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
The Author Lull
I’m the kind of author who sets personal goals and I’ll keep crazy hours and drive myself into the ground to reach those goals. HOWEVER. Ask anyone who’s really close to me, and they’ll tell you that there’s this mysterious LULL I always experience immediately after I launch a book into the world. Here’s what I tend to do in… Read More
Interview and Giveaway with Christina Coryell, Author of Simply Mad
Sometimes I discover books I enjoy so much I MUST share them with everyone. Simply Mad by Christina Coryell is one of those books. I noticed this one because of its amazing cover, then I read the blurb and sample chapters and got hooked (it’s written in first-person, ya’ll!), and it also came highly recommended by one of my avid… 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
Winter Author Update
Just wanted to check in with a little vlog and show you the new cover for Miranda Warning, as well as give an update on what I’m working on now! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G_w1tkA9Ew
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