Cara C. Putman's Blog, page 54

Making the Most of Book Fairs

A couple weeks ago I shared some photos from SOKY, a book festival in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It’s an opportunity for readers to meet authors and discover new books. It’s also a great chance for writers to have fun together. Today, I thought I’d share a few tips for how to make the most of a book fair experience. 1) ... Read More

Fiction Friday & Thank You!

It's Friday and that means I want to tell you about a book I've recently inhaled. But first a sidenote: how on earth is it already the 19th of May! I may be hyperventilating over here!

Okay. Deep breath. Back to Fiction Friday.

This week, that's Fatal Mistake, a romantic suspense that released a couple books ago and was written by my friend Susan Sleeman. I'm very excited that as I'm telling you about Fatal Mistake (May 19), it's on ebook sale for $4.99.

What a Mama Duck Reminded me of

The other day the kids and I were driving along and saw the above sight. It was absolutely priceless and felt like we had stepped into the book Make Way for Ducklings. When we first arrived the mother was in the road at the side with her 12 or 13 ducklings next to her. Cars slowed for her, but went ... Read More

It’s a Summer Bookclub

Last week I finished listening to Wild & Free by Jess Connolly and Hayley Morgan. It's a book I want to dive deeper into and when I mentioned that on Facebook many of you wanted to dive deeper, too. So here we go. It's been a few years since we've done a study together. If you've never done with me, these are really low key. We'll read a chapter or two a week depending on the length of those particular chapters. Then I'll write a post designed to get us thinking and talking about what was covered.

Fiction Friday: a look at my TBR pile + Giveaway

It's Fiction Friday and I've been laboring under deadlines. A very good thing when you're an author. But it means I haven't read quite as much as I usually do. So I thought we'd have some fun today. Above is a photo of most of the book in my TBR pile. Since I will soon be past deadline on both books I'm working on, which book would you read first? Why?

Summer Bookclub?

So I have a question. Anyone interested in doing a book study with me this summer? Either Wild & Free or Galatians? If you are leave a comment below and I'll start organizing the details. And if you like audio books like I do, you can buy the ebook for $1.99 (as of 5/4), and add the WhisperSync for about $4.

Lost Chapters of Beyond Justice

It has been so fun to read reader’s reactions to the characters and story in Beyond Justice. It’s also been wild to watch my kids enjoy the audio version…It’s a little scary to wait for your sixteen-year-old’s reaction to the words you slaved over. It’s also a little unnerving to begin to see what friends and readers think of the book. Some ... Read More

SOKY and Audiobook Giveaway

So this weekend I had the pleasure of being in Bowling Green, Kentucky, for SOKY, a book festival. It was a great weekend on so many levels. My oldest traveled with me since she needed to be in Bloomington, Indiana, the day after the book festival. What did she want to do on the car ride? Listen to Beyond Justice ... Read More

Fiction Friday: When Tides Turn & Giveaway

Today it’s my pleasure to bring you the final installment in my friend Sarah Sundin’s Waves of Freedom series. When Tides Turn is a story I’ve been waiting to read, in part because I wasn’t sure how Tess would work as a heroine. Oh my gosh! She was perfection. I’d spent two books seeing her grow externally, but this book ... Read More

What’s it like to write collaboratively

Tricia Goyer and I are co-authors in a new Guidepost cozy mystery series. We’re both head down writing our first book in the series, and it’s a fun time of exploration. When you write on a Guidepost series, it’s a little different from writing a book for yourself. I thought today I’d take you behind the scenes and show you ... Read More