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A Giveaway Opportunity

April 3, 2017 By Deborah Raney

Enter via the Rafflecopter form below! And watch for more about this new release on May 1! a Rafflecopter giveaway … [Read more...]

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A farewell to the Chicory Inn…and a giveaway

March 27, 2017 By Deborah Raney

My fifth and final Chicory Inn novel is out and launched and I'm just a little sad to say goodbye to the Whitman family and the Chicory Inn. I'd like to give the Chicory Inn Novels series a last hurrah here on the blog by giving away an entire set of the books to one of our lovely readers. I'll leave you with a "family reunion" photo of the Whitman family as I envisioned them when I wrote them. … [Read more...]

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A little tour of where it all happens…and a giveaway

February 27, 2017 By Deborah Raney

Since my office just got a good cleaning after my deadline, I thought it would be fun to take you on a little pictorial tour of the place where I write and do much of the other work my job as a novelist requires. Some people are surprised to learn that more than half of my working hours are spent doing things besides actually writing. My office is full of things that inspire me, and … [Read more...]

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Celebrating the Writing Journey and a Giveaway

February 9, 2017 By Cara Putman

Writing is such a journey. When I started writing 12 years ago, I hoped that maybe one or two books would get published. Well, the first one was published in the fall of 2007 and since then I've written 26 and I have at least two more coming. Crazy! It's easy for me to get so busy writing that I keep my head down and forget to celebrate all the good and fun things that are happening. [Tweet … [Read more...]

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Thanksgiving: I’m Grateful for Writing & You

November 24, 2016 By Cara Putman

Once upon a time there was a girl who dreamed of writing books. Books were magic carpets that transported her through time and across space. The only problem was her favorite authors simply did not write books fast enough. What was a voracious reader to do? She already haunted the local Christian bookstore, a feat she did with such regularity she'd walk in and the owner would hand the catalogs to … [Read more...]

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