The other day, I saw a number of bloggers talking about the book characters they would like to have as their BFF. Now, to me, BFF means Best Friend Forever, but I’ve also seen a number of people use it to mean Best Female Friend — and in fact, all the lists I saw were […]
Setting as Character
My very first inspirational romance was Preacher Man, published in 2009. I’d written books before, but this was the first time I recognized the nudge from God that I should be writing love stories that give all the glory to Him! It was a story about a newly divorced mom of a teenaged son, maneuvering […]
Romancing New York + Giveaway
Hola, Jolene Navarro here. Usually I’m checking in from the Texas Hill Country but today I’m going to share New York with you. Recently I saw a report in Healthy Woman about the benefits of trips with your girlfriends. I totally believe this to be true. Last week I had a wonderful week in New […]
Treasuring the Bright Spots in Life + Giveaway by Melanie D. Snitker
I’m not going to lie: Life has been pretty challenging for a while. Our sweet son is thirteen and has severe autism and epilepsy. We’ve been dealing with a lot of behavior and health issues. These last two weeks have been frustrating and heart-breaking. But the weekend before last, he had a good day, and […]
Friday Favorites (Tell Me Yours!)
I had a lot of fun writing a “Friday Five” blog post last September, so I thought I’d do something similar since today’s post also happens to fall on a Friday. So, welcome to my “Friday Favorites” post! I’ll be sharing my favorite things for the following five categories. 1) My favorite book this year: […]
Loving Outside the Book
I’ve had the most fun writing and researching for My Wayfaring Billionaire. I learned about people who dress up as mermaids to entertain and educate others about ocean life and the dangers it’s in. I found the most beautiful little islands that are up for sale and thinking I need to sell a WHOLE […]
Overcoming Obstacles
The former pastor of our church used to say that if she heard something three times, from three different people, she knew she needed to pay attention. It might be a nudge from God. I had that happen recently. I heard the same question from three different sources in one week. What are you telling […]
The Summit
Well, I turned forty last weekend. I’m surprisingly okay with that number. I mean, it took a little bit of processing and a whole lot of emotional taking of stock (oh my gosh, <insert life event> happened how long ago?!), but more than anything, I feel like I’m standing on this great mountaintop and I’m […]
Art Imitating Life? Life Imitating Art? (And #Giveaway)
Have you read a book and said, “Hey! I’ve done that!” at least once? Do share your stories in the comments below for a giveaway (giveaway ends Saturday, July 13, 2019). There I was, writing and cooking on the same day, as I have done for years. This time, I was revising Call You Home, […]
Truth is Stranger Than Fiction #giveaway
Hi all! Lindi here. We had so much fun last month with our Novella Bachelor. Thank you for participating and voting. Today we’re talking about real life scenarios that are hard to put into a book because they simply seems unbelievable. Sometimes things happen in real life that seem too coincidental to put into a […]