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 […]
The Lost Art of Handwriting…
How many of us still write handwritten notes to friends and loved one? I’ll have to admit that over the years, I’ve begun to slack on this skill. Though I still write longhand in my journal, and I write notes for stories on paper first. Back when I first started writing, I’d pen my who […]
Remembering Christmases Past
Here we are already in the New Year of 2020! A new decade filled with anticipation and hope. I wish you the very best in your new year and much happiness and love and success in whatever your heart desires. But before Christmas gets too far behind us, would you mind rewinding for a moment […]
Christmas Came Anyway
Happy Christmas Eve! When I think about Christmas and Christian romance, I think about my book Christmas in Abundance, a story of a young woman who spends her first Christmas without her family. That reminds me of a Christmas I spent without my family, a Christmas that was very different from what I had planned. […]
A Day to Remember
Yesterday… It started with promise, my grandsons excited about the prospect of finally getting their day at the beach, my month-old granddaughter caring less about anything except having a clean diaper and a full tummy. The day did not disappoint. It almost did at times. And it threw us some curve balls. But all in […]
Christmas Tree: Past, Present & Future
Hola! Jolene Navarro checking in from the Texas Hill Country. Saturday after Thanksgiving is another day to carry out a tradition of gratitude for my family. Each year memories are treasured and hopes are added. As a kid, I anticipated the holidays with nothing but joy and excitement. From baking cookies with my family to […]
In the Beginning
Hi! Lindi here. Sometimes, we have to go back to the beginning. I believe writing is a passion. At least it is for me. There are many writers, readers, conferences, teachers, books and critiques that made me the writer I am today. I came across this picture on FB. From left […]
Remembering Your First Love…plus #giveaway
Do you remember the first time you fell in love… with a fictional hero? Back in the 1970s, when I was about fourteen and growing up in the Missouri Ozarks, a family friend named Bessie gave me a stack of Grace Livingston Hill books that she said she thought I’d enjoy. An avid reader, I […]
Opposites Attract
Lindi here! We can’t ignore the fact that it’s Friday the 13th—but I’m not superstitious about it. To me it’s just another day. It is funny to hear others talk about it though. :) But we’re taking a trip down memory lane to talk about my novel Summer’s Song. My publisher has the E-version on sale […]
The Books that Inspire and #Giveaway by Melanie D. Snitker
My eight-year-old daughter loves to read, and I couldn’t be more thrilled. The fact that she’ll read a wide variety of books–from science fiction to classics–is even better. She also enjoys it when my husband and I read to her. Currently, she and I are reading the second Harry Potter book together, while she and […]