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April 11, 2016
Blog Blitz: Her Independent Spirit
Today I’m highlight a friend’s new book: Her Independent Spirit by Zina Abbott. (My apologies to those on my blog mailing list who got a paragraph or so of this early–I had a few technical difficulties and some human error when I was setting it up. Can we blame it on spring break brain?) Zina’s […]
April 1, 2016
Book Signing Tomorow at Deseret Book
Tomorrow evening I have a book signing at the Fort Union Deseret Book. It’s from 6 to 8 pm, and if you’ll be in the area, I’d love for you to stop by and say hi! Deseret Book Ladies Night Saturday, April 2 from 6 to 8 pm Ft. Union Deseret Book 1110 Fort Union […]
March 18, 2016
Book Signing on Saturday
I have two book signings coming up, and the first one is tomorrow morning! It’s part of Celebrating Sisterhood, so there will be door prizes, drawings, and special prices all morning. If you’ll be in the Orem area, I’d love for you to stop by and say hi! Seagull Book’s Celebrating Sisterhood Saturday, March 19 […]
March 10, 2016
Two Giveaways for The Spider and the Sparrow
Two #giveaways for my new #WW1 novel, The Spider and the Sparrow.
March 3, 2016
March Book Madness
Yesterday was March Cover Madness (you can still vote here). Today is March Book Madness, over at Rebecca Bellison’s blog. Every March Rebecca pulls together some great posts about writing, and I’m grateful she’s let me participate for the past few years. This year I share a few tips for selecting good names for characters. You […]
March 2, 2016
March Cover Madness
It’s March, and several of my friends have some fun March Madness activities on their blogs. Today I’m posting about March Cover Madness at Ranee’ S. Clark’s blog. (Tomorow I’ll post about March Book Madness.) What is March Cover Madness? Ranee’ has taken 16 book covers and paired them off. Only 8 covers will advance […]
February 26, 2016
The Rules in Rome is a Whitney Finalist!
The 2015 Whitney Award finalists were announced earlier this month, and I am thrilled that The Rules in Rome is a finalist in the Historical category. The Whitney Award program was created to highlight quality fiction written by LDS authors. You can read more about the program on the Whitney website. I wrote about the […]
February 15, 2016
The Spider and the Sparrow Blog Tour
This week my brand-new novel is going on blog tour! As an author, I look forward to hearing what readers think about my book, so I love blog tours. Here’s the schedule: Monday, February 15: Singing Librarian Books, LDS Writer Mom (Julie Coulter Bellon), and Joy in the Moments. Tuesday, February 16: LDS and Lovin’ […]
February 12, 2016
Book Release: The Spider and the Sparrow
My fifth novel is now available in paperback, ebook, and audio book formats. It’s in stock at most LDS book stores and online at Amazon, Seagull Book, and Deseret Book. (Some of the online stores don’t have every format available yet, but in most cases, there’s a pre-order option.) Here’s more information about the story: […]
January 28, 2016
Pictures of the Great War
I had a pleasant surprise while researching my latest novel, The Spider and the Sparrow. It turns out that a lot of contemporary accounts and images from World War One are no longer copyrighted, so they’re in the public domain. Here are a few pictures I ran across while gathering information for a blogger: […]
