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January 7, 2015
Oklahoma Land Runs & Book Giveaway
Bestselling author Vickie McDonough is launching a new Historical Fiction series ~ Land Rush Dreams! And we get to celebrate with her! Vickie is our Guest Author today and will be giving away a copy of Gabriel’s Atonement, Book 1 in her new series featuring the Oklahoma land runs. Romantic Times Magazine gave Gabriel’s Atonement […]
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January 2, 2015
Book Giveaway
Here we are at the starting line of another New Year. A great time for me to thank you for joining me on my writing journey. And to better express my thanks to the best reader-friends ever (that’s you!), I am ushering 2015 in with a 10 Book Giveaway. THIS PACKAGE OF TEN BOOKS IS UP […]
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December 17, 2014
Writers, Agents and Editors–Oh My!
I’m wearing another hat these days. I am the coordinator for the 2015 Mount Hermon Christian Writers’ Conference. Rachel Williams is still the director, but following the passing of her beloved Roger, Rachel has taken a leave of absence from her job at Mount Hermon. I count it an honor to step in and carry […]
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December 13, 2014
A Cup of Christmas Cheer Giveaway
Bedecked trees are up and carols spread Christmas joy, ribbons encircle packages and festive cards line the mantle, the sweet scent of wassail and frosted sugar cookies sit beside your reading chair. Now all you need is a copy of A Cup of Christmas Cheer Volume 3, so you can savor my first Christmas novella, […]
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December 10, 2014
Mary, Mother of Jesus
MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS Have you heard the rumors, questions, speculation? All came to my ears, To my heart . . . unbidden. But the speakers did not hear my story. Did not know His story. And yet He grows inside me. A flutter. A Savior. Jesus. My Prince of Peace amidst rumors, questions, speculation. […]
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December 3, 2014
A Love Affair With Lighthouses
Meet Jody Hedlund, the bestselling author of seven novels, including Captured By Love, Rebellious Heart, and A Noble Groom, winner of the 2014 Carol Award and Inspy Award. Jody received a bachelor’s from Taylor University and a master’s from University of Wisconsin, both in social work. Currently she makes her home in Midland, Michigan, with […]
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November 30, 2014
A Thailand Twist on Thanksgiving
Sometimes I am too American. I see it in my rushed greetings, in my self-centered ways of thinking, in my comfort-oriented sensibilities, and in the way I give thanks. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thankful for my heritage as a citizen of the United States of America. July 4th finds me staring up at the […]
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November 12, 2014
A Woman Surprised by God
ELIZABETH A Woman Blessed by God’s Surprising Ways I thought I knew God. Then He surprised me. Me, well along in years, ripe with child? A son. When Mary stood before me bright as afternoon sunshine, I knew God’s gift of surprise had touched her life, too. Each of us carrying sons. Mine, the […]
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November 5, 2014
A Chat with Author Lisa Wingate
Grab a steaming cup of tea or coffee. Today we’re talking with bestselling fiction author Lisa Wingate about the Carolinas, Melungeons, career beginnings, childhood wounds, self-identity, the power of story, New York publishing houses, and more. In addition, Lisa is giving away a signed copy of The Story Keeper! Lisa Wingate’s stories deliver something rich […]
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October 20, 2014
A Christmas Story, Available Today!
I think it was in 1990, that I stood in my great aunt’s farm kitchen in Gardnerville, Nevada. Ellen Gansberg loved to cook and she was an avid reader. I’d been writing for publication for a couple of years, and I’d sold several devotionals and short articles to various publications. Of course, Aunt Ellen was […]
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