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Snow Days and Giveaways

February 10, 2022 By Cara Putman

Last week we were in the middle of what I shall light heartedly call snowmaggedon. It started Wednesday morning with rain as I drove to campus at 7:30. By 8:05 as I walked to my class, it was sleeting and by 9:30 at a break we had an inch of snow. When I walked back to my building at 11, it looked like this: I spent Thursday and Friday working from home. The ring light and Zoom became my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: cara putman, giveaway, sarah sundin, snow

Contest and Ebook Deals

June 10, 2021 By Cara Putman

Y'all, I got a really fun call yesterday after missing one a couple weeks ago. Flight Risk, my book about finding truth in fake news world and romance and family and well, you get the idea, has finaled in two contests. Usually, I miss the application deadlines for these. I think about it two weeks after the deadline has passed. Writing has been a tough journey in the pandemic, so it's been so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: cara putman, colleen coble, ebook sales, elizabeth camden, Karen Witemeyer, kristy cambron, sarah sundin, terri blackstock

Cherished Memories and Prayers for Weed, CA

September 17, 2014 By Tricia Goyer

What do you think about when you think of childhood Christmases? I think of thick, fat snowflakes falling down. Driving to my grandparents' mobile home. Sitting by the woodstove, eating homemade enchiladas, and opening a large pile of presents. I grew up in a small, mill town of Weed, California. All my favorite childhood memories are centered there. Why am I thinking about Christmas in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Family Tagged With: California, cara putman, Christmas, destruction, fire, photos, sarah sundin, Tricia Goyer, Weed, Where Treetops Glisten, WWII novella

In the Works: WWII Fiction + Friends + Cover Reveal!

May 21, 2014 By Tricia Goyer

One thing readers maybe not realize is the friendships between Christian authors. Some of my best friends are fellow authors. We help each other, we support each other, and we UNDERSTAND each other! A few years ago my friend Cara Putman said, "A few of us should come together and write a World War II novella." This is Cara and meĀ . . . aren't we cute?   A third friend join … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: cara putman, historical fiction, sarah sundin, Tricia Goyer, wwii

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