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June Updates
Sorry I've had so few updates lately. Been a very busy month. I've just sent in my final rewrites for my Guidepost book, so I'll take a little breather before I jump back in to my new book for Revell....
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Writing for an Audience of One
I'm aware that a number of people who read my blog are writers, some published, some who are not. I share the following hopefully to encourage fellow writers, especially those struggling through a...
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My First Television Interview
Yesterday, we confirmed the dates, so now it's official.Since my first novel, The Unfinished Gift, released in September 2009, I've done dozens of blog interviews, magazine interviews and even quite a...
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Revell Signs Gary Smalley and Me to Write 4 Book Series
This is probably the biggest book news I've posted on this blog to date.It's a major book deal that's been brewing for several months. So glad I can finally talk about it freely. This is a press...
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Reviewing a Great WW2 Love Story
My friend and fellow Revell author, Sarah Sundin's newest novel releases this week. It's called Blue Skies Tomorrow, the third and final edition to her Wings of Glory series. If you like great love...
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August Updates
It's been a very active month. I finished the final edits for the Guidepost novel I wrote this year for their new series, Miracles of Marble Cove. Mine is Book 5 and will be called Autumn Light. I'm...
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Some Great Early Reviews for Remembering Christmas
My 4th novel, Remembering Christmas, is barely out of the gate, and I've already read four 5-star reviews on Amazon. Definitely off to a good start. Living in Florida, it's a little early for me to...
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Lessons Learned when, "He makes me lie down..."
I haven't posted to my blog this past month, largely due to being somewhat setback by health concerns. These began during an extremely busy time and have ended with me having to stop and rest...
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What Other Authors are Saying about Remembering Christmas
I love reading encouraging reviews from readers, whether sent by email or posted to sites like Amazon or Christianbook.com. But it's a special treat when other published authors take the time to read...
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A Writer's Life - Friday updates
It's been a few weeks since I've blogged. Health issues have continued to dominate my life since then. Really, since about mid-Sept. Before you feel "stuck" listening to me go on and on about my aches...
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Friday Updates...On Saturday
I can't even start a trend that lasts a week. If you take a look, you'll notice my blog posts are pretty sporadic. Last week, I thought I might at least post once a week...on Friday. Even called it...
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Friday Updates - The Blog Tour
My publisher, Revell, put together a blog tour that's been running all this week for my newest novel Remembering Christmas. For those who don't know what that is, it's one of the marvels of the...
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Christmas Season Begins!
It's now officially okay to start listening to Christmas music! For me, I mean. Not that anyone else needs my permission. The Thanksgiving weekend is when something happens inside, and I now get "in...
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Fun December Updates - Remembering Christmas #1 on Amazon
This last week has been kind of a whirlwind of activity with my newest book Remembering Christmas. And all this coming on top of 3 writing assignments happening at the same time. First, my main task is...
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Some More Christmas Updates
Christmas is just one week away now, but it almost feels like Christmas came early for me. Some wonderful things have been happening for my newest novel, Remembering Christmas.It's been 2 weeks since...
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Starting the New Year with a Stabbing
I'm writing this, laying on the couch, the victim of 4 stab wounds.I'm guessing that starting off this post with this sentence peaks your curiosity more than if I said, "I'm recovering from surgery."...
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Februrary Updates - The Discovery Weeks Away
I haven't updated my blog in over a month. So let's start with a quick health update (since my "stabbing" on Jan 10th). The surgery proved to be a great success. All the concerns the doctors hoped to...
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A Getaway to Charleston & Savannah - Sites in The Discovery
Cindi by famous B&B - Two Meeting St InnJust put the finishing touches on a little getaway Cindi and I will be taking soon to two locations featured in my upcoming novel, The Discovery. We're...
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Perfect Peace - A New Blog Feature
I've decided to add something new to my blog posts, which have traditionally been more about updates and things going on in the book world or my writing life as an inspirational fiction author. From...
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Perfect Peace - Intro Thoughts
This is now the second post to this new feature on my blog, which I'm calling "Perfect Peace - Hope for the Weary Soul." If this were a book, what follows might be called the Introduction. As I...
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