Launching a book into the world is something every author does a little differently. In fact, it’s probably something most authors do differently for each book. Some of that is because we learn what works and what doesn’t. Some is because the stuff we learned about what works can change on a proverbial dime and […]
A New Leaf #Giveaway
So I got a new desk. I didn’t mean to. It was supposed to be for my husband. I do most of my furniture shopping on Facebook Marketplace and flea markets. I’d found a white desk just like it a few months ago, but it was three hours away. So when I found this one […]
Did I Say That Correctly?
This blog post was inspired by my husband. He was reading a library book, and some wannabe editor had written a correction to something in the book. What was that correction? This person changed “another thing coming” to “another think coming.” I have always said, “another thing coming.” There is some controversy concerning the correct […]
A Season for Writing
I’m a planner. No, I’m a super planner. I love planning things almost as much as I love doing the actual things. I can spend a year planning a family vacation. Imagine how unprepared I was for the curveballs of this year. I had big plans in my personal life and for my books. I […]
Ask the Author
Confession time. I have thought and procrastinated and thought and started and stopped and started and…. I keep coming back to the idea of hosting an Ask the Author Party. So here we are, dear readers! What do you want to know? Do you have burning book questions about one of my books? Are you […]
Small Town Love
I hosted an author takeover in our reader group on Facebook in November (you’re in our reader group, right? The Christian Romance Reader Gathering? If not, come join us, it’s a fun place to be!) One of the questions I asked was favorite setting for romance novels. “Small Towns” was the overwhelming answer. And it […]
Emailing Authors Encouragement
I am not a confident person. However, I’m the daughter of an Army Ranger and I have always respected and appreciated strength and courage. Because I consider my personal lack of confidence as a weakness, I’ve always stood up to it and done things anyway with strength and courage, even though the entire time I […]
Finding Solace in Christian Romance
Last month, we had such a wonderful conversation in the comments to my post about sex and Christian romance. Thank you all so much for spending time with me! One of the recurring themes that cropped up in some of those comments was the desire to escape and find solace in books. I one hundred […]
What You Do For Love by Merrillee Whren
As I write this, I am sitting at the desk my granddaughters have set up for me in the dining room of their home. They were excited to show me this surprise. They know that when Grandma comes to visit, she usually spends some time on her computer doing writer things. Here’s my new desk […]
Thank You, Dear Readers by Deb Kastner with #Giveaway
One of the things I’ve struggled with during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis is the feeling of going stir crazy, of feeling all alone. I know you may be wondering how that could be, since I already worked at home even before all this craziness began. You know when you were a kid and your parents […]