There’s a lot of talk about bad boys in romance, even in Christian romance. Women love to read about bad boys and rebels, especially ones that turn good. But what about bad girls? From a Christian fiction author’s standpoint, bad girls are both tricky and a joy to write for many of the same reasons. […]
Janet W. Ferguson on Redemption and Themes in Fiction
Redemption and Themes in Fiction As a former library media specialist at large public high school, I aided students in the eleventh grade English classes as they were required to write their research papers on a novel. They had to find the literary theme in the novel that they wanted to write about. A theme […]
Never Too Far Gone
Happy July! How is your summer going so far? I hope great. Although this isn’t my favorite season, I do enjoy the relaxed schedule for a bit. I had a sweet surprise that turned out to be a little devotional thought that also applied to my writing. I thought I’d share. Outside our side garage […]
Surrender Issues and Romance
The only reason I’m a published author today is because on December 31, 2006, I surrendered my fears about what people think about me and the fear of rejection and promised God I would write what He wanted, when He wanted. It’s been an amazing journey since that prayer. Through those years, and whether it […]
Plot Twist & #giveaway
Greetings from Ohio! The first 60+ days of 2019 have been hard to predict around here. Weather wise, we’ve had a foot of snow, then a polar vortex. There were days we left with a light coat. All I know is there have been a lot of days off from school for our daughter, and […]
REDEMPTION by Deb Kastner
Seeing as I write about cowboys, most of my novels include alpha male characters in need of “gentling” of one kind or another, which of course my heroines are more than happy to do. (Well, maybe not at the beginning of the book, but eventually they come around to see the gem hidden inside the […]