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Bethany House Book Banter TODAY

If you have a minute, join me over at Bethany House Publisher's FB Page for the first BOOK BANTER, and a chance to win a copy of A Lasting Impression and all of my BHP books. We've had some glitches but we're working them out. No thanks to Mark Zuckerberg who blocked me from commenting! Can you imagine? Someone blocking me from talking? The nerve...




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Bake-off Challenge Part II - Caramel Cake Supreme

Author and buddy Angela Hunt recently started her Lovin' Oven Blog which chronicles all the fabulous creations she's been baking. I've been following her and marveling (and drooling) over her recipes. The breads especially. I love bread. It's at the top of my personal food pyramid, for sure––wait, make that the bottom half––as are the sweeter tastes in fare.

I made a Creamy Praline Pecan Pie (

Brand new Interview about A Lasting Impression

I recently sat down with Morgan Doremus (what a great name!), the Romantic Times Book Reviewer, at the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference in St. Louis in September. We chatted about life, writing, and A Lasting Impression. Hope you enjoy!

Great FREE KINDLE BOOKS for writers

BE SURE and check that the price is still $0.00 before pressing "BUY." These prices change all the time. Hope you grab these!


Courtesy of Happy Reader Joyce, here are some free kindle books.

Getting the Words Right by Theodore Cheney. Genre: Authorship, Publishing, Reference. Rated 4.5 stars on 16 reviews. 256 pages.How to Be a Writer: Building Your Creative Skills Through Practice and Play by

German book video for REKINDLED

My husband found this video today and forwarded it to me. It's the German book video for Rekindled, which has been translated into German (and Dutch and Turkish!). Cool... The German cover is pictured to the left, and they translated the title to be "The Return of the Stranger." Love it!

And FYI, if you haven't read Rekindled yet, the ebook is available right now for $1.99 (!) on Amazon. Just

Want to win a KINDLE FIRE?

I'm excited about A Lasting Impression campaign launching today! Bethany House Publishers did a great job to organize a Blog Tour, Kindle Fire Giveaway, and a lavish Southern-style Facebook Party (Nov 15). 
Click here for full details
I hope to see you on Facebook on November 15th!

Baking Challenge, Part II

I'm just back from seeing WICKED in Nashville with my family. Oh. SO. GOOD! Loved it again for the second time. What creativity, humor, and the music... Sigh. Fabulous!

Before I head to bed though...

If you didn't see Angie Hunt's "response" to my baking challenge earlier today, take a peek at her Tuxedo Cake . . . 

Click for more pics and where she got the recipe
Oh. My! Looks delicious! And

Let the Great Bake-off begin!

Last week I posted a recipe for a Creamy Praline Pecan Pie I'd made and then challenged Angie Hunt––gourmet baker that she is––to reciprocate with a recipe. And she did. Today! Let the bakin' begin, honey. How fun!More to come on this...  And just in time for the holidays. 

For I know the plans I have for you...

(Sprinkled throughout my post today are glimpses of fall––both in nature and in decoration––both from Nashville, and Colorado where we used to live. Hope you enjoy!)For the past two years, God has really been working within me to cultivate a spirit of surrender, yet I'm still so far from being fully surrendered to Him in any area of life.
I want to be surrendered. I want to want what He wants for

Those bygone days...

When did it begin…this fascination with the past? The earliest I can remember experiencing an attraction for days gone by is when I was nine years old and we were on a month long trip to Europe.Traveling around Europe for a month, you say? At the age of nine? You must have grown up in a privileged family. While I was blessed in many, many ways, I would hasten to add that there were eight of us (