Nearly ten years ago, I was considering my first series of inspy romance and an idea was born. Book 1 would feature Leslie, a fifty-something teacher facing an empty summer. Her husband had just filed divorce papers. The house that had been her family’s haven for fifteen years was going up on the market. Her […]
A Fresh New Look
Styles change over time. I remember when I was a little girl I had a white brocade cotton dress trimmed in yellow. I loved it. I wore it to church almost every Sunday. But soon I wanted to wear it on other days too. I imagine I pulled it out of my closet every school […]
I Walk the Beach
“I listen again to the whispering waves, Music of nature calming and brave. Its power unknown, its stillness untamed, Mysterious and magical, a treasure earth claims.” Excerpt from poem Whispering Waves by Edel T. Copeland Where is your happy place? The place you feel the most peaceful, the place you dream to be when […]
A Dog’s Love (+ a Giveaway)
Do you love dogs? I know there are cat lovers out there too, but in my experience there’s really nothing that quite compares with the love of a dog! As I was growing up, my family had several dogs. My parents got Goldie when I was a baby so she and I grew up […]
Setting as Character
My very first inspirational romance was Preacher Man, published in 2009. I’d written books before, but this was the first time I recognized the nudge from God that I should be writing love stories that give all the glory to Him! It was a story about a newly divorced mom of a teenaged son, maneuvering […]
Is a Wedding the End of the Romance? (+ a Giveaway)
In a romance novel, you can always count on a Happily Ever After (HEA) ending. It’s one of the things I love most about the genre. No matter how much difficulty and heartache a couple goes through, they always end up with either a reconciliation, an engagement or a wedding. That’s what constitutes a HEA, […]
Right Where God Wants Me
I’m excited to be writing my very first blog post for InspyRomace, and I’m thrilled to be in the company of such great writers and readers. By way of introduction, I thought I would share with you the story of how I ended up here, right where God wants me. It was the summer of […]