Laughter Lifts the Heart
Several years into it, and this blog still refuses to be categorized. It's eclectic and includes everything from writing posts to snippets from my ordinary life. Welcome to this crazy place. You're bound to find something you like.
"Now, may the Lord of peace give you peace always, in every way."
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Give the Lady a Ride
A Circle Bar Ranch Novel 1
The Final Ride
A Circle Bar Ranch Novel 2
Ride to the Altar
A Circle Bar Ranch Novel 3
Circle Bar Ranch Coloring Book
A Southern Season: Four Stories from a Front Porch Swing
Skydiving to Love: a Novella
The Cat Lady’s Secret
Writing in Obedience
A Christian Writers Guide
Tag Archives: ACFW
New Christian Titles!
June 2017 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Engaged by Julie Arduini — Trish Maxwell returns to Speculator Falls with egg on her face and apologies to … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Coming Home: a Tiny House Collection, Reading
Tagged ACFW, Christian Fiction, Fiction Finder
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New Christian Titles for May
May 2017 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Amish Brides by Jennifer Beckstrand, Molly Jebber, Amy Lillard — Under bright blue skies, wedding bells ring–fulfilling sweet dreams, … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Reading
Tagged ACFW, Christian Fiction, May Christian novels, May releases
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The Newest in Christian Fiction Titles
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Romance Grows in Arcadia Valley by Valerie Comer, Mary Jane Hathaway, Elizabeth Maddrey, Danica Favorite, Lee Tobin McClain and Annalisa Daughety — Is … Continue reading
The Best in New Christian Titles
Unseen Love: She has an uncertain future. He has a hidden past. Can a forbidden romance set them free? In the shadows of pagan Rome, Laelia Ricarri’s recent blindness destroys her hopes of a betrothal to escape her abusive father. … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Reading
Tagged ACFW, Amber Stockton, Angela Breidenbach, Becca Whitham, Becky Melby, Candice Sue Patterson, Carrie Fancett Pagels, Christina Rich, Christine Johnson, Cynthia Hickey, Darlene Franklin, Dawn Kinzer, Erica Marie Hogan, Gina Welborn, Heahter Day Gilbert, Heather LL Fitzgerald, Janetta Fudge-Messmer, Jennifer Allee, Jessica Ferguson, Jodie Wolfe, Katherine Reay, Margaret Brownley, Marianne Evans, Marji Laine, Melanie Dobson, Nancy Kimball, Niki Turner, Pamela S Meyers, Renee Blare, S Dionne Moore, Sharon K Connell, Texie Susan Gregory, Valerie Comer
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Conference Time!
Last week, on the American Christian Fiction Writers blog, Cynthia Ruchti wrote of some of “dumbest things” she ever did at an ACFW conference. It was quite a list of not-funny-at-the-time snafus that made me giggle the entire time I read … Continue reading
Announcing the 2015 Storming the Short Story Contest
2015 STORMING THE SHORT STORY CONTEST Writers on the Storm (ACFW – The Woodlands) & Houston Christian Authors (ACFW – Houston) in partnership with Chalfont House Publishing’s fiction imprint HopeSprings Books Eligibility: The Short Story contest is open to all authors, published or … Continue reading
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Tagged ACFW, American Christian Fiction Writers, WOTS, Writers on the Storm, writing contest
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Three *Very* Different Books
One of my favorite perks in this business is the opportunity to read and review books for friends. So far as I know, most writers get to do this–some more than others, and some enjoy it more than others. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Reading, Reviews of exceptional books
Tagged ACFW, Ane Mulligan, Billy Coffey, C Hope Clark, Carolina Slade Mysteries, Chapel Springs Revival, fiction, In the Heart of the Dark Wood, literary fiction, lowcountry mysteries, Murder on Edisto, mystery, novels, When Mockingbirds Sing, women's fiction
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Deconstructing “City Slickers,” Finale
Still with me? Monday, I introduced the idea that I applied Chris Vogler‘s structure paradigm to City Slickers because that was the movie that kept scrolling through my head as I listened to his course at the ACFW Conference in St. … Continue reading
