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. With a very short growing season where Janet Bly lives, petunias are one of the few hardy flowers that last through summer until the first snows hit. The rest of the year Janet enjoys about sixty ponderosa pines that surround the home. … [Read more...]
The Plot Thickens | Terri Blackstock
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. Terri Blackstock is a New York Times bestselling author with over six million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her Moonlighters series includes Distortion, her newest release. Terri's garden spot is in her beautiful native … [Read more...]
The Plot Thickens | Karen Ball
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. Karen Ball has been writing stories since she was a little girl. The first novel in her Family Honor series, Shattered Justice, won the Inspirational Reader's Choice Award. Karen's love of all things nature came from her mother and father, … [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...]
The Plot Thickens | Lynn Austin
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. Lynn Austin's books have won eight Christy Awards, and her novel Hidden Places became a Hallmark movie starring Shirley Jones. Until a recent move to Michigan, Lynn gardened near Chicago where a beautiful crab apple tree … [Read more...]