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How do you “consume” books?

Recently, I posted a question in a Facebook Group as well as on my Facebook Page. I thought it would be fun to get your answers too. The question:How do you like to consume the books you read? Print? Audiobook? eBook reader? By far, most of my reading is done via audiobooks (at least 90%),…

The Beauty of Forgiveness

My first book for the Christian market (my 31st published book) was The Forgiving Hour (1999). The lessons I’d learned about forgiveness—mostly the hard way—were poured into my characters in that story. I consider that novel, perhaps more than any other I’ve written, to be proof of Romans 8:28. And we know that God causes…

The Law of Attraction

I love to share about writer friends’ books, and my friend Nancy Naigle has offered to give away a copy of her brand new release, The Law of Attraction, to one of my blog readers. It’s easy to enter. Just join (or confirm that you already subscribe to) my newsletter. Here’s a little about the…

National Idaho Day

Update: A winner’s name has been drawn and an email sent to the address. Earlier this year, Karen Witemeyer blogged elsewhere about National Texas Day. She thought, since all her books are set in Texas, that it would make a great post. And it did. I loved reading her list of fun facts. So I…

Fear, Get Out of My Way!

About five and a half years ago, I was invited to write a novel for Guideposts’ new (at that time) Ordinary Women of the Bible series. To be frank, I almost declined. The idea of writing biblical fiction terrified me. And here’s why. If I mess up something in one of my western historical novels…

On a High Note

On Friday, March 22, I flew into San Jose to teach and speak at the Vision Christian Writers Conference held in Mt. Hermon (an amazing Christian campground in the Santa Clara Mountains). I confess, I was nervous. In addition to giving a keynote address on the evening of Palm Sunday, I was asked to teach…

Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #4

Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! * The hunt BEGINS on 3/14 at noon MST with Stop #1…

The Scavenger Hunt is coming

Do you look forward to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunts? I do. Although I don’t enter to win any of the prizes (being one of the participating authors), I do love to read all of the original content that the authors create just for the hunt. The Spring Scavenger Hunt begins on this coming Thursday…

Book Club Reads

Do you belong to a book club? I’ve found that a book club expands my reading a lot simply because I’m not always reading my own choice. I’m not always reaching for my favorite genres or authors. Years ago (circa 2007-2008) I participated in a book club. I don’t remember for how long the club…

A Day of Significance

Today is a special day on my calendar. Not because it is Valentine’s Day ❤️ which many couples will celebrate with gifts or flowers or a nice dinner. That is all very wonderful, and I believe in expressions of love. They are important. But Valentine’s Days come and go. The flowers die. The meals are…