Jolene Navarro here, checking in from the Texas Hill Country. We have rolled into month two of a new year and today is Monday. The first day of a new week! As a writer, I spend a great deal of time in front of the computer. I also teach art downtown San Antonio which is an […]
Tree of Life by Jolene Navarro
Hola, Jolene Navarro, checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I had planned to tell you about the Tree of Life project my students and I are working on for the celebration of San Antonio’s three-hundred-year anniversary. Many cultures use trees as symbols of life, roots that we need in order to grow, to grow […]
For those that Trust in the Lord
Hello, Jolene Navarro checking in from the Texas Hill Country. I love dancing in the rain. I strive to find peace in the eye of the storm. But sometimes the smile is fake, the heart is broken, and the knees are bruised. There are times when burdens feel too heavy to carry […]
Book Recommendation ~ Looking Glass Lies by Varina Denman plus #Kindle #Giveaway
Book Description: A poignant and relatable novel, Looking Glass Lies captures the war women wage against themselves, and the struggle to see beauty reflected in a mirror not distorted by society’s unrelenting expectations. For most of her adult life, Cecily Ross has compared herself to other women—and come up short. After a painful divorce from […]
Hello from Texas and a #Giveaway
This is my first post with Inspy Romance and I’m really excited to be a part of this wonderful blog. Since I am so new here, I thought I’d tell you a little about how I became an author. Truthfully, I’ve loved to write for as long as I can remember. Even when I […]
Oh! The Places We Can Go!
To travel through space and time is as easy as opening a book. If the author has done their job well the setting creates a beautiful stage that could only happen in this place and time. An environment surrounds the characters in a subtle way that shapes who they are and why they react the […]
A Texas Hill Country Thanksgiving
Hello, Jolene Navarro here today. With another Thanksgiving behind us I like reflecting on my blessings. Ten Thanksgiving ago my sisters and I lost our mother. We lost our father ten years before that. They loved family and enjoyed every holiday. Growing up we made the rounds to visit loved ones across the Texas Hill Country. Through my […]
The Texas Road Wave
Greetings from Texas. Jolene Navarro here and I’m over the moon excited about joining this fabulous group. I thought for my first post I would introduce myself. Anyone that knows me knows I’m proud to be a seventh generation Texan. In the truck watching the hill country pass by my window I was thinking about […]
Book Recommendation ~ Jaded: A Novel (Mended Hearts Series Book 1) by Varina Denman
Book Description: As a child, Ruthie was shunned by the local congregation. Thirteen years later, Ruthie’s heart begins to stir when an attractive single preacher arrives. But their relationship is bitterly opposed—unearthing a string of secrets which threaten to turn the church, the town, and her world upside-down. Jaded is the rare novel that is […]
My Favorite Firsts
I’m thrilled to be joining the amazing writers at InspyRomance! This is my debut post, and true to the title, coming up with something worthy to be called my first has been difficult! So in honor of this memorable (at least for me!) event, I want to talk about firsts. First loves, first dates, first…well, fill […]