Like people in many other fields, authors must meet deadlines, whether set by editors in the world of traditional publishing or scheduled onto the calendar when indie-publishing. I am an oldest-child, deadline-oriented perfectionist. I doubt I would ever get any books written (or blog posts for that matter) if I didn’t have to meet deadlines. […]
Stopping to Smell The Roses
My family has been gone for the past 10 days on a trip that we’ve been planning for nearly a year. During the course of our trip, I had no email access and very limited social media. And I’m not going to lie…not being constantly connected was kind of amazing. I was more or less […]
Love for the Ages – Novella Giveaway!
As I was trying to figure out what to post about this week, I was skimming my last couple of posts and realized that a couple months ago I mentioned a super secret project then NEVER TOLD YOU WHAT IT WAS ABOUT!!! Oops! ;) So here we go! I wrote the novella Love for the […]
Sunday Edition
Happy Sunday! Today is my husband’s and my 23rd wedding anniversary, so I thought you might enjoy a few pictures from one of my favorite days ever. (Although I’ll apologize for their quality – I was too lazy to pull them out of the album and scan them, so I just took pictures with my […]
What’s Your Favorite Christian Romance Trope? Plus Giveaway
Once upon a time, I didn’t know what romance tropes meant. I just knew themes I loved writing about: friends to true love, woman in jeopardy, second chances, opposites attract. Then I heard about popular romance tropes and realized about my ignorance. In time, I added more tropes to my list, and some of them […]
Book Recommendation – Snowy Summer by Patricia Weerakoon
Book Description: Annie Samarasinghe has it all together. Beautiful and brilliant, she has a medical career in Sydney and a fiancé in Sri Lanka. But on the week of her wedding to childhood-sweetheart Sunil, Annie uncovers the shattering truth behind the façade of his business. Forced to hide out in the Snowy Mountains, Annie changes […]
Quirky Characters & Wounded Souls
I’m honored to host my guest, Tara Johnson today. We’re members of American Christian Fiction Writers Arkansas, so we see each other several times a year at meetings and once circled Dallas repeatedly trying to get to the ACFW conference. Here’s Tara: Quirky Characters and Wounded Souls by Tara Johnson Barney Fife. Scarlett O’Hara. Inigo […]
Come to the Lake (plus a giveaway!)
Happy August! This week, the three multi-author boxed sets I have the three books I’ve written so far set in Huckleberry Lake, Idaho, came to an end. It’s always bittersweet, letting go of a set. Three at once wasn’t easy. Goodbye, Frosting & Flurries, Picnics & Promises, and Snowflakes Snuggles. I’ve loved working with the other authors, Marion Ueckermann, […]
Scars & Circumstances
Do you have a scar that you consider unsightly, something you would hide from the world? A physical scar, perhaps? An emotional scar? Both? In one of my Savannah Sweethearts books, Sabine Hu has both physical and emotional scars. Three years ago, she was in a car wreck that killed another passenger, crushed her legs, […]
Getting to Know Regina Rudd Merrick + #Giveaway
I had the pleasure of meeting Regina Rudd Merrick several years back when we were both aspiring authors hoping for that first publishing contract. I’ve loved watching her persevere on this often-difficult writing road, so it’s a thrill to cheer her on when a new book baby comes out. Carolina Mercy, her second release in […]