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
NEWS!
Many of you know how many years I’ve been writing. Let’s see…I finished my first novel in January, 2009. After that, I submitted 3 books via 3 different agents. Then I decided to become an independent (indie) publisher. My publishing house is now officially called WoodHaven Press and you can check it out here. But this year is so special!… 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