by Joanne | Mar 1, 2017 | For Readers, Novellas
Flames lapped at the monk’s robes. He raced down the corridors that crackled with the collision of dampness and heat, dodging fire-lit debris. So this was to be the end, then. The night the stones of Ballyfir Monastery would tell their last tale… So begins the tale...
by Joanne | Feb 23, 2017 | Learning How to do This, My Journal
“I’m too sad to write.” I heard a friend say this just the other night at a small writer’s retreat we attended. Too sad to write. Yes. I know this. She was referring to her own heart-trial, and though the words weren’t spoken for me, it...
by Joanne | Dec 28, 2016 | News and Updates, Sons of Blackbird Mountain, Thomas Nelson
It’s an absolute joy to get to team up with Thomas Nelson and Harper Collins Christian Publishing for a brand new Appalachian Romance series! I’ve had the HONOR of signing with Harper Collins Christian Publishing for a new historical series – the...
by Joanne | Nov 23, 2016 | My Journal, The Cadence of Grace Series
For all of you who know me, you know that my historical romance heart goes pitter-patter at the thought of a love story woven in the midst of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This region has been a passion of mine for quite some time, but the only problem was, all my...
by Joanne | Oct 11, 2016 | Audio Books, To Get to You
Last year, I did the second craziest thing I’ve done as a writer – I wrote a contemporary novel. And a young adult one to boot! Throw in a story written exclusively from an 18-year-old skateboarder’s point of view and I had officially lost my mind. 😉...