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November 3, 2010
Catching Moondrops Nomination!
Catching Moondrops has been nominated for Best Inspirational Romance in the Romantic Times 2010 Book Review Awards!Co-nominees in this category are Lynn Austin for While We're Far Apart, Liz Curtis Higgs for Here Burns My Candle, and DiAnn Mills for A Woman Called Sage. Congratulations, ladies!Winners will be announced in April, 2011 at the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention.
October 13, 2010
Book Signing!
On October 23rd, I'll be signing at the Lifeway Christian Store in Glen Allen, VA, 8940-A West Broad St. Stop by between 11am and 1pm to celebrate Christian Store Day with me!
September 23, 2010
Save the Date!
October 1st is a big day for me as it's the official release date for Catching Moondrops! Don't forget to grab your copy!It's also the deadline for entering the Christian Writers Guild's Operation First Novel contest, and you all know how worthwhile I think it is to enter. Don't miss out! You never know what might happen!
September 18, 2010
Encouraging Kids to Read for Fun!
It seems I can get writer's block about blogging, too. Who knew?! I've been stumped about a new topic for days so I asked Facebook friends for ideas, and they came through! Thanks to Tabitha S. for her suggestion of today's topic: How to get kids interested in reading. Call me crazy, but I think reading should be fun. Granted, not all reading... who likes reading instruction manuals or service
September 10, 2010
Facebook Contest!
I'm having a Facebook Fans Only contest over on my Facebook page! Hop on over to join in for a chance to win a signed copy of Catching Moondrops and some coffee or hot chocolate (your choice) to sip while reading it! Hope to see you there!
August 28, 2010
There's More to Life Than Cherry Garcia
Today is Saturday. I've been to four yard sales, bought a pillow and three hand towels at the mall and eaten a mini-sized Cherry Garcia. All the exciting stuff! That's the way most days are, right? Hours of monotony that keep repeating themselves so all the days start to run together. After a while, it all just begins to seem ridiculous, doesn't it?But the other thing I did on this monotonous
August 8, 2010
Classic Inspiration... and Junior Mints
One of my favorite movie memories is going to see a special screening of "Arsenic and Old Lace" at a local historic theater. I was a kid seeing Cary Grant on the big screen for the first time, and I ate up every second of it, nearly ending up on the floor when Cary Grant's "brother" pops through the window. (Haven't seen it yet? Watch it and see how you react when it happens!) It has since become
July 31, 2010
Upcoming Releases...
Here's a fantastic ad for upcoming Tyndale fiction titles, and I'm proud to be a part of it! Keep an eye out for all of them!
July 23, 2010
Happy Summer Reading!
I recently found out that Fireflies in December is on one of the summer reading lists here in Virginia. So happy to see the book cross generations! If you're a student reading one of my books, or if you know someone who is, stop by my mail page and let me know about it. I'd love to hear from you!
July 9, 2010
Christy Part Two
Okay, so I've finally gotten my thoughts together long enough to let you all know how the Christy's went. It was an exciting trip, getting to see people I hadn't seen in months and having the chance to meet new ones.I was particularly excited to see some of the Tyndale family there. Tom Pawlik, winner of the Operation First Novel contest in '06 and '09 Christy winner was there with his lovely
