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Welcome to My Newsletter Family

If you’re a member of my newsletter family, you should have received your July goodie from me this week.

I hope you enjoyed the inspirational content, as well as book updates, recipes, vignettes, and pretty pictures. My monthly e-newsletters are a labor of love, and I’m thrilled to share my world with you!

To my new subscribers, I’d like to extend a warm welcome—Welcome to My Newsletter Family!

If you jumped on board after my July newsletter made its way to inboxes, and you’d still like one, p...

His Love Revealed…Birthing a Love Story Launch Team

Birthing another book baby means birthing another launch team. Wa-hooo!!!

The launch team is the rocket fuel in an author’s go-for-launch book baby ship. It’s the juice that propels our book into the hands of eager readers. (Click-to-Tweet) 

A savvy, well-positioned launch team will ensure a successful book launch. Ideally, the team will generate buzz and continue to build on that.

Launch team members aren’t in it just for free books (though usually, the author’s book is a nice perk).

The best ...

His Love Revealed…An Update and More

If you’re a member of my newsletter family, by now you know…the release date for His Love Revealed, book two in my Welcome to Ruby series, is October 1, 2020! That’s right, an entire month ahead of schedule!

Pre-Order date for His Love Revealed is August 15th—so just around the corner!

As I navigate the preliminary stages of another book launch, I can’t tell you how excited I am to get this story in readers’ hands. HLR is Ida Mae Hoscutt’s story (the beloved Come and Get It owner from Her Hope ...

Sometimes, We Must Multitask, Juggle, and Pivot Quickly

If there’s anything I’ve learned in the last decade, it’s that nothing stays the same. Multitasking for authors is, indeed, a way of life—even (especially) during a pandemic.

We may not like it at times, and we may rail against it. Sometimes, it will be necessary to carve out much-needed downtime in between books. But after our very first book baby is released, we must learn to multitask, juggle, and pivot quickly in the writing world.

Remaining stationary is no longer an option.

Often, we’re m...

FREE with Kindle Unlimited ~ FIVE Small Town Romances

To piggy back on last weeks blog post, I wanted to mention again this wonderful book deal my publisher is offeringfive small town romances in one boxed set free with Kindle Unlimited.

Thats right. READ all of these uplifting small town romance novels FREE with Kindle Unlimited!

You can also buy this entire collection for .99 cents ~ Thats about the price of a small bag of chips.

This fabulous set includes a variety of inspirational fiction and features authors Barbara J. Scott, Mary Davis, ...

FIVE Small-Town Romances in One ~ An E-Book Deal Alert!

Today I wanted to share a really fun e-book deal alertFIVE small-town romance novels in one boxed set for only .99 cents or FREE with Kindle Unlimited! (Click-to-Tweet)

Thats right, for less than the price of a candy bar or soft drink, five wonderful stories to uplift, encourage, and whisk you away to hopeful, new places.

My publisher Mountain Brook Ink has created this awesome e-book set just in time for Mothers Day. Its our way of giving back to YOU, dear reader!!!

If youve wanted to read...

Happy Easter In Spite of the Pandemic

Theres no sugar-coating it. This is a different Easter. An historical Easter, in fact. But then againisnt every Easter historical?

Christ defeated death on the cross and rose from an earthly grave. Hallelujah!

Sunday, as we celebrate Christs defeat over the grave, instead of rejoicing together in a church building, well rejoice, in spirit, in our homes.

For many, Easter will seem surreal.

Shouldnt Easter always feel this way?

For people of faith, we base our faith on something unseen...

Is This Real Life?

COVID-19. Pandemic. Sheltering-in-place. Is this real life or will we wake up soon?

No longer does this feel like the twenty-first century. Our new normal has shifted and today seems more like a bizarre movie script with enough twists and turns to surprise (and dare I say delight?) even the hard to impress film critic. (Click-to-Tweet)

Except COVID-19 isnt a movie script or a multi-layered plot devised from someones overactive imagination or creative musings.

Its a real virusa crisis eventof...

E-Books: 10 Reasons to Love Them (Especially Now)

Well, like others, this week has tied my emotions in knots.

Each day has brought something new.

Updates, facts, statisticsimportant topics to be sure, but rather depressing if we dwell on them too long.

Yes, its important we stay informed about COVID-19, but I refuse to glue myself to the news 24/7. Thats not healthy or beneficial to productivity.

As I said in my recent newsletter, there are a number of creative outlets and pursuits that we may find enjoyable at this time. The coronavirus...

I’ve Battened Down the Hatches. Now What?

When news reports of the Coronavirus initially surfaced, I couldnt conceive how widespread this disease would become. I thought it was another flu-like illness that could be bad, but would eventually run its course.

Now we know that early assumptions were wrong.

Because COVID-19 is something weve never seen before, aspects of it remain a mystery. Its clear that this virus spreads quickly and now affects a good portion of the worldwide population.

Too, were realizing there are a lot of facts...