of the Hamilton clan now that his adoptive siblings are wed, and he wants nothing more than to be left alone to focus on his own dreams for once. Yet the same reluctant drive … [Read more...]

Finding a Merry Heart

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My husband and I are both naturally serious people. Not that we don’t enjoy a good laugh. We do. But don’t tend to laugh together spontaneously. We usually need something to spark our laughter. This spring has proven to be a very stressful season in my husband’s job. He comes home at night needing to get his head out of his world of work. And so we’ve been looking for things that will bring … [Read more...]

Book Lovers Con

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Last week I had the fun privilege of flying down to New Orleans and participating in Book Lovers Con which was formerly known as the Romantic Times Convention. While the name has changed, readers I talked to told me the conference is largely the same. As this was my first time attending, I didn’t quite know what to expect. I can’t say I was entirely surprised by the floor to ceiling … [Read more...]

Carnton Video Shoot (for The Carnton Novels)

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Last Wednesday and Thursday, I met my HarperCollins Christian Publishing team out at Carnton in Franklin, TN, and we shot several videos for The Carnton Novels. Which are, so far: Christmas at Carnton, a novella, and With This Pledge, to be followed next year with the second full length novel (that I'm finishing as we speak) and then the third and final full length novel in the series. To say … [Read more...]

Character Inspiration

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When I first started writing, I never looked for inspiration images for my characters. I simply let them form in my mind and worked from there. However, when it came time to design my covers, my publishers kept asking for images of what my hero and heroine looked like as a starting point for selecting models for the photo shoots. I quickly learned that having images handy saved me time and effort … [Read more...]

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