Are you ready for a summer reading giveaway?! I’ve come togethere with many of my writing friends to create a massive giveaway. Win 20 books for your summer TBR OR a $130 Amazon gift card! Love Christian fiction? Then be sure to enter this #giveaway hosted by @cara_putman. Click To Tweet Be sure to use the form below to enter. …
Midnight’s Budding Morrow Review & Giveaway
My Review: In Midnight’s Budding Morrow, the author creates a marriage of convenience story that is rich and real in it’s conflict. The hero and heroine are both insecure in their positions in life, and allow those insecurities to color their interactions with each other and those around them. The heroine also struggles with depression after loss, and they have …
Shadows in the Mind’s Eye Review & Interview
There are books that come along, that don’t fit neatly in a genre yet compel the reader to wade through the pages. The writing is beautiful. The Characters broken and real. And the hope laced across the pages. Shadows in the Mind’s Eye is one of those books. In this debut novel, the author has dug deep into what it’s …
Storyfest: The event for Christian Fiction Fans
Registration is open for what will surely be one of the biggest reader retreats for fans of Christian fiction this year. Over 35 authors have already signed up to participate in the event. Big names like: Denise Hunter Colleen Coble Lynette Eason Author Jody Hedlund Rachel Hauck Deborah Raney Melissa Tagg Pepper D. Basham Angela Hunt And awesome author friends …
Christmas Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt
It’s Christmas time and that means I’m participating in various Christmas themed giveaways with many of my writing friends. I posted several of those giveaways here. Be sure to pop over before they end! Today I want to welcome you to The Christian Fiction Christmas Scavenger Hunt that runs from today until December 12th. It’s a Christmas Christian Fiction Round-Robin! …
What does an endorsement mean?
This week, Lynn H. Blackburn joined me on Book Talk, and one of the things we discussed was endorsements. We’ve endorsed books by each other (I endorsed her Unknown Threat because I’d read and loved her Dive Team Investigations books, and she endorsed Lethal Intent.). While we were talking about why we endorse, I thought you might find it interesting, …
Learning Characterization from Movies
One of the classes I developed at Krannert was Persuasion & Communications. One lens I use as I teach these Masters of Marketing students is the Story Wars by Jonah Sachs. He uses the mythological construct of the Hero’s Journey for marketing purposes. You can watch a short video on it here: Then I transition to talking about how great …
6 Weeks until Lethal Intent
One nerve-wracking thing I get to do as an author is ask other authors (ones who’s books I read and love) to read my book babies for possible endorsement. It makes me nervous and keeps me humble! It was such a thrill when Lynn Blackburn squeezed in the time to read Lethal Intent. I LOVE her books. Really I can’t …
My Summer Reading Gift to You
I love WWII history. That’s why nine of my books are set during that time period. This weekend A Promise Forged is free on Kindle. And if you have Kindle Unlimited, I have placed all three Buckeye Promises on there for your reading pleasure. Here’s more about each. A Promise Forged: Kat Miller has dreamed of playing baseball her entire …