This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing A Heart Most Worthy Bethany House (March 1, 2011) by Siri Mitchell ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Siri Mitchell graduated from the University of Washington with a business degree and worked in various levels of...

Photo credit: mancityI woke up this morning, listening to a radio sermon by Dr. David Jeremiah. He is doing a series called "When Your World Falls Apart." He concluded his sermon by reading a poem by Helen Steiner Rice called A Bend in the Road. Here's a copy of that...

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Hearts Aglow Bethany House (March 1, 2011) by Tracie Peterson ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tracie Peterson is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than 85 novels.She received her first book contract in...

Photo credit: redfloorAt the recent My Book Therapy Deep Thinkers retreat, we watched the movie, About a Boy. We dissected the movie to find the necessary elements for a solid story spine. In the movie, Hugh Grant's character narrates the beginning and says, "Every...

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing A Bond Never Broken Bethany House (March 1, 2011) by Judith Miller ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A Word from Judith:Most readers want to know how authors 'got started' writing. My first novel, Threads of Love, was...

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing When All My Dreams Come True Harvest House Publishers (February 1, 2011) by Janelle Mowery ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Beginning in 1998, Janelle Mowery coordinated and wrote for the Children’s Ministry of a...

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Operation Bonnet David C. Cook; New edition (February 1, 2011) by Kimberly Stuart ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Kimberly says:I am a writer of comedic fiction, and would like to suggest that you laugh regularly when...

I'm flying to Clearwater, FL tomorrow for the My Book Therapy Deep Thinkers retreat. I'm so excited because I'll be spending more than 5 days with my writing mentors--award-winning authors Susan May Warren and Rachel Hauck, many of my Ponderer friends, and new friends...

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Save The Date Thomas Nelson (February 1, 2011) by Jenny B. Jones ABOUT THE AUTHOR: I write Christian fiction with a few giggles, quite a bit of sass, and lots of crazy. My novels include the Katie Parker...

Photo creditWhen our oldest son was sixteen, he was hired to work as a lifeguard at a Boy Scout camp about 90 minutes from us. Hubby knew this route very well because he lifeguarded at the same camp when he was a teenager.One weekend, though, I had to take our son...