I LOVE weddings! And we got to spend Saturday, March 14th at an unusual one located at a beautiful venue just north of Cape Town overlooking vineyards. My great nephew married the love of his life. Everything at their wedding was black and white—from the flowers to the candles to the guests’ attire. Even […]
Revisiting Rocky Mountain Heroes
Hi, all. First. Prayers for all our Inspy Family and your families. With this time that we’re in, I know I’m thankful for this blog. Not to ignore life, but to have a place to visit to relax and think on book things for awhile. Today I’m excited because we have a […]
Reunion Romance by Merrillee Whren
Last month I blogged about the love triangle romance trope. This month I’m going to talk about the reunion romance trope. In a reunion romance, the hero and heroine have a history, and most likely the history has some heartache involved. Why didn’t they wind up together in the first place? Can they mend a […]
Putting Myself Into a Character and a Free 5-Book Ebook Collection for All Readers
My husband is the editor-in-chief of our publishing company. I don’t have much to do with that part of our world. I just write. But occasionally I have to take a more active role, especially when he’s publishing a romance novel. A couple of years ago, he was working with Amanda Tru on the second […]
Meet the Supporting Cast of LOOK FOR ME (Plus eARC #Giveaway)
When I was trying to figure out what to blog about today, it was a toss-up between writing about the current coronavirus pandemic from a Christian perspective and escaping into my latest novel that will be released in ten days on March 31, 2020. Since there’s so much scary news out in real life, how […]
Learning to Roll With It (& #giveaway)
Back in October, I blogged about reconciling the differences between expectations and reality. I’d love to be able to say that now, six months later, I’ve got a handle on the changes that are churning through our family. But alas. My youngest ended up with a diagnosis of severe ADHD. I will admit not knowing […]
A Long Time Coming #Giveaway
It’s been a long time coming. My last new title released two years ago. Hill Country Redemption was inspired by a conversation with my mom. She told me about a couple I’d gone to school with. We’ll call them Andy and Pam. They were a few years older than me. All I remembered was that […]
Christmas, Christmas, Christmas
I know, you probably saw the title, checked the date, and then thought why are we talking about Christmas so early? Easy! I have to decide how many Christmas novellas to write this year, and I thought y’all would be the perfect people to help me figure it out. :) You see last year I […]
Characters We Love to Hate… and #Giveaway
That guy. The one who’s been doing his own thing for the first five books in the series. Not exactly exemplary behavior, you know? He’s the brother of two previous heroes, but he’s not precisely hero material himself. That guy. What would it take to redeem him? To turn him into a character readers will […]
What God Always Knew + #giveaway
Greetings from Ohio, USA! I don’t know how winter fared in your region, but it was a pretty mild season in our neck of the woods. My mom, in Upstate NY, saw tulips coming up. I have a feeling those flowers will see some snow still, but overall, I can’t complain how the first few […]