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January 24, 2016
When Writing Takes you into the Deep Waters
As many of you know, I’m in the process of writing my second Viking historical novel, Forest Child. As a select few of you also know, I have deliberately tried to back-burner it for several months (years?), simply because I knew my main character’s real life story (Freydis Eiriksdottir) and I knew it was going […]
December 30, 2015
Fave Book Finds of 2015 and my To-Read for 2016
I love seeing these “best books of 2015” lists and I was so thrilled that both Miranda Warning and Trial by Twelve made it onto Beckie Burnham’s list here on her By the Book review blog. I wanted to share a few of my 2015 top picks with you. Let me know if you’ve read Continue reading
December 19, 2015
Merry Christmas! Celebrating with a Giveaway and a New Audiobook!
Nothing beats the excitement of baby’s first Christmas. Or in this case, new kitten. New kitten who is totally enamored with our live tree. This Christmas season, I wanted to give back to you readers who have done so much this year to spread the word on my novels. I wish I could say a Continue reading
November 13, 2015
Reblog: Viking Women: Not as Different as You Might Think
Today I just wanted to link you up with an older post I did for Medievalists.net, two years ago when God’s Daughter released. Find that post here. It’s a reminder of why I set about writing the Vikings of the New World Saga. Because misconceptions about Vikings abound (they were dirty, they were nothing but Continue reading
November 2, 2015
Fatal 5 is LIVE! And Trial by Twelve is 99 Cents!
First things first–the winners of softcovers of A Cup of Dust by Susie Finkbeiner were: Terrill Rosado and Rachael Merritt! Terrill and Rachael, we will be contacting you via email! Today Fatal 5 goes live! Fatal 5 is a mystery/suspense Kindle boxed set of 5 full-length novels by bestselling Christian authors Christy Barritt, Karin Kaufman, Continue reading
October 25, 2015
Interview and Giveaway with Susie Finkbeiner, Author of A Cup of Dust
You all know I love nothing more than bringing amazing authors to your attention, and Susie Finkbeiner has written this amazing novel I must tell everyone about. You know those kinds of books–those ones that move you to tears, touch those hidden places in your heart, and don’t let you forget them. Books that add Continue reading
October 18, 2015
Author Envy
I was just reading Unglued by Lysa TerKeurst and she mentioned a Yale University study that showed that social-comparison jealousy requires three conditions: a person receives negative personal feedback in a domain of life that is important to them, and they believe another person is performing successfully in that same domain (taken from Unglued by Continue reading
October 13, 2015
A Press Release and Some News I’ve Wanted to Share
So, most of you all know about my author journey. Some of you have been following me since all the way back to my Book in a Month Mom blog years. You know I have had several agents, I’ve submitted three novels to Christian publishers, and I’ve finally chosen to go indie with my books. Continue reading
October 9, 2015
Fatal 5: A 99-cent Mystery/Suspense Boxed Set by Today’s Bestselling Christian Authors!
For a few months now, I’ve been totally excited about this project and I wanted to let you know about it today! I’m so pleased to have Miranda Warning be part of Fatal 5, a five-novel mystery/suspense boxed set for Kindle. I’m telling you, folks, this set is a STEAL at 99 cents! It’s five Continue reading
October 3, 2015
Celebrating Leif Eiriksson Day with a Sale!
It’s almost that time of year again~Leif Eiriksson Day! It’s Friday, October 9th. Click on this link to read more info about Leif, if you didn’t “meet” him in God’s Daughter yet. Yes, Leif will return in Forest Child. And for good measure, because we know Gudrid, Freydis, and other women came to North America too, Continue reading
