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
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!
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
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, …
Help! Retitle My Book Giveaway
In 2012, Barbour released A Wedding Transpires on Mackinac Island as part of one of their fiction lines. I love this story. It’s set on one of my favorite places to escape and combines a blend of romance and suspense. In many ways, it was my first foray into the full length story telling like the Hidden Justice series. It …
Summer Plans? 4 low-cost ideas to try with your kids
Summer is officially upon most of us. The calendar is turning to July and that means school has been out awhile for most of us. It also means we need to fill the empty days that seem to be dragging on. Whether you homeschool or not, here are a few ideas to get you started. Then let me know what ideas you …
Summer Grilling Recipes
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
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
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
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 …









