Heading to the Christy Awards!
Right now I'm getting ready to go to St. Louis for the 14th annual Christy Awards. Something I never thought I'd say. Especially with this first book, Be Still My Soul. I have shoes and a dress and a husband who's coming with me and the utter excitement of seeing a...
A Question and a Giveaway! (vlog)
Hi everyone! If you read last weeks blog post you may remember that I have a little time on my hands lately and there's nothing like an author with time on her hands in possession of a web cam 😀 This week I've put together a little video to ask you all a particular...
A Quiet Time
I don't know what to write. I take that back. I know exactly what I want to write, I'm just not sure how to begin. m There's a basic law of the universe: writers typically write. Except for this one. At least lately. 😉 It's been a while since I actually sat down...
The Growing Season
There's a one-year-old wearing a t-shirt and cloth diaper who's in my garden, poking green bean seeds exactly where they go. There's a four-year-old in a sun dress dumping lettuce seeds exactly where they don't. And it's twice as hard, maybe three times as hard,...
My Hope is Found…has a cover!
My editor sent the cover over just a few days ago and I confess, I might have melted 🙂 Oh...a surreal moment it was! I am overjoyed to share with you that coming this fall, is the third book in the Cadence of Grace series, MY HOPE IS FOUND. The cover designer has...
The Trust Chronicles: Cassie Allan
 **update** Congratulations to the winners of the Trust Chronicels! Molly's Prize from Love In the Balance: Wendy Lawton Cassie's Prize from Though My Heart is Torn: Jenny ("nightowlreading" e-mail) Bonnie's Prize from Among the Pines: Martha Sturm Laurie's...
Coconut ~ Brown Sugar Banana Bread
My family is really big on banana bread, probably because my husband and kids are not fans of ripe bananas 🙂 I've made a lot of these breads over the years, experimenting with different combinations and this recipe is one of our favorites! Typically in the past, I've...
a Wedded to War inspired Giveaway!
It is my absolute pleasure to get to share with you about my good friend, Jocelyn Green and her FANTASTIC Civil War series, Heroines Behind the Lines. I recently read the first book in her series, Wedded to War and absolutely loved it. Â Rarely am I swept away in a...
A Delightful Surprise ~ The Christy Awards
Last week was quite a week! Last Monday I turned in a huge round of revisions that I honestly didn't think I would survive--and Sunday got dubbed "the day of the nervous breakdown"...but with God's grace and help, it all came together! And then just a few days later,...
of Edits and Oopsies (plus an announcement!)
Last night, I turned in my edits! Wahoo! It took me about 6 weeks to rewrite the third book in the Cadence of Grace series, but boy oh boy...being on the other side of all that hard work, makes me so excited and thankful for what the story has become. I could have...
Folk Music Spotlight ~ The Lumineers
As one of my absolute favorites, this song by The Lumineers has been in my writing mix for a long time. Just last week a good friend messaged me with the video saying how much it reminded her of Lonnie and Gideon... *smile* ...and wondered if I heard it. She said it...
Though My Heart is Torn ~ Release Day!
Gideon O'Riley has two wives--but he doesn't know it. ("read it with a box of Kleenex" they say) 🙂 As I sat down to write this post, I got a little worried that I didn't have anything fancy planned or super clever to say. I just have a book that I pray will bless...
New Release
