Seven years ago, we traveled through Northern Italy. Have you ever been? Even now, I can shut my eyes and remember the aromas of truffle oil and garlic that saturated the air around our apartment in Florence. So heavenly! What does this have to do with writing novels? Everything. You see, at the time, I […]
Festive Love & Giveaway
One of the best parts of reading a novella collection is enjoying more than one story without having to grab another book. In this new collection I am part of, releasing September 27 (we’re so close!), you get all four seasons, each set in a different small town during that town’s main street festival. Today, […]
Back to Ọlọrọ Ilé + #Giveaway
A couple of years ago, I created a fictional country for the setting of my book In Search of a Prince. I never imagined how much I would come to love Ọlọrọ Ilé and the people there. When I wrote my book, To Win a Prince, I was happy to return to the country and the people. If you […]
Beach Reads
Do you have a beach where you live? Growing up, I didn’t, but my family would travel to Cape Cod every summer to visit my grandparents, who owned a beachfront inn. For two or three weeks, we’d go to the beach every day, often with a whole cadre of aunts, uncles, and cousins. We’d swim, […]
Story Time
It’s inevitable: at the beginning of every month, I wonder, “How did it get to be [fill in name of month here] already? I am constantly marveling at (maybe more like lamenting) how fast time passes. I mean, summer just started, and now my kids start school next week? Or, harder still, my oldest was […]
Memories
When you read this post, my husband and I will be traveling, and I probably won’t be able to respond to comments until we stop somewhere for the night. The picture above was taken while we were visiting Spokane, Washington, for a family reunion. Two of my brothers still live in Spokane, the other in […]
Freedom, Colorado: The Heart of the Rockies
Welcome to Freedom, Colorado! I’m so glad you took the time to climb on the trolley for a tour of our little town on your way to the resort. You’ll have to come back during the holidays because Christmas in Freedom is something special. But I won’t complain about July in Freedom either. It’s […]
Let’s Take a Trip & Giveaway
One of the best parts about reading is that you can travel without leaving the comfort of your home (or pajamas). In most stories, you simply visit one location and stay there for the duration of the story. But in others, you travel with the characters. My book that releases TODAY (sorry, just a bit […]
Books Featuring Asian American Main Characters (#AsianAmericanPacificIslanderMonth)
I was thinking about Christians of many national origins and ethnicity, and that thought reminded me of a Scripture passage in the New Testament. In heaven, there will be saved people from every nation, tribe, and tongue, all worshipping God together as believers. “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man […]
Castles and Covers Revealed
While on vacation, my husband returned to his seat at the counter of a bustling seafood restaurant to find me accepting a napkin from a stranger who’d hastily written his phone number on it. Now, I know what you’re thinking. Scandalous! (The expression on my husband’s face said the same, haha.) To put your mind […]