Hopefully by now you’ve grabbed your copy of the boxed set, A Christmas to Remember, and are completely in the holiday spirit thanks to the novellas. I thought I’d share a bit more about my story, Restoring Christmas, and the place that brings Holly Christmas back to Geneseo Valley: The Christmas Mansion. I tossed the […]
Be Still and Know He is God
Where are your favorite fall (autumn) vacation spots? What do you usually do when you’re on vacation this time of the year? Do you like to go to the beach or up to the mountains? If you like going to the mountains in the fall, what do you usually do there? Do you spend time […]
The Inspiration Behind Restoring Christmas
When I thought about taking the step from writing as a hobby to a commitment toward publication, I didn’t dream of glamour, money, or having a cardboard replica of me and my bestseller at Barnes and Noble. No, I had one fantasy. I would be part of a Christmas collection. Earlier in my journey, I […]
One Step Closer to Llamas
There is a long-standing tradition in our household that goes something like this: Me: What should I <insert conundrum regarding a book>? Hubby: Llamas. You need llamas. See, hubby and I have been fairly obsessed with llamas (and alpacas, to be honest, but llama is more fun to say) for some time. In fact, now […]
Layers of Paint
Do you like art? What types of art do you like? Do you prefer modern art or classical paintings? Watercolor, acrylic, pencil, or another medium? How about oil pastels? Have you ever walked through an art gallery and tried to interpret the paintings there? Some years ago, I went to a local art gallery here […]
From the Texas Hills to the Texas Coast – Jolene Navarro
Jolene checking in from my back porch. Here’s this morning’s view before I drive off to work to downtown San Antonio. I love living in the hill country and if you read any of my books you can see how I admire the countryside and it’s people. But for my next series, I’m […]
Settings Are Characters, Too
I’ve been thinking a lot about story settings lately. Building a setting, I think, is nearly as much fun as creating characters and a storyline. With each Madison Creek story, the lakeside Michigan town grows with more details, such as the park down near the end of Main Street where everyone gathers for events and […]
A Fan Visits Bridgeview
Today I’m handing the mic… er, the keyboard!… over to the woman who is probably my Number 1 fan, Paula Marie. So I have been a huge fan of Valerie Comer’s books for a long time, and I fell in love with Green Acres, but now that the Urban Farm Fresh series has grown so […]
Lost in Translation?
Language. We all have one or more. We all use it to communicate. A common language unites countries, while different languages can divide. Using at least a few words in other languages has been a necessity in A Tuscan Legacy, focused on a big family of Italian origin. Then add a range international settings. Three books set […]
My Tribe, My Hero
Hello! Jolene Navarro here checking in from Canyon Texas. For the first week of my summer, I’m at the West Texas Writers’ Academy on the campus of West Texas A&M University. It is one of my favorite weeks of the year. So from sunup and way after the sun settled behind the plains we are submerged in our writing. […]