Today, I’m delighted to introduce you to the latest book Dusk’s Darkest Secret from my friend Caroline Miller. Y’all know I love historical romances sent in Regency England. This novel has a wallflower spinster stuck in small village who’s goal is to help an injured solider returning from the Napoleonic Wars. She also becomes entwined in several other events that …
I’m sitting here… a bit blank. So I’ve asked my 10 year old for a topic for today’s post. We’ll see how this goes. He’s not exactly cooperating. Ah, now he is. (BTW, isn’t his smolder the cutest?) The topic: TEETH. Really? Of all words he could choose? Teeth? So he has a really loose tooth. That probably led to …
Book Talk: Katherine Reay In this episode of Book Talk, I’m introducing you to my sweet, and fun, writing friend Katherine Reay. Katherine and I were part of the Grove, a group of my closest writing friends. We’ve also connected at multiple writers’ conferences, library or book fairs, and so much more. She writes the most amazing literary novels. We …
One of the classes I developed at Krannert was Persuasion & Communications. One lens I use as I teach these Masters of Marketing students is the Story Wars by Jonah Sachs. He uses the mythological construct of the Hero’s Journey for marketing purposes. You can watch a short video on it here: Then I transition to talking about how great …
Click here to listen to the full episode! Book Talk: Becky Wade It is so much fun to introduce you to my friend Becky Wade today. Fun fact about Becky’s books? I adore them – literally launch to the top of my TBR pile with each release….but I can let my 13-year-old read them. She may inhale them in a …
This week I turned in final grades for my day job — professor at a Big Ten University. I have to say the big exhale I felt as the last one was entered was fantastic. This summer I’ll do a little research and developing new classes, but I plan to read and write. A lot. First up on the writing …
Book Talk: Sarah Sundin From the moment I met Sarah, we connected over our shared love of World War II history. Then we had the fun of writing a Christmas World War II collection with Tricia Goyer. I’ll never forget showing Sarah all over my hometown as we plotted the collection. Sarah writes hands down some of my favorite WWII …
Book Talk: Rachel Hauck Rachel is one of those friends that I can always count on to brainstorm plot twists or pray. It’s a great combination actually. We’ve also been roommates at several ACFW board meetings, which allows for the roots of friendship to go deep. I was thrilled when she agreed to come on the show to talk about …
Book Talk: Janine Rosche I first met Janine at ACFW in Grapevine, Texas. She is effervescent and asked if we could go for a walk one morning. I love to exercise, especially as a way to manage my stress at conferences, etc., so that was an easy yes. An hour later I realized how much we had in common. We …
Book Talk: Toni Shiloh I’m thrilled to introduce you to my friend Toni. She is the author of souful romance, and I have really enjoyed the novels I’ve read. The night we talked was right before the release of her novel An Unlikely Proposal. I think you will enjoy our conversation about romance, heroes, and so much more. Be sure …