Jesus, Thank You for coming to earth. For spending nine months in your mother’s womb. For suffering the indignities of being a human. For living without sin so You could be the perfect sacrifice for my sins. Thank You for choosing to die on the cross and becoming the sacrifice for all. Thank You for caring about me. For caring …
A Holiday Called Holiday, by Terri Blackstock
It’s Christmas Eve 2009, and as I work in the kitchen, I’ve had the TV on. I can’t help being amused and a little irritated at the efforts by the media to keep from saying the word “Christmas.” A few days ago I heard a morning talk show host talking about “the spirit of the Holiday,” and I thought, what …
My books through a 9 year olds eyes
Eric and the kids have been reading A Promise Born — a chapter or so a night. That’s not enough for our nine year-old, so she’s been reading it on her own at night. And letting me know exactly what she thinks! The other day she let Eric and me know that she’d read the end and knew how it …
Happy Birthday, Grandpa!
Today is my Grandpa’s 90th birthday. Can you imagine all that he has seen during his lifetime? We’re celebrating with a big party. And I want to celebrate here, by giving away one copy of Canteen Dreams for every ten comments left. While Canteen Dreams is my first novel, it is based loosely on my Grandpa and his experiences during …
Author Holiday Home Tour
Some of my amazing writer friends put together a tour of their homes — all decked out for the holidays. I didn’t get organized enough this year to join. Something to do with deadlines 🙂 But if you’d like to check out where your favorite authors live and work then start the tour with Angela Hunt’s site and follow along. …
Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange
Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange A couple people have asked for it, so here it is…One of my favorite cookie recipes: Hazelnut Crinkles (makes about 4 dozen) 3/4 c. sugar3/4 c. hazelnut spread (Nutella)1/2 c. butter or margarine (softened)1/2 t. vanilla1 egg1 34 c. flour1 t. baking soda1/4 t. salt3 T. course white sugar crystals or regular sugar 1. heat oven …
Two Suspense Reviews
In Under the Cajun Moon, the author has done it again. She drops the reader into a fresh locale — New Orleans — and completely had me there. And it had a different feel to other books I’ve read set in that locale. Chloe Ledet is called home to New Orleans after her father is shot in a remote bayou …
Power of Prayer
This week I’ve been thinking a lot about the people who have prayed for me at strategic times in this writing journey. A couple stand out: Brandilyn Collins praying for me at the commissioning service at my very first ACFW conference in Nashville in 2005. Wow! The words she prayed still encourage and challenge me — and it probably didn’t …
Interview with Jenny B. Jones
Jenny is a delight and a gal that I seriously wish lived around the corner rather than across the country. I LOVED her women’s fiction title Just Between You and Me, and she’s agreed to stop by to answer some questions. And be sure to read to the end for a very gracious offer from Jenny!Jenny, anyone who has read …
A Couple Reviews
I’ve recently read a few great books. Here are two (and for the FTC: the first one I bought and the second I received from the author as a thanks for helping with some legal aspect of the novel — one I can’t even remember helping with!). Both of these are wonderful books…and very worth your reading time — though …