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The Plot Thickens | Tamera Alexander

May 18, 2014 By Deborah Raney

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.

Tamera Alexander is a bestselling novelist whose works have been awarded and nominated for numerous honors, including the Christy Award, the RITA Award, and the Carol Award. After seventeen years in Colorado, Tamera and her husband have returned to their native South and live in Nashville, Tennessee, where they enjoy spending time with their two grown children, and a ten-pound silky terrier named Jack. Tamera’s always wanted a screened-in porch, and look…she finally got one. The perfect outdoor office! More at www.tameraalexander.com.

 

Tamera doing research at Claude Monet’s gardens in Giverny, France.
Tamera’s tidy indoor office (between books, obviously!)

For more about Tamera’s books, visit tameraalexander.com.

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Deborah Raney

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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  1. Andrea Cox says

    May 18, 2014 at 9:33 am

    Beautiful spaces, Tammy! Inspiration is just swarming there, I can tell. 🙂

    • Tamera Alexander says

      May 18, 2014 at 6:19 pm

      Hey Andrea! Thanks so much. I love writing out there, but right now…I’m in my office and Jack’s on his ottoman staring out the window. ; )

  2. Judy welbaum says

    May 18, 2014 at 6:48 pm

    Very very pretty Tammy. A wonderful place to write!

    • Tamera Alexander says

      May 19, 2014 at 5:15 pm

      Thanks, Judy, for visiting!

  3. Ingrid Kimbrell says

    May 18, 2014 at 6:58 pm

    Beautiful space,lots of comfy seating and beautiful flowers.

    • Tamera Alexander says

      May 19, 2014 at 5:16 pm

      Appreciate that, Ingrid. I’m not the greatest with flowers, so that’s saying a lot. 😉

  4. Becky Wade says

    May 18, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    I have garden envy! I especially love your porch (and your puppy). Beautiful!

    • Tamera Alexander says

      May 19, 2014 at 5:16 pm

      LOL at the garden envy. Jack sends his love! 🙂

  5. Chris Granville says

    May 18, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    Beautiful pictures Enjoy your “office” God bless u

    • Tamera Alexander says

      May 19, 2014 at 5:17 pm

      Thanks for stopping by, Chris. Hugs to you, friend.

  6. Maggie Brendan says

    May 19, 2014 at 1:57 pm

    Ahh…very relaxing, pretty porch, and love the trees! I work in my sunroom turned office, but would love to have a screened in porch. But I do have 6 windows and a great view of trees by the creek beyond our fence.

    • Tamera Alexander says

      May 19, 2014 at 5:18 pm

      Hey Maggie, your office sounds divine!

  7. Lisa Harness says

    May 19, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    Gorgeous, inviting space. Have wanted area like this for a while, maybe one of these days. I could live out there.nen

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