Anyone else feeling a bit isolated and alone? We are still largely sheltering in place in our corner of Indiana, and the weeks are getting long. A friend posted something on Friday about it being 70 days since she’d seen her husband — they were separated when the country she’d traveled to locked down — and the number made me …
The libraries have been closed where we are for a number of weeks…and that’s hard for people who love books and the joy of exploring the stacks. I know I’ve discovered many authors through that process. I also know that many of you are passionate about your favorite authors and do a great job supporting them. A wonderful way to …
My friend Beth Vogt joins us this week as she launches her latest novel, The Best We’ve Been. I had the privilege of reading this book for endorsement. There is so very much to love about it. The Best We’ve Been is a beautiful story of what happens when life doesn’t go as planned and how it can pull us closer together. …
Le’ts face it…many of us are still under shelter-in-place orders, and it’s getting hard. What started as an annoyance in March is getting long seven weeks in. I’m so proud of my kids. They have been amazing humans as we’ve walked this road together. I think our summer in Germany followed by two more in Italy has helped tremendously in …
Very early Wednesday morning, I turned in the macro or substantive edit for my next book, Lethal Intent. With this book I spent a lot of time on the hero and heroine because I wanted to make them deep. And that meant lots of flow charts and things. In my office I have a blank wall right next to my …
In the last few years, I’ve discovered a love for novels set during Regency times. I’m not 100% sure why other than there’s something about stepping into a time that is so different from ours, yet the struggles are the same. Everyone wants to be loved and have the opportunity to live a life that matters. When I saw that …
Flight Risk releases today. Woot! I love book birthdays! They are the culmination of so much work. The idea for Flight Risk was born a few years ago when my editor told me Savannah needed her own story. Then a fellow professor mentioned a situation with a plane’s black box. I added in a plane crash from the 1980s, and …
Here’s the first stop on the Flight Risk Headline Hunt for truth. Be sure to continue to the end for a separate giveaway! Join @Cara_Putman as she celebrates the launch of #FlightRisk with a hunt and #giveaway. #amreading Click To Tweet In Flight Risk Jett Glover is a journalist driven to find the truth after indifferent reporting led to tragedy …
Physical distancing is hard for this extrovert. Still I’m hunkered down with my family for the foreseeable future to help protect others. There are a few things I’m doing to help keep us in a good place. Light a few candles so your space smells good. Choose music to play in the background that puts you in a good headspace. …
I’ve been thinking about this as I read/listened to the book of Joshua again this week. There was a significant difference in the way that Joshua and Caleb approached life and uncertainty than the other Israelite spies and the population as a whole. We have the opportunity to exercise a different mentality right now as we experience the uncertainty of COVID-19 and quarantines.