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Fiction Friday: Starving Hearts

Do you love the Regency period? Love a good romance set during that historical time? If you love Jane Austen, Sarah Ladd, and Julie Klassen, then here is a new author for you to try. In Starving Hearts, Janine Medenhall creates a richly layered time piece that has so many conflicts keeping the hero and heroine […]

Collision of Logic & Imagination

I want to suck the very marrow from this life I've been placed here to live. I want to know I've walked in the destiny of a story that God alone could write. And if that leaves me shaking in my boots, it means I may have actually found my story.

I want to live beyond a logic-driven, left-brain existence, and dive into the land of what-ifs where God resides.

Fiction Friday: smorgasbord & giveaway

It’s Fiction Friday and today I wanted to introduce you to three books by my friends — who if you haven’t already discovered their books — consider this your personal invitation. These ladies can write! Each book is also slightly different in genre, so at least one of these should interest just about any reader. And […]

10 More Tips from Readers to Writers

Last week I shared 11 tips from readers on what they love to see in novels. Here are more tips to help you write compelling fiction. Readers tell what they want to see in #novels at @cara_putman blog. #amreadingClick To Tweet Research Matters! (More so for historicals) Probably the #1 thing for me is accuracy. […]

ACFW 2016 Photo Fun

This week is ACFW’s national conference in Nashville. I arrived Tuesday for board meetings Wednesday, and then the fun started. So today I wanted to share some photos with you of before the conference began. As an avid reader, it’s easy to go all fan girl with my writing buds. They are sooooo talented. There […]

Fiction Friday: Suspense from Lynette Eason & Lisa Harris

This week I wanted to tell you about two romantic suspense novels I thoroughly enjoyed this month. I enjoyed them so much, I’m going to give one away to a reader — be sure to read to the end to enter. Love #suspense? Love #giveaways? Enter @cara_putman of @lynetteeason or @heartofafrica #amreadingClick To Tweet Intensity. […]

11 Reader Tips for Writers

For new writers it can be tricky to know what to focus on. In a see of rules and guidelines, what are the most important elements to perfect first? This week I’m teaching a continuing education session at ACFW, so I asked readers what they would tell new writers if they had the chance. This […]

Fiction Friday: When Death Draws Near

I love a good suspense. If it has interesting characters, a great career, and a plot that keeps me reading, I’m hooked! That’s exactly what happened with When Death Draws Near. I thoroughly enjoyed the first two books in the Gwen Marcey series, and this one takes it one step further. Her personal life continues to […]

Fiction Friday: The River of Time Series

You might mistakenly believe that our trip to Italy was all about seeing new to us places and exploring a country rich in culture and history. All true, but really it was about this young lady and God smiling on her. My daughter’s favorite book series is Lisa Bergren’s River of Time time travel series. […]

Writing in Community

You may have noticed that I’m all about community. Community with you. Community with each other. Life can be pretty dull without other people. As I’ve seen the posts from my friends who had a brainstorming retreat a couple weekends ago, I had to smile. They were living in the community they created years ago, and […]