Last month I participated in NANOWRIMO, a race to write 50K words in the month of November. It gave me the competitive drive to write 44,000 while also macro and line-editing a novella that will release next year. But the result of writing that fast was a sequence of chapters and scenes that might — or might not — actually …
Book Talk: Carmen Schober Listen to the episode with author Carmen Schober here. Y’all, I had so much fun talking with my friend Carmen Schober. We met at the ACFW conference in September, and it was so much fun to have her on Book Talk! We talked about her first book, After She Falls, which just reached its first birthday. …
Every year I get the privilege of posting on Thanksgiving. This year I’m on an incredibly tight deadline…and I’m actually quite grateful for that, because last year at this time, I thought my writing career might be over. That was actually a gift because it allowed me (aka required me) to make sure I was actually okay with writing being …
I’m so grateful for you and the way you are a part of my writing journey. Thank you! To show my appreciation, I’m doing something I’ve never done before. All of my novels and novellas that I have the rights to are on ebook sale for $2.99 or less through December 15th. This is one way I can thank you …
Book Talk: Romantic Suspense Listen to the episode with author Kelly Underwood here. Can you believe this is episode 71? I never thought I’d have one episode, yet here we are. So very fun! And this time I’m joined by my friend and debut author Kelly Underwood. It was a delight to welcome Kelly Underwood. We celebrated the release of …
Readers often ask me how they can help their favorite authors. I love to get that question because it is so very easy to help your favorite authors.
Grandma was a constant in my life. She lived on the family farm until about four years ago and then she moved into a duplex in town. You always knew she was up for a game and taught us new ones into the last year. In September, she was still beating us in multiple games, but Five Crowns was a …
I’m not a baseball fan, but sometimes life throws a curveball and you get to decide how to handle it. Last week, I was ready to write the next chapter in the book due December 1st, when and event happened locally that mirrored the plot. Almost exactly. Like too much. The next morning I texted my editor and then spent …
I loved Toni Shiloh’s new book To Win a Prince so much, I bought an extra copy to share with you. (I also just noticed it’s on ebook sale for $4.99 right now on Amazon.) All you need to do is use the form below to log your interest and enter. Here’s more about the book. “Shiloh has penned yet …
Yesterday I was starting to prepare for a keynote I’m giving to a Purdue Women’s Network lumch later this week. It had me thinking about women who mentored me. As part of that, I ran across this blog post I wrote 11 years ago. Friday, I’ll be thanking Mrs. McGahan publicly (though she won’t necessarily know it). She’s one of …