Birds of a Feather
This weekend I'll be getting together with a few fellow local Christian authors for some fellowship and chit-chat. I'm looking forward to it. Though we're expecting a few new faces as well, the core group of ladies is a neat…
Stars Are Hard
I keep going back and forth about giving books I read a star rating. This is especially challenging now that I've started keeping track of what I read on Goodreads. I like to see the books I read throughout the…
Lessons from the Lawn
Our gardening weekend went off as scheduled. I found that, indeed, I really do still dislike gardening. But I'm always so pleased with the results that it's worth the annoyance of digging dirt out from under my fingernails. (I keep…
The Perfect Man?
A recent review of Wisdom to Know said that the hero, Kevin McGregor, had been slotted into the "perfect man" role. Reading that, I had to stop and scratch my head. Because I certainly didn't write him as a perfect…
An Interview and Another Chance to Win
If you've liked me on Facebook, you saw this link yesterday - but I thought I'd share it again here just in case you aren't a Facebook person or whatever. I've been interviewed over on Becky Jacobi's blog -- you…
Crossing My Fingers for Snow
The weather man is calling for some fairly significant (at least for this area) snow tomorrow evening. I'm cautiously optimistic, though more often than not, the only time we actually get a good snow is when they insist that the…
Tidbits to Wrap Up the Week
Just knowing that I have a book out there for people to read has had me doing a little happy dance all week. I sincerely hope you enjoy it! Don't forget that you can still enter to win a copy…
Wishing You the Merriest of Christmases
The Birth of Jesus 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went…
Authors are Readers Too
I'm not sure if you've been paying any attention to the kerfuffle with Amazon reviews that's been going on lately. If not, a quick summary is perhaps in order. In September, a host of paid-for reviews and reviews made under…