This past weekend, I got to do one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. I got to see the characters from my book Finding Love in Big Sky come to life! Josh was the first character I met: Johnathan Stoddard was so engaging, intelligent, and giving. He got into acting as a kid, […]
Formula for Christmas Romance
It’s snowing in Idaho today, which is very appropriate for the release of A Christmas Romance Collection. The book set offers six romance novels that take place during the holidays, including my novel optioned for film, Finding Love in Big Sky, or, as the producer renamed it, Starlight Christmas. My book is also being recorded […]
Playlists for Novels-What a Novel Idea!
Free photo 626358 © Ewa Walicka – Dreamstime.com Thanks to everyone for visiting Inspy during our Back to School giveaway. We have fun all year, of course, but those giveaways are amazing! While we’re in the book world today for sure, we might cross over to movies a little. We’re talking about playlists. A lot […]
From Pink Eye to Movie Deal: How God Led Me into Screenwriting (a Guest Post by Lesley Ann McDaniel)
I have always been a movie nerd. From the time I was old enough to stay up past my bedtime to watch Nostalgia Theatre on my twelve-inch black and white TV, I harbored a deep-down desire to work in the movie business. Strangely enough, I never really pursued it, but it has definitely pursued me. […]
Christian Romance on the Screen
If there’s anything I love as much as Christian romance novels, it’s Christian romance movies. (Okay, let’s be real here—I love movies almost as much as books but not quite. I’ll always be a book nerd at heart.) Although I enjoy almost any clean romance, as with books, my favorites are the ones with a […]
The Gift of Imagination
Life isn’t a Hallmark movie, but I do believe that Hallmark offers the magic of imagination that can get us through hard times. Honestly, as a writer, my friends and I have Hallmark movie watching parties where we pick apart the plot or recast the characters to our own liking. “I could write better than […]
Christmas Movies Based on Books # Giveaway
I’m all about Christmas. Yes, I know Thanksgiving is first and I love that day as well. But Christmas forces the entire world to think of Jesus. Whether they want to or not. I have three trees in my house, and yes, they’re already up. One in the living room with lots of Christian ornaments […]
My Second Chance at Romance
There was a time when I quit writing romance. Ten years ago, I sold my debut novel, Love Finds You in Sun Valley, Idaho, then my husband left me. Being that I’d sold the book on proposal alone, I had to write a love story as my own marriage fell apart. I didn’t believe in […]
FALL IN LOVE IN AFRICA #giveaway
Last weekend, I discovered that Netflix has a new movie releasing November 1st. I can’t wait! Holiday in the Wild looks like such a fun movie, and it’s set right here in Africa… actually, in the land of my birth, Zambia. To be honest though, when my son told me it had orphaned elephants, the […]
A Winter Wedding
What do you remember most about your wedding day preparations? In A Winter Wedding, a movie that I saw via UP Channel, Hallie and Lucas are recently engaged. Hallie has always dreamed of having her wedding in a tropical location. Hallie’s mom tries to take over the wedding, acting as if she were getting married […]