I was honored that Guilt by Association was chosen to be the March read for the Avid Readers of Christian Fiction book club. I’d never done Facebook Live before, so I was a bit terrified (it is LIVE, I discovered, after a trial run in which I was murmuring to myself on camera and jolting it about). But once I saw so… Read More
Five Ways to Bruise An Author’s Spirit…and Five Ways to Bolster It
Today I’m ruminating a bit on the author life… Author life in today’s internet-saturated era has unprecedented highs and lows. Authors get immediate feedback on books, from more readers than ever before. It’s a wonderful thing, reaching more readers–but it does come with a price tag. If you ask anyone who knows me well, they’ll tell you I have mentioned… Read More
Word of the Year 2015
I haven’t blogged in a while and just wanted to touch base with everyone at the end of 2014 (here already!!!). First of all, I wanted to ask you if you ever do a theme word of the year? I didn’t last year, but for 2013 the word was “BLESSING,” and boy oh boy, did God bless me in ways… Read More
Jupiter Winds Winner and a Video Interview with Alton Gansky
Just chose the winner of Jupiter Winds and it was Alyssa Washburn! Congrats, Alyssa! And thank you all for entering and a big thanks to CJ Darlington for visiting my blog! I know most of you follow my Facebook author page here, but if not, here’s a Writers’ Talk interview I enjoyed doing with Alton Gansky. Alton is the director of the… Read More
Guest Posting on Overcoming with God Today
Just wanted to link you up to a guest blogpost I wrote for Overcoming with God, a website where my good friend Carrie Fancett Pagels and her friends share encouraging glimpses into others’ struggles and journeys. The posts on this blog are always a blessing to me, and today I’m blessed to be able to share a little of my… Read More