Noelle Marchand is a fellow Love Inspired author. She's an amazing woman who has accomplished a lot for someone her age. She's a shining example of setting goals and following them. Her love of literature began as a child when she would spend hours reading beneath the...
May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 NIV In January 2009 my hubby went to work like every other day. Then he came home early with news that due to...
I met Jessica R. Patch online through her hilarious, yet spiritually moving blog, What Are You Doing Here. She's one whom I can't wait to meet in person. Her posts make me LOL and nearly bring me to tears. And I always leave with some nugget of wisdom. Jessica R....
I met Matthew Sheehy through My Book Therapy. He's one of the nicest (and funniest) guys I know. We work together on the Voices e-zine where he writes A Manly Mindset--a column for female writers from a man's point of view. When I started blogging about romance and...
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by the yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 NIV The United States will celebrate Independence Day on Wednesday. To those of us who live in the States, it's a day...
Sometimes you meet a certain person who ends up changing your life for the better. Reba J. Hoffman is such a person. I met Reba through My Book Therapy--during the chats, at first, then in person at the premiere My Book Therapy Storycrafters Retreat. It was like we...
As I write this, my close writing friend Beth K. Vogt has evacuated her Colorado Springs home due to the horrific fires raging in her area. In her blog post on Monday, she mentioned they packed a few treasures like photos they can never replace, her daughter's wedding...
I'm so excited to have Michelle Lim, my brilliant critique partner, as my guest blogger today. Michelle started writing as a journalist for a college newspaper. She was a category finalist in the Phoenix Rattle in 2012, a Genesis semi-finalist in 2011 and a bronze...
Please "Like" Lakeside Family on Amazon & "Like" my Author Page on Facebook. Several months ago, I received a packet in the mail containing my license renewal application for my day job. I set it aside because I was in the middle of final edits for Lakeside...
My group of friends--we call ourselves the Coffee Girls--try to get together at least once a month. Two of them live 90 minutes from the other three. When we get together, we laugh, craft, eat chocolate, shop, chill out--not always in that order, but laughter remains...
