I love listening to/reading about author history. Many of them knew from a young age they wanted to write stories for a living. I’ve heard a few say they have notebooks filled with old writings they’ve kept through the years. I wrote stories in school because they were part of an assignment. I enjoyed the […]
What is THE Best Disease?
I know, I know. That’s just wrong on two counts. This is a romance blog… and besides, how can any disease be THE best? They’re all THE worst! But there actually is a disease by that title, and it called my name. You can look up Best Disease here if you want more details, but […]
My Day on the Red Carpet … and a Giveaway!
In my now twenty-plus year career as a published author, I’ve had the opportunity to do many fun things. I’ve been interviewed on the radio. I’ve signed copies of my books for long lines of people. I’ve appeared in front of readers and read pages from my books. I’ve gotten to see my books displayed […]
The Hunt for Treasure
Ever been geocaching? My husband and I first heard about this real-world treasure hunt in 2008. Back then, you needed a dedicated GPS (global positioning system) handheld to find the coordinates listed on a website (usually geocaching.com). (Now most smart phones have this capability.) Then, when you zeroed in on the coordinates, you’d find a […]
Character Hometowns: Jasper Alabama #giveaway
Characters all need a hometown plus a life history, and it can become challenging to give them each a unique place to come from. An author needs to have some basic knowledge of that setting, so I mostly write about places I know. In Tackling the Fields, I went back to my mother’s roots to […]
faith, hope, and love-part 1-#giveaway
I’ve always loved the Bible verse that talks about faith, hope and love. It’s familiar and I think it grounds a lot of people in life. We see the words all over, separate and together. I wrote a series called Richness in Faith. The books came out in the order of love, hope, then faith. […]
Book Birthdays
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 Case of Spring Fever
Sometimes as authors, we get asked which book we’ve written is our favorite. It’s about like being asked to choose your favorite child, to be honest. We pour our heart and soul into each book, and each one has a special place in our heart. However, there ARE those books that mean just a little […]
Will You Marry Me by Deb Kastner
My husband Joe and I met on a blind date. Mutual friends invited us to dinner to meet each other and we hit it off the moment he walked in the door. I was dazzled by his huge blue eyes and friendly smile, and I already knew he was a godly man. (Although if I […]
A Horse, Of Course
As a child, I was a horse-crazy girl. My Aunt Nancy was an artist who earned points in my young mind when she changed the spelling of her name to the very artsy “Nan-c.” One summer, she sat me down and taught me how to draw a horse’s face and body so it actually resembled […]