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Summertime Writing–the Chaos and the Glory

July 27, 2022 By Dani Pettrey

Hi, friends! Happy Wednesday. I’m super excited to have my friend and fellow Bethany House suspense author, Jaime Jo Wright, guest blogging today. Enjoy her lovely post. A writer told me once they couldn’t wait until summer when they had more time to write. But if you’re like me, summer ushers in a massive amount of chaos. Frankly, I’m not a fan of writing during the summer. I have two kids … [Read more...]

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Want to Write? Love to Read? Come to ACFW + Giveaway

July 14, 2022 By Cara Putman

This is the middle of an insanely busy couple of weeks in my day job, so this will be a shorter post. Be sure to stick to the end for information on a giveaway I'm coordinating. I know you're an avid reader, or you wouldn't be here. But are you interested in writing? I'll be teaching three workshops at ACFW in September with my writing buddy Pepper Basham. Last week we hopped on a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: ACFW Conference, cara putman

Book Birthday Giveaway

July 13, 2022 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends, Happy Wednesday! Today I’m celebrating the release of my 14th book, The Deadly Shallows! I’m also celebrating 10 years of publishing. My debut novel, Submerged, came out in May of 2012. I’m so grateful and awed by God at all He’s done. We serve a good and gracious God. I still can’t wrap my head I thought it might be fun to share some behind-the-scenes factoids about a handful of my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Writing Tagged With: Dani Pettrey, release day, the deadly shallows

Lots of Extras

June 22, 2022 By Dani Pettrey

Hi friends and happy Wednesday! Can here believe it’s nearing the end of June? Summer is flying by for me. I’m so excited to announce that my upcoming novel, The Deadly Shallows, releases in less than two weeks on July 5th. This leaves less than two weeks for you to snag the pre-order specials. If you haven’t visited my special, pre-order page you can here. It fully explains all the options you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: dani pettery, new book, preorder, the deadly shallows

Every book has a journey of its own

June 11, 2022 By Robin Lee Hatcher

I'll Be Seeing You

Last Tuesday (June 7), my latest novel arrived online and in bookstores. I’ll Be Seeing You is my 86th release. (To learn more about the story, visit the book page on my website.) As the title of this post says, every book has its own journey. The journey of I’ll Be Seeing You was bumpy, the kind of journey that can leave a writer feeling “less than.” The lockdowns of 2020 had … [Read more...]

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