I don’t know about you, but my January is typically a “down” month. Not as in “I’m depressed”, more as in “I’m not busy”! And frankly, I love a slower paced January after two months worth of holiday activities. I want to hunker down in my house, preferably in front of a fire, if the weather cooperates. I like time to organize, time to read. Time to gear up for spring, which is generally a busy … [Read more...]
New Year, New Books
I hope you all had a merry Christmas and that your new year started well. I’m looking forward to my year of gratitude (I shared about that in my last post). I spent the week before Christmas working on the edits of To Find Where She Belongs, Book #5 in The British Are Coming series (release #97 for me, coming February 9th), and then I spent the few days right after Christmas working through the … [Read more...]
An Artist’s Perspective
As I told subscribers in my monthly newsletter, I received my first oil paint set when I was twelve, a gift from my mom. In my twenties, I switched to acrylics (I’m too impatient to wait while oils dry). These days, while I enjoy pulling out my paints on occasion, I can say with all honesty that I’m not a true artist. I just enjoy playing with it a little bit. That’s not true of Roger … [Read more...]
Counting Down
UPDATE: The random winner of a copy of To Reveal a Reckless Love is Gwen (e***m@y***.com). An email with instructions is coming your way. I use and love the Countdown app on my iPhone so I can see various deadlines that are rushing toward me, usually much too fast. It’s helpful to open the app to see what is coming next. Of course, some deadlines are fun and we can't wait for them. That is … [Read more...]
Back into the Fast Track
Like Karen, I returned home from Phoenix on Sunday after the wonderful and unforgettable Faith, Hope, & Love Christian Writers conference. Despite being exhausted, I definitely returned on a high from being with others Christian novelists. Unlike Karen, I had pretty smooth travel, arriving on Thursday night before the storms began. I went in a day earlier so I could attend James Scott … [Read more...]