Be prepared for characters that will claim your heart, romance that will warm it and a story you cannot put down.
THE 2013 CAROL AWARD NOMINEES
My heartfelt congratulations to the following Carol Award Nominees for 2013! I see many old friends and favorites as well as new! The winners will be announced at the American Christian Fiction Writer’s Conference Gala, September 15th. And here they are: CategorySeaside Reunion by Irene Hannon A Horseman’s Hope by Myra Johnson Lost Legacy by Dana Mentink ContemporaryHeart Echoes by Sally John You Don’t …
CREATING A WRITER’S ONE SHEET
Creating a One Sheet for the American Christian Fiction Writer’s Conference, held this year in Indianapolis, IN, is always a fun and creative way to present your novel to an agent, editor or newly found author friend! While it need not be fancy, or costly, think of it as an advertisement for your book and a first impression for you …
BLOWING ON DANDELIONS by MIRALEE FERRELL!
A wonderful story of love and family, forgiveness and redemption.
THERE’S ASH IN MY COFFEE!
Snowed in and without power in the Pacific NW, I went to bed hoping I would wake to a warm house, hot water and communication with the outside world. I didn’t know it would be two and a half days with no heat, no lights, no phone, no internet. I can do without many things, but not my coffee! So, …
Anita Higman’s A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
If you have someone on your Christmas shopping list that loves romantic fiction, have I got a recommendation for you! Out just in time for Christmas giving is Anita Higman’s newest novel, A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS. The beautiful cover made me feel I was unwrapping a pretty present, and the story inside did not disappoint. It truly was a gift, …
GRIEVING GOD’S WAY by Margaret Brownley
Last week I reviewed my dad’s first novel, THE STAGECOACH MURDERS, and told you of the books that inspired his writing. That is, anything by Louis L’Amour or Zane Grey. But there is one author that literally brought him from that era to present day: western romance writer, Margaret Brownley! I love to tell the story of how Dad came …
A LOUIS L’AMOUR STYLE WESTERN ROMANCE by HOWARD WORLEY
While a Louis L’Amour style western romance is a departure from the inspirational historical fiction I usually review, the inspiration is there. I’ve known the author all of my life. He is my dad. And if I ever thought it was too late to accomplish a goal or realize a dream, he has blown those excuses away like so many …
DAD AND LOUIS L’AMOUR
I think my dad and Louis L’Amour are a lot alike. But in June of 2010 my dad, at age eighty-seven, lay on a hospital bed prepped for an angiogram. His aortic valve was just about closed, and his cardiologist ordered the test as a first step to open-heart surgery. The heart surgeon would not want any surprises when he …
WHERE LILACS STILL BLOOM by JANE KIRKPATRICK
I’ve known about Hulda Klager for a number of years. I think the year I read my first Jane Kirkpatrick novel, A Gathering of Finches – my all-time favorite – was the same year I read about Hulda’s lilac gardens in the Oregonian. I quickly scanned the article, making a mental note that I would need to visit someday. After all, …