Six years ago, I experienced my first miscarriage. Sometime about now that baby would have been born. If you know anything about my story, you know that was a deep valley in my soul. I still cry when I think of that time and that loss. My arms still feel empty at times. And I’ll catch myself looking at our …
Doing the Work of Weeding
Our yard suffered with us spending last summer in Germany. Neighbors did an AMAZING job keeping the front yard alive during a drought, but the backyard became infested with weeds. Weeds like I’ve never seen. That means this summer, I’ve spent pockets of time outside yanking weeds out by as much root as I can. Monday night we had a …
What do we do when life changes…unexpectedly?
Thursday I started orientation at Purdue for the Weekend MBA program. Talk about a curveball or plot twist that I didn’t anticipate even five weeks ago. It’s a change that I started looking into toward the end of June, and by July 5th it was beginning to look like it might happen, but it wasn’t until we got back from …
Recipe for Romance Fun
In my Rainbow’s End novellas, Love’s Prize, I have the hero popping over to the heroine’s condo for many meals. The hero Colton Ryan, heroine Reagan Graham and her brother Scott spend the summer participating in a geo-caching competition. One thing Reagan doesn’t know about the hero is that Colton loves to cook. So he steals every opportunity he can to …
Behind the Scenes: A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island
I often start my books by thinking about a setting that I think readers will enjoy escaping to through the pages of a book. A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island was no exception. I didn’t grow up aware of Mackinac Island. I wasn’t even sure what I was getting into the first time we drove the ten hours from Lafayette, Indiana, to …
Transformationally Loving God
Some big changes are coming in my life. Good changes. God changes. But with change, there’s always a sense of seeking God. What does He have for me in this new season? How does He want to use me? How does He want me to grow and mature? One thing that is crystallizing in my heart and soul is that …
3 Tips for Creating Quirky Characters
I don’t know about you, but characters often make or break a story for me. As a writer, I try to remember what makes some characters and their stories more compelling for me than others. Here are a few tips I try to keep in mind as I write based on the characters that I love to read about again …
Rosemary Cottage Deserves it’s spot on the USAToday Bestseller’s List
Colleen Coble’s latest book Rosemary Cottage has launched out of the stores, landing her on the USAToday bestseller’s list for the first time! As someone who has read her books since the Rock Harbor series, I am thrilled to see her succeed. And this story is a fun one — one my daughter and I equally enjoyed. Set on Hope …
Why Mackinac Island?
Mackinac Island. It’s a magical place that allows you to step back in time from the moment you first step off the ferry. That’s what attracted me to the island as a visitor and then as an author looking for a new setting for a book. A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island is being sold as a package in Waterfront Weddings, …
Summer Getting Long Already?
Sometimes family togetherness can get a bit smothering…so what’s a family to do? I wish I had a bullet-proof plan. I don’t. But here are a few things I do…sometimes with more success than others. 1) Pray. God longs for our families to be places of peace. Which means our enemy wants the exact opposite. So be sure to pray …