Today is the release day for The 80s Rom-Com Club collection! Every book birthday is fun, but there’s something especially thrilling when I get to share the day with five other contemporary romance authors! Add in 1980s nostalgia, movies, and getting to include YOU, and we’ve got ourselves a party! This collection includes novellas by […]
Meet the Actors Who Brought My Book to Life
This past weekend, I got to do one of the coolest things I’ve ever done. I got to see the characters from my book Finding Love in Big Sky come to life! Josh was the first character I met: Johnathan Stoddard was so engaging, intelligent, and giving. He got into acting as a kid, […]
Christian Romance on the Screen
If there’s anything I love as much as Christian romance novels, it’s Christian romance movies. (Okay, let’s be real here—I love movies almost as much as books but not quite. I’ll always be a book nerd at heart.) Although I enjoy almost any clean romance, as with books, my favorites are the ones with a […]
The Office Romance
With summer winding down, I’m finishing up a middle grade novella with our teenaged daughter, but I’m already gearing up to start my rough draft for my newest contemporary romance series, Surrendering Opinions. This will be a 6 book series about “The Connor Six,” sextuplets kept in the national spotlight because of tragedy. Each sibling […]
Ten Books I Wish Were Made Into Movies
Heidi here, dreaming out loud of my favorite page-turners gracing the silver screen. In case you aren’t aware (or you are ignoring pop culture completely) it’s awards season. Also known as the time of year when I skim the headlines or catch a few snippets of the morning news and variety shows and wonder, “Who […]
A Blast from the Past
It’s Saturday night, as I sit working on new cover designs, pondering and writing this blog, and listening to the radio with my mother-in-law. Spending the evening in front of the radio is something I haven’t done since I was a young girl. South Africa always seemed to be behind the rest of the world. […]
Read the book, see the movie?
There are times when I’m in the middle of a really good book and I think, “Wow, this would make a great movie, too.” I can picture the characters acting out and living the story as it unfolds. Often as I write, I can picture the scenes in my head as if real people are […]