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July 18, 2016
Author Scavenger Hunt – Part 2
Did you participate in the CAN author scavenger hunt? The Christian Authors Network is having an online scavenger hunt. It started yesterday, July 17, and I was one of the participating authors. Another CAN member interviewed me on her blog, and I interviewed someone else on my blog. There’s still time to get in on […]
July 16, 2016
CAN Scavenger Hunt #21
Today’s blog post is an interview with Elizabeth Goddard, author of more than twenty-five romance novels. This is part of a blog-hop scavenger hunt sponsored by the Christian Authors Network. If you don’t already know about the scavenger hunt (where you could win the grand prize of 26 books written by CAN members), check […]
July 11, 2016
Author Scavenger Hunt – Part 1
Have you ever participated in an author scavenger hunt? The Christian Authors Network is having an online scavenger hunt that starts next Sunday, July 17, and I will be one of the participating authors. This is my first online scavenger hunt, and it sounds really exciting! Here’s how it’s going to work: On July 17, […]
July 4, 2016
A Heart Connection
A warm welcome to my guest blogger, Kelly Wilson Mize, a contributing author to 21 Days of Love: Stories that Celebrate Treasured Relationships. Tell something about yourself as a person and as a writer. I am an Alabama girl, born and raised: a product of the Deep South. I currently live in the […]
June 27, 2016
The Transformation of Mothers
I had a great mother and a happy childhood, free of dysfunction and abuse—little realizing at the time how unusual that was. Today, most people I know struggle to overcome issues related to neglect, abuse, even abandonment from their family of origin. But there was one thing I knew, without a shadow of doubt, as […]
June 20, 2016
The Conference that Almost Didn’t Happen … More Blessings!
If you read my previous blogs about the Orange County Christian Writers’ Conference, you know that I very nearly cancelled this year’s conference … but that I’m really glad I didn’t, because God did such amazing things there. Since I was the director, I got to invite a lot of really cool people to serve […]
June 13, 2016
The Conference that Almost Didn’t Happen … But God Came Through
On January 25, I posted about the Orange County Christian Writers’ Conference that I was asked to direct. Last week I shared how God came through, in spite of all the obstacles the Enemy threw our way—and they were many! And how God abundantly blessed the people who attended. I heard from registrants, volunteers, and […]
June 6, 2016
The Conference that Almost Didn’t Happen … Revisited
On January 25, I posted about the Orange County Christian Writers’ Conference that I was asked to direct. I wrote about the numerous obstacles we had to overcome in a very short period of time—starting with losing our venue in September … for an April conference. Then losing the person who’d done our website, marketing, […]
May 30, 2016
Treasured Moments
A warm welcome to my guest blogger, Janet Sketchley, a contributing author to 21 Days of Joy: Stories that Celebrate Mom. Tell something about yourself as a person and as a writer. I’m blessed to not need to work outside the home, so I can concentrate on writing and on a bit of volunteer work. I still […]
May 23, 2016
When We’ve Received Kindness
A warm welcome to my guest blogger, longtime colleague and buddy Jeanette Hanscome. Jeanette is a contributing author to two of my Fiction Lover’s Devotionals: 21 Days of Grace and 21 Days of Love. Her stories are always filled with compassion and a deep love for the Lord and others. About this time five years ago, my life had […]
