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Behind the Design – Cover of Sweet Mountain Music
Quick note ~ Don't forget I'm running a giveaway of The Wyoming Heir! Click here to enter. ~*~ Last week I was in a designing groove, so had some fun with the next WhiteFire historical, due to release in May. Sweet Mountain Music is a really fun story set in the...
Remember When . . . Characters Appeared
I'm having a blast digging into the writing of A Soft Breath of Wind. Right now, on chapter 2, I'm still getting to know my characters. And so, I'm building Pinterest boards and playing with Photoshop and coming up with images to inspire me. I thought it would be fun...
30 Days of Giveaways ~ Day 29
Weekend winners are: Chaplain Debbie and Meghan Gorecki Wowy zowy, it's hard to believe we only have 2 days left! Which means not a whole lot of time to enter for this truly amazing book of prayers. And of course, only 2 more drawings for Ring of Secrets! Why? Because...
30 Days of Giveaways ~ Day 25
I had so much fun hearing about everyone's wedding dresses yesterday! If anyone missed that conversation but want in on it, I've posted some pictures of the dresses described by readers too. Check it out here. And of course, we have a new winner of Ring of Secrets --...
30 Days of Giveaways ~ Day 22
Hope everyone had a great weekend! We participated in a fundraiser walk for some friends of our adopting from Ethiopia, watched Captain America, and did some much-needed straightening up around here. =) Two of those activities were much more fun than the other,...
30 Days of Giveaways ~ Day 15
Wow, halfway through our month of giveaways already!! How did that happen? LOL. We've had lots of winners already (most recently Kelsey Shade Perkins and bn100!), and just as many still to come! Remember, every day I'm doing a drawing for Ring of Secrets, book 1 in...
30 Days of Giveaways! ~ Day 11
Day 10's winner of Ring of Secrets is... Sarah Keimig ! Keep entering all week for a chance at the daily book drawing AND Friday's drawing for winner's choice of one of these two necklaces by Susie Finkbeiner of Inspired Novelties. And for today: Thoughtful About . ....
30 Days of Giveaways! ~ Day 8
The winner of day 7's drawing is: Amy WV! As a reminder, every entry this week keeps you in each day's drawing for a book, and also for winner's choice of one of two necklaces from Inspired Novelties--so keep those entries coming, and please do share! Last week we...
30 Days of Giveaways! ~ Day 7
Yesterday's winner of Ring of Secrets is: Amy Putney! Keep entering! Every entry you make this week increases your chances to win a copy of the book, AND this week's bonus winner will have a choice of one of two one-of-a-kind necklaces from Inspired Novelties!...
30 Days of Giveaways! ~ Day 1
Much as I can't believe it, there is only ONE MONTH before the release of Whispers from the Shadows, book 2 in the Culper Ring Series! Man, the last six months have flown by!! And you know what? I still have boxes and boxes of Ring of Secrets sitting here, just...
Remember When…The Countdown Began?
Ring of Secrets is thiiiiiiis close to releasing, y'all! Okay, so maybe thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis close. 😉 I know some stores will stock it beginning February 18, though other places are listing March 1 as the official T-0 day. Either way, I just realized last night...
Story Time . . . FINDING JEENA
Giveaway here - Deb Raney's Almost ForeverGiveaway of A Stray Drop of Blood - a special Mother's Day contest at Sunnybank Meandering includes my book and many other awesome prizes. Also, there's a really awesome interview and giveaway to correspond with the ACFW book...
My Friend . . . Christina Berry
During my first writers conference back in '07, I was standing around waiting for class to start one day and struck up a conversation with a mother/daughter writing team in front of me--Christina Berry and Sherry Ashcroft. Though I met a lot of people there, these...
Story Time . . . ZORA & NICKY by Claudia Mair Burney
When Claudia Mair Burney's new book out from Cook arrived on my in-pile, I thought something along the lines of "Sigh." I'd only read one book by this author before, and while I enjoyed most of it, I didn't care for the ending. I was kinda afraid this would have the...