Raise your hand if you’ve already watched a Christmas movie this year?? Raise your hand if you’ve already watched five? Aren’t Christmas movies the best? I’ll be honest, I don’t watch a lot of romance movies during the year. Mostly because if I’m watching something it’s either with my kids or my husband. My […]
A Writer’s Thanksgiving
Being thankful is something I think is important all the time, not just one day or month a year. When I was in college I read an article about thankfulness and a statistic that said thankful people lived longer and were happier. That semester I wrote out a list of things I was thankful for. […]
Why I Write Christian Fiction
When I was twelve my best friend showed me the book she was reading. I had never heard of it, but it was a Christian fiction book. She offered to let me borrow it, but it was in the middle of a series and I knew I had to start at the beginning. So on […]
My (Almost) College Romance
The months of August and September are filled with back to school. My social media feeds are packed with “First day of school” pictures, teacher gifts, and posts about ridiculously long carpool lines. As a homeschool mom, fall makes me want to buy school supplies and I keep hoping someone will send a bouquet of […]
A Small Town Tour
***Pine Haven is a fictional town in Alabama, created for my stories. But it’s a combination of lots of my favorite towns and places*** Hi y’all, I’m so happy to see y’all today. Climb on board the bus and get you a seat. Welcome to Pine Haven, Alabama! My name’s Hattie and I’ll […]
An Author’s To-Be-Read List
We all have them, those books that we are planning to be read…sometime. If you’re like me that list is never ending and always growing. As a reader, my To-Be-Read list contains books from favorite authors and new-to-me authors that come highly recommended (usually with multiple books in a series). As an author, my […]
Day in the Life of a Stay-at-Home-Mom Writer
I love it when people ask me how I write as a stay-at-home mom to four kids. Especially since we homeschool. Usually, I laugh and say “I don’t know”, because some days that’s the absolute truth. I don’t know how I do it, I just do. I guess when you really want to do […]
Reality in Fiction
I’ve heard it said that being a friend or family of a writer can be a little unnerving. Something about being afraid they’ll end us as a character. That’s probably because one of the most well-known pieces of advice for writers is “write what you know.” So is that really what writers do? Make stories […]
Living My Dream Life
People like to ask kids, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Some kids might come up with crazy answers, or change their mind hundreds of times throughout childhood. Not me. As I kid, I knew what I wanted to be: A wife, a mom, and a writer. I guess you could […]
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