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November 20, 2011
What's in a Name?
I'm delighted to share a guest post (geared to writers) from my youngest daughter Jennifer. She is a college-student, freelance writer, and aspiring novelist.
Whether it's a person, place, thing or the title of your story, don't underestimate the power of the name. The name can reveal.
Candy, the prostitute, is just that, a prostitute. Ashley is the young girl torn from innocence, forced into
Whether it's a person, place, thing or the title of your story, don't underestimate the power of the name. The name can reveal.
Candy, the prostitute, is just that, a prostitute. Ashley is the young girl torn from innocence, forced into
November 17, 2011
Milestones!
We celebrated my daughter's 19th birthday this past week.
In one more year, I won't have any teenagers left in my house, and I'm kind of sad about that. I've thoroughly enjoyed my kids' teen years.
Of course, my eat-everything-in-sight puppy will likely have graduated to the teenager stage by then!
Ugh, she's already baying come-hithers to all the local coyotes.
But I digress.
We've enjoyed
In one more year, I won't have any teenagers left in my house, and I'm kind of sad about that. I've thoroughly enjoyed my kids' teen years.
Of course, my eat-everything-in-sight puppy will likely have graduated to the teenager stage by then!
Ugh, she's already baying come-hithers to all the local coyotes.
But I digress.
We've enjoyed
November 15, 2011
A Change of Heart
Monday we talked about what we'd give up for love.
Because of fear, both Ginny in Deep Cover, and Lindsey in Lakeside Reunion, ask the police officers they love to give up their jobs before they'll marry them.
Of course, every diehard romance reader longs for the hero to choose love over anything else. But what of the heroine?
She needs a change of heart, too. Right?
Your turn: Can you share
Because of fear, both Ginny in Deep Cover, and Lindsey in Lakeside Reunion, ask the police officers they love to give up their jobs before they'll marry them.
Of course, every diehard romance reader longs for the hero to choose love over anything else. But what of the heroine?
She needs a change of heart, too. Right?
Your turn: Can you share
November 13, 2011
What would you give up for love?
This past week I read the Love Inspired contemporary Lakeside Reunion by Lisa Jordan about a cop who jilted his bride-to-be mere weeks before their wedding after learning that a night of indiscretion three years earlier had led to the birth of his son.
He chose honor over love and married his son's mother, a woman he scarcely knew and who was battling cancer. The story begins five years later.
He chose honor over love and married his son's mother, a woman he scarcely knew and who was battling cancer. The story begins five years later.
November 10, 2011
Lest We Forget
In commemoration of Remembrance Day, I've invited the heroine from Catherine West's novel, Yesterday's Tomorrow, to answer a few questions. But first let me tell you a bit about this 60s era romance that readers are raving about.
Vietnam, 1967.
Independent, career-driven journalist Kristin Taylor wants two things: to honor her father's memory by becoming an award-winning overseas
Vietnam, 1967.
Independent, career-driven journalist Kristin Taylor wants two things: to honor her father's memory by becoming an award-winning overseas
November 8, 2011
NOVEL MORSELS - My Gift to You
I'm excited to introduce Novel Morsels
A collaborative recipe Ebook bringing your favorite Christian authors and their favorite foods together.
Sixty-five Christian fiction authors have come together in this first-of-its-kind e-book, sharing more than 120 recipes that connect to their books or their characters.
The book retails for $2.99, but as my gift to you, my blog readers, newsletter
A collaborative recipe Ebook bringing your favorite Christian authors and their favorite foods together.
Sixty-five Christian fiction authors have come together in this first-of-its-kind e-book, sharing more than 120 recipes that connect to their books or their characters.
The book retails for $2.99, but as my gift to you, my blog readers, newsletter
November 6, 2011
Emotional Connections
Have you ever read a story that a friend raved about and then been stumped at the attraction?
That's happened to me a few times lately, and I've been attempting to pinpoint why. Sometimes, of course, it can be chalked up to different tastes, or different life experiences that make a story resonate with one person and not another.
Lately, I've been hungering for stories in which I emotionally
That's happened to me a few times lately, and I've been attempting to pinpoint why. Sometimes, of course, it can be chalked up to different tastes, or different life experiences that make a story resonate with one person and not another.
Lately, I've been hungering for stories in which I emotionally
November 3, 2011
A Hook is like a Guard Dog
This week I've been working on a Christmas bonus story for my Deep Cover readers--a what are Rick and Ginny doing for Christmas kind of story.
Not sure if it will ever see the light of day, because the process has impressed upon me why romances end at "They lived happily ever after."
Showing the happily ever after is boring. The fun is in the chase!
Of course, I like a challenge so I'm
Not sure if it will ever see the light of day, because the process has impressed upon me why romances end at "They lived happily ever after."
Showing the happily ever after is boring. The fun is in the chase!
Of course, I like a challenge so I'm
November 1, 2011
An International Feast
I was recently invited to join the International Christian Fiction Writers blog. Written by authors of Christian fiction representing a variety of rich cultural traditions from Canada to the UK to Tasmania to Brazil to Mozambique, it's goal is to promote international Christian fiction.
In celebration of our second year of blogging, we've collaborated to create an International Recipe Ebook
In celebration of our second year of blogging, we've collaborated to create an International Recipe Ebook
October 30, 2011
Get that Plank out of my Eye!
Since we talked about villains last week, these verses in Proverbs 24:17-18 caught my eye yesterday. "Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice, or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him."
Isn't that an eye-opener?
Yeah, the villain is a bad guy, but taking pleasure in his punishment isn't good either.
So...at the end of the
Isn't that an eye-opener?
Yeah, the villain is a bad guy, but taking pleasure in his punishment isn't good either.
So...at the end of the
