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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...
February 24, 2025
Favorite Siblings Moments of MPT {With Snippets!} + the Giveaway
* This is the final week to register for 500 Words of March, a writing challenge presented by Write in Faith Camp. Check out all the details here. Be sure to sign up by February 28!
* This is the last week for the giveaway featuring Novelists in November and Kisses from Katie by Katie Davis (Majors). Keep reading to learn all the details. Enter by February 28!
Favorite Siblings Moments of MPT {With Snippets!}
Who doesn’t love a great moment between siblings in a story? I’m personally a ...
February 17, 2025
What Readers Are Saying About MPT + the Giveaway
* Registration is now open for 500 Words of March, a writing challenge presented by Write in Faith Camp. Check out all the details here.
* The giveaway that opened last week is still going on. Keep reading to learn all the details.
What Readers Are Saying About MPT
With “Melting-Pot Thanksgiving” (and its anthology, Novelists in November) being three months old now, I thought I’d share some of the fun things readers have been saying about the collection as a whole and about MPT in parti...
February 10, 2025
Favorite Quotes of MPT + a Giveaway!
* Registration is now open for 500 Words of March, a writing challenge presented by Write in Faith Camp. Check out all the details here.
Favorite Quotes of MPT
“Melting-Pot Thanksgiving” has been out in the big world of books for about three months now, so I thought it was about time I hosted a giveaway. This giveaway will be open the rest of February. Stay tuned below for the official rules and how to enter.
These are a few of my favorite quotes from MPT. Yes, I wrote them. But it was ...
January 27, 2025
3 Things I Like About Being Sick
* I’m a guest on Kellyn Roth’s blog today. Come discover some random fun facts about my three available-for-purchase books!
* Registration is now open for 500 Words of March, a writing challenge presented by Write in Faith Camp. Check out all the details here.
3 Things I Like About Being SickSince mid-December, I’ve been under the weather with one sinus infection after another, among other niggly things. It’s been a mighty struggle to focus on work, so I’ve been leaning on God even mor...
January 20, 2025
Song Spotlight: “My Turn Now” by Steven Curtis Chapman
This is part two of the blog series Song Spotlight. If you have a song suggestion, please leave it in the comment section below. All suggestions will be read by the hostess, but she reserves the right to choose which songs do and do not get highlighted in this series.
“My Turn Now” by Steven Curtis Chapman
This is the first song that ever made a memorable impact on me. I was in the car on the way to school in the fourth grade when “My Turn Now” came on the radio. Jesus performed a miracle and help...
January 13, 2025
Basking in Small-Town Values
I love living in a small town. Even more, I love small-town values.
No matter whether I’m writing about a city girl or a cowpoke, I try to infuse small-town values into the hearts and souls of my characters and storylines. These traditional moral values create memorable characters and stories that resonate with readers.
In “Melting-Pot Thanksgiving” (MPT), published in Novelists in November, I featured several layers of small-town values.
1. Faith
Sarah Jones, the leading lady, cherishes her faith a...
January 6, 2025
New Year, New Word + WIF Camp Registration
Happy New Year, friends!
This Christmas season zoomed right by. Now it’s time for a brand-new year and a brand-new One Word.
This year, my One Word is faithfulness.
I’m approaching this year differently. This time around, I’m taking a slow gander through the Scriptures that mention faithful and faithfulness this year. I’ll be jotting notes of what God teaches me along the way. I’ll also be making note cards with key faithfulness verses on them to keep with me throughout my days.
That means I don’t y...
December 30, 2024
Favorite Book Quotes 2024
These are some of the quotes that stood out to me while reading in 2024.
Something Borrowed by Rachel Scott McDaniel, Allison Pittman, and Susie Finkbeiner
A Love in Disguise by Rachel Scott McDaniel
“She valued brokenness, and his heart almost detonated.”
A Letter for Eli by Allison Pittman
“I lost what I didn’t even know I wanted.”
Where Trees Touch the Sky by Karen Barnett
“I may fall a hundred times. But I will get up one hundred and one.”
Silver Bell Secrets by Cara Putman
“… a fraud who pretended t...
December 23, 2024
Christmas Regrets {a short story}
Your Christmas present from me this year is a brand-new Christmas short story. I hope you’ll enjoy it!
News & NotesI was a guest on Faith D. Cox’s blog a couple weeks ago. Pop over there to check out my tips for fitting writing into a busy season.
Christmas RegretsTwinkle lights of a million colors lit up the evergreens surrounding the beat-up pickup truck. Micah shut his eyes and let out a shaky breath. He could do this. He could.
Couldn’t he?
He cleared his throat and looked down at his daughter, ...
