I was reminded this week of one of the nicknames I’ve acquired over time. It’s one that wears me out just typing it: Wonder Woman. I’ve been able to do a lot of wonderful things during my relatively short life. I’ve been blessed, but sometimes it’s exhausting trying to live up to people’s expectation that I am Wonder Woman. I …
Last March, my husband and I lead a team of young adults from our church to Turkey over Spring Break. It was one of those unexpected delights as we spent a week in Instanbul exploring the city and culture. While we were there, I really connected with the team lead (it’s amazing what happens when you make coffee for 30 …
Is anyone else having a hard time believing the New Year is only a few days away? 2019 has been a year of adventure and pain. Questions and joy. There’s somthing about ending on Christmas that helps settle my heart and prepare for what’s to come in the next year…and decade since we will soon turn the calendar to 2020. …
If you’ve been around my blog for long, you know I’m always talking up books that I love. When I saw this one, I thought it would be great for my eleven-year-old and I was right. I wish I’d snapped a photo of her face when I let her open it. A fan of adult coloring books, this Bible was …
Ready or not it’s December and we 19 days from Christmas. Is anyone else wondering how on earth this happened and where 2019 had disappeared? I wanted to sneak one more Fiction Friday into the year…Maybe I’ll have a chance to post a couple more, but with the speed this year has passed in, I’m not making promises! If you …
This week, my first novel Canteen Dreams is free on ebook platforms. There is something really special about this story of my heart. Partly because I never thought it was the type of book I would write…after all I was going to write romantic suspense like Mary Higgins Clark. When I told people I wanted to write, WWII wasn’t on my radar. …
One of the scariest moments for this author is the moment I actually sit down and start writing my next book. This time I’ve done HOURS of thinking, brainstorming, building characters, but the actual writing…it takes time and is scary. Especially when readers have asked where this heroine’s story is. So last night I was brainstorming title ideas with my husband, …
Many of you know I had two miscarriages. It is part of my story (and the inspiration for Josie’s in A Promise Kept). My first happened the day before our anniversary — I’ll never forget the pain and questions that started then and continued … in some way until today. Then we had our third — after I almost lost …
Novelists bound by the pen, sisterhood, & more The end of September found me in San Antonio for the ACFW National Conference. It’s one of my favorite weeks of the year, as I get to reconnect with many of my writing buddies including several of the women on this blog. It’s such fun and then one way I give back …
The start to the semester has been hectic, but I’m back…with Fiction Friday. I’ve squeezed in time to read some really good books, and in classic Cara fashion, they are from a wide variety of genres. Truly something for every reader. Diamond in the Rough is a great example of why Jen Turano is a go-to for me. I spent …