When I became a novelist there was a comment that I received often, but one I hadn't expected. "Wow," readers would tell me. "This novel would make a great movie!" That's something a novelist likes to hear, but it carries about as much weight as when your son hits a home run for the first time. "Wow, your boy's going to be in the Big Leagues," spectators say. It's a nice dream, but the … [Read more...]
Giveaway: Karen Witemeyer (6/14/14 – 6/18/14)
I'm thrilled to invite you to enter a fantastic drawing. Relz Reviewz is dong a drawing this week to honor the Christy Award finalists in the Historical and Historical Romance category. Stealing the Preacher is a finalist in the Historical Romance category, so you will have a chance to win a copy of Crockett and Joanna's story as well as five other superb titles that you are sure to love. To … [Read more...]
Collaborating on a Novella Collection
Over the course of the last 30 years, I've written a number of novellas that were part of multi-author collections (sometimes called anthologies). For most of these, the publisher picked the authors who would write the collection and told those authors what was required in all of the stories (they have cats, they have dogs, they have horses, they are set in the West at Christmas, etc.). And then … [Read more...]
The Plot Thickens | Ruth Axtell
Each Sunday "Inspired by Life...and Fiction" shares with our readers a Christian novelist's newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration. Ruth Axtell loves writing about the 19th century, whether it’s Regency or late Victorian England. Ruth studied comparative literature at Smith College, spending her junior year at the Sorbonne in Paris. After college, she … [Read more...]
Just do it = just say no?
Wishing all of our friends and readers a very special and meaningful Memorial Day, and offering our deepest gratitude to those who have served our country and given their lives that we might enjoy the freedoms we are so privileged to enjoy. May we never forget the sacrifices they and their families have made. I am on a deadline crunch this month, with my first draft due to my editor on May 31. … [Read more...]
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