Book Talk: Tricia Goyer and the Authors of the Big Sky Amish Collection Listen to the episode with Tricia Goyer, Christen Krumm, and Elly Gilbert This episode was such fun to record for several reasons. First, Tricia Goyer and I have been friends since I had two kids and she had three — I now have four and she has …
Book Talk: Tricia Goyer
Book Talk: Tricia Goyer Listen to Tricia’s episode here. Tricia Goyer has been a writing friend, mentor, and coauthor for years. We’ve taught writing together, written a novella collection and multiple cozy mysteries together, and lived life together in so many wonderful and hard ways. She is truly one of the reasons writing has been a wonderful add-on to my …
Giveaway: The Grumble Free Year by Tricia Goyer
When I was at ALA at the end of January, one of the delights was spending time with my friend and co-author Tricia Goyer. We have written together, and I count her as one of the gifts of my writing life. It was a wonderful surprise and treat when I realized that she was going to be at ALA. And then …
Books to Feed Your Soul & Giveaway
I read a ton of fiction. I inhale novels. By July, I’d read something like sixty according to the list I keep on Goodreads. Now I find myself in a season of inhaling non-fiction, feeding my soul in a different way. Today I thought it would be fun to share some of those with you, while also having a link at the end for a giveaway of Tricia Goyer’s Walk It Out.
What’s it like to write collaboratively
Tricia Goyer and I are co-authors in a new Guidepost cozy mystery series. We’re both head down writing our first book in the series, and it’s a fun time of exploration. When you write on a Guidepost series, it’s a little different from writing a book for yourself. I thought today I’d take you behind the scenes and show you …
Writing in Community
You may have noticed that I’m all about community. Community with you. Community with each other. Life can be pretty dull without other people. As I’ve seen the posts from my friends who had a brainstorming retreat a couple weekends ago, I had to smile. They were living in the community they created years ago, and we are all the beneficiaries …