What do you get when you put the INSPY shortlist in Mystery and Thriller together? A great giveaway! We’re all writers, but we’re also friends. That means we want to share our joy at being shortlisted with you. The @INSPY Mystery/Thriller short list has banded together for a massive #giveaway. Come join the fun! Click To Tweet My friends and …
From time to time, I dig through the archives of this blog…it’s been something of a journal for me for almost ten years. This week, I ran across this post on balancing calling. It is still as true today as it was when I first wrote it. And I needed the words today as much as I did when I …
The last two and a half weeks I have been a page proof and writing queen. I spent a week giving Delayed Justice its last read — what we call the page proof stage. Now that novel is on its way to the printer preparing for its October release date. I’m getting excited and nervous about this book’s release. Just …
I have a special opportunity from my publisher to make print copies of Shadowed by Grace available at an incredibly low price. This is limited to the first 100 copies. You can order your copy by going here and selecting the Buy Now button and then clicking the PayPal option. To participate in this special offer, you must place your …
This summer I’m writing two books, maybe three. That means I have to make every moment count now that the semester is over, and I don’t teach again until the middle of June. That means I’m spending as much time as I can in my office at Purdue, but instead of grading or prepping for classes, I was writing. I …
This has been an odd 16 months for me. I’ve talked some about how my word for last year–and now this year–is RELEASE. I knew it wouldn’t be an easy word, but I had no idea just how deep and hard this period would be. If you feel God has lead you to a wilderness place, lean into Him. And trust that He will work it for your good as He speaks tenderly to you. And then we can compare notes.
As a voracious reader, my to-be-read pile never stops. Literally it is towering beneath my desk and next to my bedside…and on a bookshelf. And you get the idea! I love books too much. No. That’s not possible. I simply need a vacation to read all the books I have stockpiled. Yes, that’s better. What’s on your #TBRPile? @Cara_Putman shares …
I left part of my heart in Germany.
And I began to pray almost immediately about whether we could do something like that again. It was a dream, but a backburner dream. After all, God had already done the impossible once.
Last week, I was in Jordan. The one across the ocean. The one that required an 11 hour nonstop flight from Chicago to reach. It was an amazing and surreal experience–surreal in the sense that it was my first time to the Middle East. Notice the use of the word first. It’s very intentional. Ever traveled somewhere unexpected? @cara_putman shares an …
My husband and I are headed to a new-to-us part of the world Friday. It has me thinking how incredibly blessed I am. As a kid, the farthest I had traveled was Niagara Falls and touching Mexico. I always dreamed about seeing more of the world I had read about, but didn’t think I’d ever have the opportunity to do …