We have about a dozen horses on our farm that my husband has gathered over the years. Most of them have come here as colts that he bought. A few of them were born on our farm. The one thing they have in common is that my husband, with the help of a farrier a neighbour […]
Cancer Awareness by Merrillee Whren
October is breast cancer awareness month. If you’ve been watching closely you may have seen many people wearing pink. On TV you see newscasters and political candidates sporting pink ties or pink ribbons. Football players are decked out in pink—everything from pink sweatbands to pink shoes. Everyone wants to bring awareness about the fight against […]
Movie Star Cast
Hi! Deb Kastner here. One of the questions I’m often asked as an author is how my cover is made. At Harlequin they use what is called an Art Fact Sheet, which is several pages of details regarding characters, plot and themes, as well as three scene suggestions, all of which they may or may […]
Meet Jason Thompson from Kelly’s Charm
Kelly’s Charm is the first novella in my Seasons of Charm collection. It’s been so fun to re-visit the characters from Love Finds You in Charm, Ohio. If you read or watched Love Finds You in Charm, you already are familiar with Kelly Bennett, so today I want to introduce you to Jason Thompson. One […]
What’s In A Name? by Merrillee Whren
Ever since a fellow writer mentioned obscure holidays, I’ve had so much fun writing about them on different blogs. In recent blog posts, I’ve talked about National Potato Chip Day, Maryland Day and National Fluffernutter Day, just to name a few. As I write this a few days ahead of the scheduled post, I discovered […]
Themes by Merrillee Whren
Colossians 3:12-14 “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect […]
What’s in a Name?
William Shakespeare’s Juliet asked the question “What’s in a name?” And yet, writers spend quite a bit of time wrangling with names. Truth be told, I just may spend more time pondering the names of my imaginary characters than I ever did selecting the names of my children. Surely not. Maybe. I’ve developed several different […]
Tips for Writing Character Dates
Today marks the 26th anniversary of my first date with Hubby. As I’ve mentioned in a previous blog post, we had met unexpectedly at the family restaurant where I worked during the summer when I was 19. He had been stationed in the USMC and was home on leave. Our first date happened the night […]
Choices by Merrillee Whren
Throughout our lives we are faced with choices. Some affect our lives greatly. Others are inconsequential. Where should I live? What job should I take? Who should I marry? Which car should I buy? What should I have for lunch? Here’s a path. Should I take it? As writers we create characters who must make […]
Perfection?
I put feelers out about what to write for my inaugural post here at Inspy Romance. What does a reader want to read about on a blog written by Inspirational Romance Authors? I expected to see all sorts of responses, but the one that showed up in three different places where I ran my poll […]