Today, I’m going to post something a bit different. From time to time you’ll read me thinking about my parents and what they did right. Often, if I ask them point blank for parenting advice, they kind of shrug and move the conversation on. This weekend my mom sent me an article that will run in the North Plate Grapevine, …
Writing Even When…
I teach at Purdue today…awesome, but pray for me if you can. I’ve had a nasty cough and scratchy voice which always makes teaching more …um… fun. Cross-posted at Writer Interrupted… It’s one of those early fall nights. I’m sure you’ve had them, too. You’ve run all over creation during the day. All you want to do is crawl into …
Review: The Restorer’s Son
While I was at the ACFW conference, I haunted the bookstore, cautiously hopeful that Sharon Hinck’s latest release would show up. After extra diligence on her part chasing down the book from the bowels of the hotel’s backrooms, it appeared. And I promptly snapped up one of the few remaining copies. I have been waiting to read The Restorer’s Son …
November New Releases and News
Here is the November 2007 line-up of new Christian fiction releases! Time to add a few books to your Christmas wish list or find a great gift for a loved one. Also this month, Jill Eileen Smith has a new Spotlight interview with award-winning author Nancy Moser author of the newly released Just Jane. Be sure to stop by and …
New Interview with me up
My friend Crystal Miller has a fun interview up with me. She interviews lots of authors with fun questions about their childhoods. To read the interview and enter a drawing for the book, go here.
Interview with Denise Hunter
My friend and fellow Indianan Denise Hunter has a new book that released a couple weeks ago. Surrender Bay is her first book with Thomas Nelson, and you should hear the buzz. I just bought the book yesterday and can’t wait to get started reading it. Here’s some of the feedback: “I’ve always thought Denise Hunter was an amazing writer …
Want to learn more about me?
Who doesn’t, right 🙂 My sister has a great new blog called Cornhusker Academy. Today she’s interviewing me. And we’re giving away another copy of my book, so be sure to hop over and leave a comment. And check out her other posts. She’s got some great reviews posted.
Update on the Fall Reading Challenge
So I’ve been working on my list. Here’s the update 🙂 Mosaic by Amy Grant: Finished. Great book! Bygones by Kim Sawyer Vogel. Fantastic book! Once I picked it up I couldn’t put it down. Also read the sequel Beginnings— both in about 48 hours total. I honestly didn’t think I’d enjoy books that deal with the contrast between Mennonite …
Winners of Mosaic
The winners of Mosaic are: SusieJennifer AlLeeAndrea Please leave a comment with a way to reach you to this post. I’ll redraw on Monday if necessary. Congratulations to the winners.
Tag: 10, 20, 30 years ago
My friend Crystal Miller tagged me with this question: Quick: What were you doing ten, twenty and thirty years ago? Ten Years ago: It was 1997. I was 23 and had just started my first semester of law school at George Mason Law School. I’d been married almost two years and lived in an apartment in Alexandria, Virginia with my …