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January 29, 2018
Author Spotlight with Thomas Locke
Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of Thomas’ newest book, “The Golden Vial.” Winner will be announced in the next Author Spotlight feature. Congratulations to Patricia Barraclough for winning Valerie Fraser Luesse’s book, “Missing Isaac.” Please email my assistant christenkrumm {at} gmail {dot} com to claim your prize.
“A wonderful journey away from the real world. . . . A fine start to this intriguing series.”–RT Book Reviews, 4 stars, on Emissary
“A deftly crafted and highly entertaining fantasy action/adventure novel from beginning to end.”–TheMidwest Book Review on Merchant of Alyss
When a hidden evil threatens to destroy the realm, a young orphan, untested and untrained, could mean the difference between victory and total defeat.
Vulnerable and weakened by grief after a terrible loss, Hyam has been struck by a mysterious illness that threatens to claim his life. Seeking to help Hyam and restore the realm, Queen Shona travels to Hyam’s remote hometown to find answers and offer aid.
Dally has always had abilities far beyond those of a normal human—far-seeing and magic come naturally to her. Before the arrival of Shona and her army, Dally had always kept her abilities secret. But with an ancient evil bearing down on her village and the fate of the realm hanging in the balance, the orphaned servant girl steps forward to do what no one else can. Will the battle claim more than Dally is willing to give?
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Do you have a day job as well? If so, what is it?
Writing is my day job. The other work is…other work. Mostly I teach. I use this as my means of giving back to the writing community, and do this as much as I can, both lecturing and working as mentor to writers. This year I’m teaching in the UK, the Far East, and the US.
When did you start writing your first book?
I was twenty-eight. I wrote for nine years and finished seven books before my first was accepted for publication.
How did you choose the genre you write in? Or did the genre choose you?
It’s a little of both. When I first started getting published, the restriction of one author/one genre did not exist. There were a number of best selling authors who leapt across boundaries with every book. Herman Wouk was one example, he had a huge impact on my early structure.
My, how times have changed.
Does writing energize you or exhaust you?
Writing energizes, teaching exhausts. Both are beautiful.
What kind of research do you do? How long do you spend researching before beginning a book?
My work is known as being carefully researched. But there is a secret, one I have never shared before: This does not mean, spending huge amounts of time pouring through books or traveling and hunting down the small details. The first question that must be answered, if an author is going to use their time well, is this—what is crucial to the story. Find these issues. Then find one answer. Everything else is pure indulgence, and can create an anchor that will sink an author’s creative output.
If you had to go back and do it all over, is there any advice you’d give to yourself? Or to aspiring writers?
My suggestion, which I urge you to seriously think and pray over, is to attend one of the major Christian writers’ conferences that take place around the country each year. Tell me where you now live and I will give you the one closest to you.
The primary issue, beyond determining whether your story has commercial potential, is having the chance to discover whether you should write the story yourself. And if not, the opportunities to meet with potential co-writers is really enormous.
By far the largest of these is the Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference each April in the retreat center outside Santa Cruz, California. Google the name for more details.
Can you please tell us about your newest book, The Golden Vial?
The story centers upon life choices, and how so often what we see as a burden can in time become the source of our greatest opportunity. Dally is a lovely young woman who lost her family in an early attack on her homeland. She is reduced to serving in the kitchen of the town’s mayor, and faces the hardship of not belonging anywhere. Then a series of events occur that sweep her up and transform her world.
First, Dally discovers an uncommon knack for communicating with animals, most especially the wolfhounds raised by her patron. Gradually she discovers that this small gift actually is part of a much larger transformation, one that permits her to communicate with people she has never met. These events sweep Dally up, showing her that all the fragments of her life actually fit together in a powerful fashion. But in order to achieve her full potential, first Dally must cast aside all the reasons she has built within herself to fail. To succeed, she must accept the challenge of growth, and the responsibilities that come with exceptional gifts.
How did you become interested in writing fantasy?
My first passions as a young reader were fantasy and science fiction. When I started writing at age twenty-eight, my first mentor was Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001 A Space Odyssey.
Over the past few years I’ve become increasingly frustrated by the constant negative directions that both fantasy and science fiction were taking. Distopian fiction, hopelessness, the undead—Do they all have to be tainted by this same darkness? Was there no place any more for the same sort of heroic adventure that so thrilled me as a youngster? Finally I decided that it was time to stop complaining and do something different.
What type of preliminary work was required before you began to write The Golden Vial?
A lot of good writing comes down to asking the right questions. This has never seemed more important to me than with Emissary. The empty page is open to any number of potential directions—how the characters see their world, what challenges will they face, how do they react, what they strive for…the questions are endless.
But in a fantasy, even the blank page is redesigned. All the normal rules governing human existence are thrown open. What makes a great fantasy is redesigning reality in a way that resonates with the reader. Helping them see life in a new way, but one they can still recognize within their own normal existence. It is such a wrenching challenge, and so beautiful when you get it right.
The first lesson I learned from Arthur C Clarke was to obey the laws of the world I create. The second was, the more outlandish the construct of my story, the more vital it becomes to create believable characters with emotions that resonated in the readers’ minds and hearts. If this book succeeds, it is because I have succeeded in following his instruction on these two points.
What do you hope readers can learn from your book?
Soon after my last Thomas Locke book was released, I received a really strong review from the national bookclub magazine. The reviewer then asked to speak with me by phone, and she revealed that she is going through chemotherapy. And she thanked me for helping her to completely escape from herself for three days. She said what was greatest to her was that she came away from the book with a new sense of hope. I have to tell you, that is just about the finest response I have received in my twenty plus years as a published writer. And it is exactly what I would love to learn other readers have found here, a chance to fly away with this story as their personal magic carpet, and return to earth with a renewed sense of hope.
What are you working on next?
Film rights to the first book in this trilogy, Emissary, has been acquired by a UK production company. They hope to begin filming in six months. I wrote the screenplay, and have become involved in redrafts to fit with the requests (demands) of investors. This will happen again when stars are signed. That takes up a good deal of my time just now.
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Thomas Locke is a pseudonym for Davis Bunn, an award-winning novelist with worldwide sales of seven million copies in twenty-five languages. Davis divides his time between Oxford and Florida and holds a lifelong passion for speculative stories. He is the author of Emissary and Merchant of Alyss in the Legends of the Realm series; Fault Lines, Trial Run, and Flash Point in the Fault Lines series; and Recruits and Renegades in the Recruits series.
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January 26, 2018
Mary Coffin Starbuck: Nantucket’s Deborah of the Old Testament
A few years ago, I started reading of the first white settlers who came to Nantucket Island in 1659. At the time, Mary Coffin was fifteen years old, the youngest daughter of proprietors Tristram and Dionis Coffin. Only a few moments of Mary’s life are known: she married Nathaniel Starbuck at age eighteen, bore the first white child on the island, and eventually had nine more.
Mary started a store and kept track of debits and credits in an accounting book. A little more digging unearthed an exciting discovery: this four hundred-year-old book was still intact, guarded well deep in the vault of the Nantucket Historical Association. So off I went!
After signing my life away to the NHA, I put all my earthly possessions in a safe, donned white gloves, and waited for the accounting book to be brought up from the bowels of the NHA. When the sheepskin covered book was set down in front of me, my heart started to pound. Oh-so-carefully I opened it, turning pages as if they were made of spun sugar. Here, between the lines of faded ink, was the life of Mary Coffin Starbuck!
I discovered that Mary was extremely literate, in marked contrast to her whaling husband, Nathaniel, who was known to be illiterate. Mary’s handwriting was exquisite, her addition and subtraction skills exceeded mine (plus, all figures were in shillings, pence and pounds, for Nantucket belonged to the Brits). And she was involved in the lives of nearly every person on Nantucket, from Wampanoag Indians to housewives to visiting dignitaries.
Here are some pictures of Mary Coffin Starbuck’s Accounting Book, courtesy of the Nantucket Historical Association:
From a few other sources, it’s known that Mary had considerable influence on the island as a sage, and was likened to Deborah the wise judge in the Old Testament.
Interested in knowing more about this fascinating woman?
One of the bonuses for pre-ordering Phoebe’s Light is more to this story about Mary Coffin Starbuck. Other bonuses include a “lost chapter” to the novel, plus Quaker proverbs, and a simple guide to the differences between the Quakers and the Amish. Consider yourself invited to claim any or all of the four free bonuses, as my thank you to you for pre-ordering Phoebe’s Light. These bonuses will only be available for a limited time, so don’t delay! Click here to claim!
January 22, 2018
Author Spotlight with Valerie Fraser Luesse
Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of Valerie’s newest book, “Missing Isaac.” Winner will be announced in the next Author Spotlight feature. Congratulations to Sarah Ortiz for winning Lynette Eason’s book, “Oath of Honor.” Please email my assistant christenkrumm {at} gmail {dot} com to claim your prize.
Valerie Fraser Luesse, senior travel editor for Southern Living magazine, brings her love and knowledge of the South to this stunning debut novel, Missing Isaac.
Set in rural Alabama in the 1960s, Missing Isaac tells the captivating story of a black field hand, Isaac Reynolds, who goes missing from the tiny, unassuming town of Glory, Alabama. The townspeople’s reactions range from concern to indifference. But one boy will stop at nothing to find out what happened to his friend.
White, wealthy, and fatherless, young Pete McLean has nothing to gain and everything to lose in his relentless search for Isaac. Before it’s all over, Pete and the people he loves most will discover more than they bargained for—including unexpected love and difficult truths about race and class.
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I was born and raised in Alabama, where four generations of my mother’s family have raised cotton in the same county. Daddy retired from a mill and has always loved to hunt and fish. I’m an only child, but I grew up with huge extended families on both sides, so what I lack in brothers and sisters, I make up for in cousins! I don’t remember a time when I didn’t want to write, and I’m blessed to have grown up in a time and place where we entertained ourselves by telling stories. My grandmother’s front porch during any family gathering was a gold mine. As far as formal training, I did my undergrad at Auburn and earned my master’s degree at Baylor—both degrees in English.
Do you have a day job as well? If so, what is it?
Yes, I’m the senior travel editor at Southern Living. I love the magazine, and I love the way Southern people feel connected to it. My job has given me the opportunity to travel all over the South and discover all kinds of interesting settings for stories, from Acadian Louisiana to the Outer Banks.
When did you start writing your first book?
During one of lowest, unhappiest times of my entire life. Around 2008 or 2009, when the recession was first sinking in, the magazine business got hit really hard. People were being laid off in droves, and there was so much stress and uncertainty. I needed a creative and emotional escape hatch. So I dusted off a short story I had been batting around for years and years—and then I just started typing—at a secretary desk in our guest room, with my cat sleeping in a chair nearby and my husband sleeping in our bedroom nearby. Retreating into this story was really healing for me—it helped me get through a rough time.
How did you choose the genre you write in? Or did the genre choose you?
I didn’t even know what the genres were! I just have to tell the story I feel compelled to tell and trust that everything else will work itself out. For Missing Isaac, it just happened that the people I wanted to write about were people of faith, and the period I wanted to write about was historically significant—but that’s not why I chose the 1960s. I just think it’s fascinating and confusing, both of which worked well for my characters.
Does writing energize you or exhaust you?
I can’t wait to do it every day, so for me it’s energizing. The process of writing is what I enjoy—choosing a setting, a situation, and a couple of central characters and then turning them loose to see where they go. I don’t know what’s going to happen in my stories until it happens.
Do you believe in writer’s block?
Not really. I believe that we all have external distractions—real or imagined—that can challenge our confidence and get in the way. Most of the time, when I’m struggling with a story—and this happens to me more with magazine features than fiction writing—it’s either because I’ve attached myself to a subject that doesn’t suit me or because I’m afraid of something—that my editor won’t like it, that my family won’t like it, that I’m not up to the task for whatever reason. When that happens, I think it’s important to talk through your story with an editor or a friend that you trust. It can be hard to see the source of your own fears, and if you can’t see them, you can’t shut them down.
Do you create an outline before you begin? Do you have the end in mind, or do you just wait and see where the story takes you?
I’ve never been able to write by an outline. I know I’d be more efficient if I could, but outlines stifle me. I start with a time, place, and situation that fascinate me, and then I add one or two main characters that I believe in. After that, I just start typing, and additional characters introduce themselves.
What kind of research do you do? How long do you spend researching before beginning a book?
Actually, my day job has given me tons of valuable story research. Whenever I’m assigned to a place—for example, the Mississippi Delta—I can’t plan my scouting trip until I’ve done pretty thorough background research. And then once I go, I talk to all kinds of people, who tell me about their home through a local’s eyes. So I have that wellspring to draw from. But then I do targeted research as I write. For example, if a character is doing something on “Saturday, March 22, 1845,” I’ll Google an 1845 calendar to make sure that date was actually a Saturday. Or I’ll check to see if something I mention in the story—like paper plates—was available at the time the story is set.
Are you part of a community of authors? If so, how has it helped you?
Nothing formal or organized, but I do have friends who are authors. And of course, many of my friends are magazine writers. They’re all great sounding boards, whether I need to know whether a character is believable or want their opinion about a conference or event I’m thinking of attending.
Valerie Fraser Luesse is an award-winning magazine writer best known for her feature stories and essays in Southern Living, where she is currently a senior travel editor. Her work has been anthologized in the audio collection Southern Voices and in A Glimpse of Heaven, an essay collection featuring works by C. S. Lewis, Randy Alcorn, John Wesley, and others. As a freelance writer and editor, she was the lead writer for Southern Living 50 Years: A Celebration of People, Places, and Culture. Specializing in stories about unique pockets of Southern culture, Luesse has published major pieces on the Gulf Coast, the Mississippi Delta, Louisiana’s Acadian Prairie, and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Her editorial section on Hurricane Katrina recovery in Mississippi and Louisiana won the 2009 Writer of the Year award from the Southeast Tourism Society.
Luesse earned her bachelor’s degree in English at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, and her master’s degree in English at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She grew up in Harpersville, Alabama, a rural community in Shelby County, and now lives in Birmingham.
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January 19, 2018
Phoebe has her own trailer!
My wonderful publisher, Revell, created this trailer to celebrate the Feb. 6th release of Phoebe’s Light. It gives a nice hint of what’s to come in Phoebe’s life. Oh, she has such high hopes!
And if you pre-order Phoebe’s Light, you’re entitled to FOUR EXCLUSIVE BONUSES! The book is still only $8 on Amazon, (that’s what I would pay with my author’s discount. Half-off! I don’t know how long that price will last…but I suspect not much longer) so hurry, hurry, hurry! Plus, the oh-so-awesome bonuses are only available for a limited time. Order your copy…and pop over to claim your bonuses! Click here to claim.
January 17, 2018
Coffee Break
And did you know the word ‘scuttlebutt‘ originated from a life at sea? Sailors would gather around an open cask of drinking water, a scuttled butt, and chat. Kind of like a 19th century version of the office water cooler.
So here’s my scuttlebutt… Phoebe’s Light will release in less than a month!
It’s a story of a young Nantucket Quaker woman who longs for a life of adventure and romance, and gets exactly what she wants. (And we all know how dangerous that can be!)
To celebrate the launch of Phoebe’s Light , here are the EXCLUSIVE BONUSES you can get if you pre-order the book:
The “Lost Chapter” — Meet Phoebe Starbuck at a very vulnerable moment
Five frame-able photos of Quaker Nantucket. Breathtaking views of Nantucket with timeless Quaker proverbs
The untold story of Mary Coffin Starbuck: A behind-the-curtain peek at the dynamic 17th century woman who sparked this series
“Not to be confused: Quakers are not Amish.” A fascinating comparison of two distinctive communities of faith
The BONUSES will only be available for a limited time. After you order your copy of Phoebe’s Light, keep your receipt nearby and click here to claim your bonuses! Super easy. Super worth it!
Phoebe’s Light is half-off on Amazon (only $8!) for prime members right now and also only $8 at CBD!
Click here to grab your copy today! And thank you!
January 15, 2018
Author Spotlight with Lynette Eason
Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of Lynette’s newest book, “Oath of Honor.” Winner will be announced in the next Author Spotlight feature. Congratulations to MH for winning Laura Frantz’s book, “The Lacemaker.” Please email my assistant christenkrumm {at} gmail {dot} com to claim your prize.
With her signature fast-paced, action-packed style, Lynette Eason captivates readers with a new series where justice truly is a family affair.
Police officer Isabelle St. John loves her crazy, loud, law-enforcement family. With three brothers and two sisters, she’s never without someone to hang out with. And she knows they’ll be there for her when things get tough.
When Isabelle’s partner is murdered and she barely escapes with her own life, she is forced to work with Detective Ryan Marshall. Izzy is determined to discover exactly what happened, and her investigation sends her headfirst into a criminal organization, possibly with cops on the payroll—including someone from her own family.
How can she secure justice for her partner when doing so could force her to choose between family and justice? And how will she guard her heart when the man she’s had a secret crush on for years won’t leave her side?
What part of the country do you consider home?
I live in the Southeast in South Carolina.
Currently, how big (or small) is your household?
We are a family of four with one dog. My daughter currently attends college so it’s kind of quiet around here with just my husband and son.
What do you do when you’re not writing?
Read, watch TV, babysit my niece and nephew, nap. But that doesn’t happen very often as I’m always writing! LOL.
Is there any habit or hobby you have that might surprise readers?
No, probably not. I’m pretty boring.
You’ve just turned in your manuscript, and your editor won’t return it with revisions for at least a week or two. Where would you go for a vacation?
Ooh, to the mountains. I actually love to go there to write anyway, but I love the Tennessee mountains like Pigeon Forge.
What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?
Chocolate.
Are you a dog or a cat person? What does that tell us about you?
Dog person. I have no idea what that tells you about me. haha.
What was your favorite childhood book? What made it so beloved?
I didn’t have just one book. I loved the Nancy Drew series, the Hardy Boys, Sweet Valley High and the Boxcar children. Then I discovered Alfred Hitchcock. All of those books are probably the reason I write what I do.
What’s your favorite movie?
The Sound of Music—or it used to be. I don’t really have one at the moment.
Favorite TV show?
Blue Bloods.
If you were casting yourself in a movie, which actor or actress would you pick? Why?
This is a hard one! Maybe Julia Louise Dreyfus because every time we watch reruns of Seinfeld, there’s at least one moment during each show where my husband points to me and says, “That’s so you.”
Lynette Eason is the bestselling author of the Women of Justice series, the Deadly Reunions series, and the Hidden Identity series, as well as Always Watching, Without Warning, Moving Target, and Chasing Secrets in the Elite Guardians series. She is the winner of two ACFW Carol Awards, the Selah Award, and the Inspirational Readers’ Choice Award. She has a master’s degree in education from Converse College and lives in South Carolina.
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January 11, 2018
Photo Caption Contest
I’m gearing up for some exciting things to come to celebrate the launch of Phoebe’s Light on February 6th, so will be putting a pause button on Friday’s Photo Caption contest for a few weeks.
However, I had to congratulate all of you for your witty captions on this photo! And the winner (so hard to pick just one!) is Virginia Lloyd, for “Did you say something, dear?” Virginia, please send me an email with your mailing address and I’ll pop a book in the mail.
Will be resuming the photo caption contest in March, so keep your “wit” witty! And if you have any amusing photos sorely in need of captions that you’d like to share with me…please do! You get the credit!
Photo credit: Theunis Wessels mows his lawn in Three Hills in Alberta, Canada, on June 2 as a tornado swirls in the background. CECILIA WESSELS/CANADIAN PRESS/AP
January 10, 2018
Coffee Break
This new year is ‘crowding sail’ (seafaring lingo for whooshing along)!
Most of it, for me, has been spent on prepping for the February 6th release of Phoebe’s Light . It’s the start of a new series, ‘Nantucket Legacy,’ that I’ve wanted to write for years. At long last, its time has come!
Here’s a sneak peek:
Phoebe’s Light is the story of a young Nantucket Quaker who longs for adventure and romance…and she gets both! But they come with trouble, too.
Before sailing far away from Nantucket with her new husband, Captain Phineas Foulger, her father gives her two gifts, both of which Phoebe sees little need for. The first is an old sheepskin journal from Mary Coffin Starbuck, her highly revered great-grandmother. The other is a “minder” on the whaling ship in the form of cooper Matthew Mitchell, a man whom she loathes.
The two stories weave together, warp and woof, to create a very unexpected answer to Phoebe’s longings.
‘Weather, wind and whales permitting’ (now, that’s distinctly Nantucket lingo), I’ll be back later this week with some EXCLUSIVE BONUSES you can get if you pre-order Phoebe’s Light.
And just a reminder…Phoebe’s Light is half-off on Amazon (only $8!) for prime members right now! Click here to grab your copy today!
So save your receipt and check your in-box for an exciting email from me later this week. Thanks for your interest in my stories!
January 8, 2018
Author Spotlight with Laura Frantz
Leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of Laura’s newest book, “The Lacemaker.” Winner will be announced in the next Author Spotlight feature. Congratulations to Loretta Moore for winning Samuel Parker’s book, “ColdWater.” Please email my assistant christenkrumm {at} gmail {dot} com to claim your prize.
Historical romance favorite Laura Frantz crafts a suspenseful tale of love, betrayal, and new beginnings in The Lacemaker.
When colonial Williamsburg explodes on the eve of the American Revolution, Lady Elisabeth “Liberty” Lawson is abandoned by her fiancé and suspected of being a spy for the hated British. No one comes to her aid save a man who should be her enemy, Patriot Noble Rynallt.
Liberty is left with a terrible choice. Will the Virginia belle side with the radical revolutionaries or stay true to her English roots? And at what cost?
With her meticulous eye for detail and her knack for creating living, breathing characters, Frantz continues to enchant readers with a story that is historically accurate, exciting, and taut with romantic tension.
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I’m an almost empty nester who just discovered IKEA so am excited about redecorating and gardening again – and writing, of course, in a too quiet house.
When did you start writing your first book?
Age 7 after reading all those little historical biographies written for children about famous people. I still remember standing in front of that shelf and just where those little books were when I first learned to read. It was a magical experience. Then I began writing a book like them.
How did you choose the genre you write in? Or did the genre choose you?
I’ve always read historical novels since childhood so the genre chose me, I guess. I can’t imagine writing anything else, especially a contemporary novel! I’m fascinated by how differently things were done back then and the lives people lived. I used to say I was born in the wrong era and wanted to be back in the 18th-century until I discovered their aversion to bathing and how disease-prone they were. I am so thankful for my Keurig and hot bath!
Does writing energize you or exhaust you?
Energizes, inspires, and fills me to the brim. People exhaust me though I love them! I crave quiet and the natural world and just a plain old pen and paper. It’s amazing what that combination becomes!
Do you believe in writer’s block?
Hmm. I believe there are certain seasons in which it is harder to write but I’ve never had writer’s block. Once I start writing the story just takes over and sort of tells itself. I think block would be very hard to endure as for me writing is such an escape and has been since I first began.
Do you create an outline before you begin? Do you have the end in mind, or do you just wait and see where the story takes you?
I’m a total writing ‘panster’ and outlining is too much like counting calories to me! I never have the end in mind. I love to be surprised. THE END is always hard for me. After living with a story and its characters for so long, I really do find moving on bittersweet.
What kind of research do you do? How long do you spend researching before beginning a book?
I research for at least 3 months before beginning a book and then continue researching while writing. Thankfully, I love research almost as much as writing. I find so many plots and characters and story threads through research. Truth really is stranger than fiction!
Are you part of a community of authors? If so, how has it helped you?
I pretty much fly solo though I’ve been to two of Tamara Leigh’s retreats at her beautiful home outside Nashville. She is a culinary queen, the epitome of graciousness, and we get a tremendous amount of writing done while feeling spoiled by our beautiful hostess and surroundings. I always leave feeling blessed and refreshed and inspired! Writing can be a very solitary experience. Books get written in isolation, not company, so anytime I can meet with fellow writers who live in that oddly creative zone and who understand that life, I’m blessed. I love conferences, too, like ACFW though don’t attend as many as I’d like to.
Laura Frantz is a Christy Award finalist and the ECPA bestselling author of several books, including The Frontiersman’s Daughter, Courting Morrow Little, The Colonel’s Lady, The Mistress of Tall Acre, A Moonbow Night, and the Ballantyne Legacy series. She lives and writes in a log cabin in the heart of Kentucky.
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January 5, 2018
Share the Memories
SHARE THE MEMORIES
Thank you so much to all who have shared your holiday memories over the past few weeks. I enjoyed reading them!
Congratulations to our final winner, Kathe Hill who shares:
In 1953, my family had emmigrated to California from Canada. In the morning, we wore our winter coats to school and had to carry them home in the afternoon. Christmas eve saw us in the coats again. However, Christmas Day we were outside playing basketball in shorts and t-shirts in our driveway. I carry many wonderful memories of the time we spent there!!
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