Brainstorming, Changes, and Sales– oh my!

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Right now I’m in the season of writing where I’m wrapping up one project and preparing ideas for new books. It means, a dizzying array of what ifs are playing through my mind. On Saturday morning I found twelve ideas just flipping through the headlines of the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal. Now I need to massage them, …

Fiction Friday: It’s been awhile

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It’s Friday, and after a bit of a hiatus, I wanted to highlight a couple books I’ve read lately that I think you’ll enjoy. There have been some good ones, folks! Per usual, these cross several genres, so hopefully you’ll find something to enjoy.   A Defense of Honor is an important story, beautifully told. Touching and relevant to today. …

The Entries are in: help me pick the title!

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The ideas are in. Help @cara_putman select the winning title. #amreading #helpanauthor Click To Tweet You know me. You know my writing. So I need your help. And because I’m grateful for your amazing ingenuity and inspiration, I’m running a giveaway, but will also sell my in stock copies of A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island for $4 plus $3.00 …

A Writer’s Rest: Italy

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My family and I returned last week from a stint in Rome. We were there so I could lead a study abroad. This wasn’t our first time, but it was our first time to live in Rome for two weeks. It was a delightful trip for many reasons — but it’s also why I missed my last post. You see, …

Summer Grilling Recipes

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It’s so hot here, we don’t need to turn on a grill to cook mean — well almost. But it is summertime – the time to crack open the grill and chargrill everything. We’re cooking with gas! So today I thought we’d share our favorite grill tricks. Here’re mine for fantastic burgers: 1) mix a package of onion soup mix …

3 Tips to Lessen Summertime Craziness

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Summer is upon us. After a winter that threatened to never end, the days are long, the weather is warm, and the pool is open. Summer Calendar going crazy? @Cara_Putman shares 3 tips to easy the #crazy. Click To Tweet If your family calendar looks anything like ours, it’s downright scary. We’re only four days into June and I’m already daunted. …

When Love Says Rest

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Last week as I was digging through old posts, I found this one. The eerie thing is I could write it almost word for word today with the same soul, deep longing. God has had me on a path of deconstruction for the last year, and I feel like we may just be turning the corner to reconstruction. I can …

INSPY Mystery/Thriller Giveaway Interviews

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              Today for Fiction Friday, I thought I’d share one question from each of our INSPY interviews. If you’re like me, you probably like to know a bit about what inspired the story. I hope you enjoy this sneak peek! What inspired this legal thriller series (about a group of intelligent friends) or more …