I’m the first to admit that I read to escape. I want happy, comforting books that let me leave the cares of the day behind. To me, Christian romance is perfect. Make it a Christian Christmas romance and it’s even better. Though there may be big obstacles to overcome, I know that in the end, […]
New Release! Love Meant to Be
Earlier this month I released a new Christian romance, Love Meant to Be, Book 5 in my Abundance series. It’s a stand-alone story, a second-chance romance featuring a herione who runs a greenhouse business and hero who puts in a solar farm. Why a solar farm you ask? Well, the hero in this book, more […]
Your Opinion: What Makes a Good Newsletter
Hi Everyone! Maybe it’s my upcoming move to Missouri, a subconscious effort to focus on something other than packing, or the fact that I’ve just finished a very rough draft of the last book in my Abundance series, but I’ve thinking about what I should keep the same in my life and what I should […]
Putting Happiness on the Page
A few years ago, when I wrote my holiday novella, Christmas in Abundance, I had two goals—to write a story that reminded people of the real meaning of Christmas and to put happiness on the page. For several years, when my kids were little, the holidays were a bit of struggle for me. […]
Author Interview: Tara Grace Ericson
Hi Everyone! I recently read A Date for Daisy by Tara Grace Ericson and loved it! Tara’s one of our newer bloggers here at Inspy Romance, and I wanted to get to know her better and learn more about how she wrote this great book, so I got out my former reporter skills and interviewed […]
Fiction and Crochet
Writing fiction is a lot like doing crochet. For instance, I could say that fiction needs to read smoothly, much like crochet stitches need to be smooth and even. I could draw some analogy between the characters in a story and types of stitches or colors of yarn. Or perhaps compare types of yarn with […]
Let Us Not Become Weary
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galations 6:9 (NIV) Do you ever feel like your efforts as a Christian aren’t yielding many results? The online church event you planned didn’t get many attendees, the person you’ve been […]
The Road Home
Things at our house are in a bit of an uproar. After twenty-five years in Ohio, twenty-four years in the same house, my husband and I have decided that after Christmas we will be heading down the road home. We are moving back to Missouri. Whew! Talk about a mix of emotions. Our kids were […]
Hope and a Future
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV In spite of the challenges we face these days, I believe we will one day look back and see where God’s hand touched our lives in […]
Your Vacation between the Pages…plus #Giveaway!
Hi Everyone! I’m writing today about vacation planning. Yep, vacation planning. Oh, I know, we’re supposed to stay at home, but you know as well as I do that readers like us can go anywhere we want, any time. All we need is a good book! To start my post today, I’ve got a list […]
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