Andrea Renee Cox's Blog
July 21, 2025
Be My Guest: Danielle Grandinetti
Friends, today, award-winning author Danielle Grandinetti is sharing a behind-the-scenes look at her newest book, The Neighbor and the Gifts. I hope you’ll enjoy and try one of her books sometime! I recently enjoyed The Italian Musician’s Sanctuary.
Behind the Scenes of Writing The Neighbor and the Gifts
by Danielle Grandinetti
Often, when The Twelve Days of Christmas is the basis of a story, the hero or heroine is the one delivering the gifts in various ways. But, what if … the bad guy in ...
July 7, 2025
5 Bits of Adventure
Friends, it’s been a wild two weeks since we last spoke. Here’s a glimpse into a handful of my most recent adventures.
#1 Car TroubleOne of my family’s vehicles needed a new transmission, so I rode along to help navigate to a new-to-us transmission shop over an hour away. Fun times! Seriously, I do love navigating, even when I sometimes get it wrong. Those are learning moments that help my mental road maps sharpen in clarity. I love the alternate route we discovered. It got us off the bus...
June 23, 2025
A Season of Busyness
One of my clients, Shannon Sue Dunlap, recently won the Selah Award for her novel Love Overboard. So exciting! My name was mentioned as an editor in the announcement presentation during the ceremony. How neat is that?!
If you’re looking for a copy editor for your next Christian fiction novel, please check out the Copyediting Openings section below. I’d love to work with you!
A Season of BusynessWhen will life slow down?
I doubt any of us knows the answer to that q...
June 16, 2025
Summer Reading List
Long time no chat, friends!
There are a million books on my summer reading list. I won’t get to a fraction of them, but here are some I’m especially looking forward to.
My summer reading list covers a wide variety of genres, so there’s something for my every mood. I’m particularly excited to reread my stories in Springtime in Surrey and Novelists in November (I’m nearly done with that last one). It’s fun to have stories published that I can now read whenever I lik...
May 26, 2025
Be My Guest: Shannon Sue Dunlap
Fellow Novelists in November author Kelsey Bryant hosted me on her blog. Check out the 11 Things I Love About Melting-Pot Thanksgiving.
Be My Guest: Shannon Sue DunlapFriends, please welcome my friend and copyediting client Shannon Sue Dunlap. Her new book, Hearts Aweigh, is now available for purchase. Be sure you read book #1, Love Overboard, first. You’re so gonna love the matchmaking septuagenarians called the Shippers!
Traveling with Friends
by Shannon Sue Dunlap
Introduction time. H...
April 28, 2025
Be My Guest: Kelsey Bryant
Recently, I was a guest on . Come check out why I chose certain character names in “Melting-Pot Thanksgiving,” which was published in Novelists in November.
Be My Guest: Kelsey BryantFriends, please welcome author Kelsey Bryant to the blog today. She’s sharing the inspiration behind her newest story, “Between Moor and Mountain,” with us today. Y’all, she’s been to Scotland!
How Scotland Inspired My NiN Story
by Kelsey Bryant
Unbeknownst to me at the time, my insp...
March 31, 2025
Be My Guest: Alena Mentink
Friends, please welcome author Alena Mentink to the blog today. She’s got a fun article about siblings–both in real life and in her newest book–to share.
Sibling Relationships by Alena Mentink
Hello, readers!
I’m Alena Mentink, and I’m delighted to be here on Andrea’s blog today. To give you a few quick facts about myself, I love reading and writing Christian historical fiction, thrive on taking long walks through the countryside, and am the oldest of nine kids.
Yep, you read that right. Nine of the...
March 24, 2025
Faithfulness on the Daily {One Word}
* Registration for April’s Write in Faith Camp (WIF Camp) is open through Saturday. Details are below today’s article. Hope to see you there!
Faithfulness on the Daily
So far, my One Word journey with faithfulness this year has been a daily pondering of God’s faithfulness in my life.
My tutoring work evaporated mid-February. Yet, God already lined up edit jobs to cover the absence of that income.
I received some disappointing news on one front and no news on another. Yet, God has given ...
March 17, 2025
Be My Guest: Crystal Caudill + WIF Camp Registration
* Registration for April’s Write in Faith Camp (WIF Camp) is open now. Details are below today’s article. Hope to see you there!
Be My Guest: Crystal CaudillFriends, please welcome my friend and client and Christy Award winner Crystal Caudill. She’s got a new book out as of last week, and you won’t want to miss this one. Mystery, humor, and romance–what more could we want?
Accepting God’s Calling by Crystal Caudill
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagi...
March 10, 2025
Be My Guest: Cathy Gohlke
* The winners for last month’s giveaway are Rebekah Allgood and H.S. Kylian. Congratulations, ladies!
Be My Guest: Cathy GohlkeFriends, please welcome Christy Hall of Fame author Cathy Gohlke. Her books are counted in my favorites for their emotional depth and relevant themes. I hope you’ll give her upcoming book, This Promised Land, a try when it comes out in April. I know I will be!
A Parable for All Time by Cathy Gohlke
Every story begins with a seed of inspiration. The seed that i...
