Each Sunday “Inspired by Life…and Fiction” shares a Christian novelist’s newest book and the garden spots where they find inspiration.
Besides her novels, Jennifer Slattery, author of When Dawn Breaks, writes columns and devotions, and manages social media and a blog for an Omaha Metro ministry that serves the working poor and homeless. She and her family garden inside the city limits. “We love living on the golf course with its beautiful views, and we enjoy maintaining a colorful flower garden. But trying to grow anything edible can be a challenge as we don’t have or want a fence, and we have some very hungry furry friends. My solution: grow herbs and strawberries in pots on our porch. So far, this has worked out great, so I plan to expand my efforts. I told my husband, by the end of the summer, our porch might be covered in potted plants! So long as I allow him to taste the produce, I doubt he’ll mind.” Learn more at www.jenniferslatterylivesoutloud.com.
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| Jennifer’s office in her Nebraska home. |
For more “novel gardens” like this, visit The Plot Thickens.
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DEBORAH RANEY's first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched Deb’s writing career. Forty books later, she's still creating stories that touch hearts and lives. Her novels have won RWA's RITA Award, the ACFW Carol Award, the National Readers Choice Award, and the HOLT Medallion. She is also a three-time Christy Award finalist. Deb is on faculty for several national writers’ conferences and served on the executive board of the 2,500-member American Christian Fiction Writers organization for 18 years before retiring in 2022. She is a recent transplant to Missouri, having moved with her husband, Ken Raney, from their native Kansas to be closer to kids and grandkids. They love road trips, e-biking, Friday garage sale dates, and breakfast on the screened porch overlooking their wooded backyard.
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