I'm thrilled and honored to have Margaret Daley, multi-published, award-winning author and president of ACFW, as my blog guest today. Show her some love!Margaret Daley, an award-winning author of seventy-five books, has been married for over forty years and...
Guest Post: Sandra Orchard–Marketing: It Doesn’t Have to be Painful
I'm excited to host my friend and fellow Love Inspired author, Sandra Orchard, on my blog today.Sandra Orchard lives in rural Ontario, Canada where inspiration abounds for her romantic suspense novels set in the fictional Niagara town she's created as their backdrop....
LitFUSE Blog Tour: Fairer Than Morning
Ann dreams of a marriage proposal from her poetic suitor, Eli-until Will Hanby shows her that nobility is more than fine words. On a small farm in 19th-century Ohio, young Ann Miller is pursued by the gallant Eli Bowen, son of a prominent family. Eli is the...
Do Christians Have to Like the Will of God?
SourceLast Monday I received a phone call from the cardiac ICU where my mother had been resided for three days prior. Mom's nurse called to say her doctor decided to take her back into surgery because Mom was not progressing toward recovery as well as he had expected....
Strangers Dressed as Angels
Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers,even though they are strangers to you. 1 John 1:5 NIVSaturday morning I took the elevator to the second floor and headed for bed #5 in the ICU. My mom had a complete overhaul on her heart....
What is Christian romance?
Christian romance--some people believe that to be an oxymoron because they equate romance with unbridled passion. Not necessarily.SourceChristian romance is one genre of the Christian fiction realm. Christian romances tell the story of a hero and heroine overcoming...
Writing by Heart
Credit: Michael Pohl**I'm blogging at WordServe Water Cooler today. Stop by and see what I have to say about Learning to Let Go.There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriterand open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley "Red" SmithLast...
Repost: What Makes You Smile?
A cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones.Proverbs 15:30 (NIV)One of the highlights of my day is logging into my instant message accounts and chatting with friends I've made all around the world. I have several friends in the...
Who is in your driver’s seat?
Credit: MexikidsSunday afternoon, I spent over an hour in the passenger's seat while teaching my son how to drive in the high school parking lot. He drove uphill, made left hand turns, learned to stop without giving his passenger whiplash, pulled into parking spaces...
Marketing Strategies for New Authors
Signing my first contract!Any editor or agent will tell you story is key in getting a writer's career started. Once a writer signs that contract, she is thrust into a world that sometimes leaves her wondering if she just slipped down Alice's rabbit hole. Or was that...