I love to introduce y’all to my writer friends. Today Nicole Quigley has stopped by with a fun story about faith and family. Her debut Young Adult Novel Like Moonlight at Low Tide is a finalist in the ACFW Carol Award and is getting rave reviews. Without further ado, here’s Nicole! Cara is a great storyteller, and so I thought …
On Distant Shores Review
Sarah Sundin is masterful at capturing the special WWII era. That’s one reason I’m so excited to be writing a WWII Novella collection with her — stay tuned! On Distant Shores is the latest foray into that generation…and with another flight nurse. Her depictions of flight nurses has convinced my daughter that is the career for her. And in this …
Mackinac Island is the Perfect Setting
Mackinac Island. It’s a magical place that allows you to step back in time from the moment you first step off the ferry. 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 the tip of Michigan’s mitten. I knew is …
Icing on the Cake Review
The Icing on the Cake is the latest book from comedic romance author extraordinaire Janice Thompson. Scarlet just wants to chase her dream and maybe find love for herself as she creates beautiful cakes for brides around Galveston. Join her on a journey that is filled with humor, love and a great cast of side-kicks. Along the way she learns …
Word of the Year: Restoration
In the past, I’ve asked God for a word for the year. One year it was believe. This was the year of my first miscarriage. Things were moving forward in writing with contracts. But I couldn’t reconcile my faith with what had happened and was scared to ask for more in any area of my life. Another year it was …
Mourning turned into Dancing
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 …