One thing I had to do was definitively forgive the people who rented our house – Tony and Angel. They destroyed it – cost us $150,000 to repair it and we’re not done yet. We still have the basement to fix. Their negligence ripped us out of our life and forced a new life on …
God Can Take What’s Broken and Make it Bloom Again
Happy Fri-YAY, Friend! I have a favorite rose color – it’s one that is a blend of yellow, pink, and like an orange sherbet. My grandmother had one in her rose garden (her beautifully maintained and stunning rose garden, I might add). So, last year, as we finished the repairs to the front of the …
Monday Morning Coffee and Chat 6/2/25 – And We’re Back!
Monday Morning Coffee and Chat is back! This morning we’re just catching back up.
Out with the Old!
I have re-titled and re-covered the Song of Suspense series (no Chords of Danger) and the Dixon Brothers Series! I LOVE the new covers! (The stories are exactly the same). BUT – I have tons of the old covers left. I’m selling them for $5 each (that’s a savings of $15 each!) until they run …
Hallee Cooks! Sourdough Milkbones
Leaving these in the oven overnight makes them hard and crunchy – great for cleaning dogs’ teeth. My dogs LOVE them!
Refreshed, Reset, and Fri-YAY
Happy Fri-YAY! I’m fresh back from my annual spring writer’s retreat. I joined Susan May Warren, Lacy Williams, Misty Beller, Robin Patchen, and Tracy Higley for four-and-a-half wonderful days of talking, praying, crying, laughing, more laughing, plotting books, and talking strategy. We went over things that worked last year (obviously, I didn’t get to take …
Interview with Romantic Suspense Author Darlene Turner and a Giveaway!
Welcome to Readers Write to Know! I asked you, my readers, what questions they would ask their favorite authors if given the chance, and the authors visiting my blog answered them! This week, my friend Darlene Turner is my guest. Darlene and I have been together with Romantic Suspense A-Team for years. I love reading her books and I hope you enjoy her interview as much as I did (honestly, who didn’t love Scott Bao??). Read on to see how you can enter to win a copy of her latest release!
Take Heart!
I often write Bible verses in the inside of my books as I autograph them for people – verses that speak to the story and the Biblical truths contained in it. When I wrote An Aria for Nick, it was very clear that the verse would be: In this world you will have trouble. But, take …
What Parents Wished You Knew About the Grief of Losing a Child
I was added to a “Loss of a child” support group right after Jeb’s funeral. I don’t post a lot there because that’s not how I process this, but it regularly appears in my newsfeed because it’s a local group to where we used to live and I think there’s some algorithm that helps that …