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It's Release Day! Mr. Portly Finds His Purpose

“Come on, Mr. Portly,” the Lady said. “You can do it!”

“Can I?” he thought glumly. “Aren’t Pugs Useless, after all?”



Many of you have been waiting for this day for some time! Thanks for being patient with me and for cheering me on as I navigated the tricky (for me!) waters of children's book formatting. What a true delight it is to present to you this new title today!






When Miss

When Thanksgiving Becomes Thanksliving

It's the month of thankfulness in the United States. Driving today, I saw signs on everything from churches to businesses proclaiming, "Give thanks!"

And I should. I have so much.

I think of Christians in China, severely beaten for owning a non-state-regulated copy of the Scriptures, and my heart sinks to know how paltry is my own gratefulness for having not one but several copies of God's

First Friday: November 2015

What a month of activity October was! :-) From helping my dear sister and her family move halfway across the country to finishing up the launch of All Our Empty Places, October fairly bulged with hustle-and-bustle. But here I am, in one piece :-) -- and looking forward to what this new month holds.


What am I looking forward to in November? 

What am I doing now?







THE SENSES
Scents: The

Guest Cover Reveal Tour: Faith Blum's Lily of the Valley

Today we have a blog post with a cover reveal. But, there’s
a catch. The author, Faith Blum,
has split her cover into 15 different pieces! In order to enter her giveaway,
you need to put it together and email her your cover. Or, if you don’t want to
enter the giveaway, but you’d still like to see the cover, stop by her blog on
Thursday. I haven't yet had the chance to read Faith Blum's work,

Release Tour Wrap-Up & Cozy Autumn Reading Giveaway Winner

Thanks to everyone who followed the Release Tour for All Our Empty Places! I hope that you each enjoyed it and that you might have found some new reading/reviewing/writing blogs that interest you through it! :-)


And now, for the COZY AUTUMN READING GIVEAWAY WINNER...



*** Drum-roll, please. ***


Our winner is:

Sarah Sue!



Sarah, you'll receive an e-mail shortly, asking for your mailing

RELEASE TOUR: Day 5 - Last Day to Enter the Cozy Autumn Reading Giveaway!

Happy Friday! :-) I hope that you've been enjoying this Release Tour week for All Our Empty Places as much as I have. If you haven't yet entered the Cozy Autumn Reading Giveaway - or if you'd like to collect the once-a-day entries for today - you may do that by clicking HERE or by going to any one of the excellent blogs who are kindly hosting Book Two of the A Time of Grace trilogy today (all

RELEASE WEEK: Days 3 & 4

Days 3 & 4 of Release Week for All Our Empty Places, Book Two in the A Time of Grace trilogy!





Our stop WEDNESDAY is at:


Seasons of Humility (clickable link).

Our stops THURSDAY are at:

Writings, Ramblings, and Reflections (clickable link)

Christian Author A.M. Heath (clickable link)

I personally follow and enjoy each of these blogs - both for their excellent content and also for their

Release Day: All Our Empty Places ~ A Time of Grace, Book 2

Rejoicing in the Lord! :-)



It's Release Day for All Our Empty Places, Book Two in A Time of Grace!







You can now find All Our Empty Places on Amazon in both softcover and Kindle.



Kindle: http://amzn.com/B014JVJYCK

Amazon is still playing catch-up with displaying the softcover (though they should have it up very shortly), but if you would really like to order the softcover today, it's

Hurray! It's Release Week for ALL OUR EMPTY PLACES {& We're Having a Cozy Autumn Reading Giveaway}!

I am so delightedly-delighted :-) to announce that, by God's grace, it's RELEASE WEEK for All Our Empty Places, Book Two in the A Time of Grace trilogy. May the Lord Jesus see fit to make His Name more beloved and honored through this novel.






While the book doesn't officially release until tomorrow, Tuesday, September 29, 2015, we're going to start today, Monday, September 28, kicking

The Intended Audience for All Our Empty Places / A Time of Grace Trilogy

Just popping in here to answer a couple of questions that have come my way, pre-release!



Who is the intended audience for All Our Empty Places?



All Our Empty Places (actually, the whole trilogy) is intended to be women's fiction. Now, having 

said that, I know that there are men who do read the A Time of Grace books (and I'm glad for it!). The themes in the books are often universal for