Today in America is the National Day of Forgiveness. In a country where we’ve set aside days to celebrate trivial things like corned beef, scarves, and crushing cans (all also today!), I can actually get behind taking time to focus on forgiving others. Books, too, can serve as reminders for important themes that need attention […]
Newsletters – Why Sign Up? #Giveaway
Most authors have newsletters these days. Let’s talk about why you should sign up. There’s usually a free book or giveaway involved for signing up. Newsletters usually include exclusive info only available to subscribers. Authors get more personal in newsletters. All that personal and exclusive contact is addicting. They’re usually encouraging and uplifting. If you’re […]
The Black Moment
Last week, our own Lindi Peterson touched briefly on the topic of black moments framed from the perspective of The Storm Before the Rainbow. Many of you know I’ve experienced my own storm this past year, and I’ve clung to the hope of seeing the rainbow with everything I’ve had. Today I’d like to go […]
Shirts Required
A few weeks ago, when my launch team was sharing different memes and posts about my new book, Destination: Romance, something funny happened. One of my launch team members found a quote she loved in my story and made this meme. She then shared it, and commented how excited she was for everyone else to […]
Honest Author Talk
The other day I went to a book festival event near my hometown. This secular event had a number of high profile Australian authors speak, include Tom Kenneally (author of Schindler’s Ark which became the film Schindler’s List) and Candice Fox, who co-writes with James Patterson and has had TV shows made of her books. […]
Wrestling with Romance #Giveaway
Today, I’ve asked Heather Greer to be my guest. Her latest Contemporary Romance, Love in the Squared Circle releases April 19th. Heather shares the inspiration for mixing wresting with romance. And though I’m not a wrestling fan, I loved this book. Here’s Heather: Romance stories and wrestling seem to work together as well as using […]
An Olympic Rollercoaster #Giveaway
When I was kid, the Olympics bugged me. They took my shows off TV for two weeks. The nerve. And I’ve never liked sports. Until the summer of 1984. Newly married, I was a hairdresser with a beauty shop at my house. My husband worked days and half the night as a dental technician, then […]
Redeeming the Bad Guy # Giveaway
Over the years, I’ve redeemed several bad girls and a few bad guys. It always makes me wish I could manipulate real people the way I do my characters. Currently, I’m molding a bad boy rock star fresh out of rehab into hero material. On top of that, he abandoned his twins six years ago. […]
More Than a Feeling
“All the feels.” That’s what we all want from a good Christian romance, right? We want to feel the tension of two characters who seem to face insurmountable obstacles on the way to their happily ever after. I want to feel their joys and their fears and even their sorrows right along with them. And […]
What If & #Giveaway
What if? What if you spent your whole life as a Christian, believing in a loving God, trusting the people who worshipped next to you? And then, one day, you didn’t? Oh sure, it might have been building up for a while, but there was something that occurred to make that break happen. That could […]