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Talking to My Friends

January 26, 2023 By Cara Putman

The last two weeks I've been chatting with many of my writing friends as I've been recording new episodes of Book Talk. It has been such fun! Two weeks ago I chatted with Kristy Cambron and Jill Eileen Smith. Last week it was Lisa Phillips and her team of authors as well as Mary Connealy. And this week I had a blast connecting with Melanie Dobson, J'Nell Ciesielski, Lynn Blackburn, Lynnette Eason … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Writing Tagged With: cara putman, reading, Reading quotes, Tamera Alexander, writing

When Life Throws a Curveball & Giveaway

October 13, 2022 By Cara Putman

I'm not a baseball fan, but sometimes life throws a curveball and you get to decide how to handle it. Last week, I was ready to write the next chapter in the book due December 1st, when and event happened locally that mirrored the plot. Almost exactly. Like too much. The next morning I texted my editor and then spent 20 minutes brainstorming with her what we needed to do. This book will get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry Tagged With: cara putman, giveaway, plot twist, plotting, reading, writing, Writing Life

London: A Change of Perspective

August 11, 2022 By Cara Putman

This morning a little after one a.m., we arrived home from our latest adventure. It's the last as a family before our oldest gets married and we made the most of six days in London. I love exploring new to me places, but I appreciate the perspective shift that can come with travel. One of the things I wanted to do this time was to see a show. London's West End is famous, and we haven't made … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: cara putman, London, reading, Vacation

Rewarding Myself

August 3, 2022 By D'Ann Mateer

I really, really worried about making my Aug 1 deadline. The books for this publisher are a pretty quick turn around, and I knew going in that I had a busy summer to contend with. But the Lord is gracious and truly multiplied my work in both time and productivity. So much so that I turned the book in four whole days early!  Meeting a big deadline means rewarding myself for all the times I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friendship, House and home, Reading Tagged With: organization, people, pool, reading, rewards, shopping

5 Books I recommend + Giveaway

June 23, 2022 By Cara Putman

This week I crossed having read or listened to 68 books. You can see the whole list here on Goodreads. Because I read voraciously and because we are officially in summer, I thought I'd take the time today to share some books I've enjoyed. At the end you'll also find links to two givewaways on my blog -- one ends today! Have you read any of these books? I don't know if you were able … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: cara putman, giveaway, reading

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