Reader Friday ~ Guarded Prognosis

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This Friday I’m honored to bring you a new novel from Richard L. Mabry, MD. I read Guarded Prognosis before it came out and could hardly wait to tell you about it! Here’s the back cover copy: DOUBLE-BARRELED TROUBLE When Dr. Caden Taggart saw the two men sitting in his waiting room, he didn’t think they were patients. He was …

From the Police Blotter

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I don’t know how you spent your Saturday, but I spent an hour and a half of mine at the lodge pictured below listening to a very interesting seminar on poisons native to Mississippi. (Can you see where this is going?) Did you know some of the most common plants around us are very poisonous? Like White Snakeroot. Apparently, Abraham Lincoln’s mother …

Reader Friday ~ Something a Little Different

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Today’s review is a little different in that it’s a review of the Tyndale Chronological Bible, NIV translation. About eleven years ago I taught abstinence education in the schools, going into different schools and classrooms. One day one of the teachers remarked that she’d read through the Bible every year for the past ten years, and she challenged me to do the …

Can Criminals Get Any Dumber?

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BREAKING NEWS!  Justice Betrayed was chosen as a Fresh Pick by Fresh Fiction. This is HUGE! since the Fresh Pick is chosen by a group of readers and is never a purchased advertisement or promotion…read more here! Now back to our regularly scheduled post… Last Saturday afternoon was a pleasant 87 degrees with low humidity, rare for North Mississippi in July, and my …

Reader Friday – Callum’s Compass

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I hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July! Mine was quiet…worked on getting my bedroom furniture painted…bathroom remodel should be finished in another week with photos to follow…and now for this week’s book: Callum’s Compass is Sara L. Foust’s debut novel, and I can’t wait to read the follow-up, Camp Hope! Callum’s Compass is a great, page-turning …

HaPpY DaNcInG Around Here!

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Well, I can finally announce that Justice Buried is a finalist for the ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Carol award!  The winner will be announced at the gala at the ACFW conference September 23, but no matter the outcome, being a finalist is already winning. If the award is in God’s plan for me, then good! But if not, good, too. …

Reader Friday – Turtle Box Memories

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As promised, here are a few more photos from Natchez. This one was taken as I walked along the river bluff… This is Bowie’s Tavern, named after Jim Bowie…The 2nd floor overlooks the river and Brooke and Luke will watch a sunset much like the one above when they eat dinner there on one of their fun dates.   Now onto …

You Said What?

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Here’s the photo I talked about in my blog last week of the sun streaming through the stained-glass window at the first Cumberland Presbyterian  Church. It was taken by Stacey Robbins Hicks. And I finally got to Natchez!! Unfortunately, the power cord to my computer didn’t make it, so the blog is late! But here’s a photo I took of Windsor …

Reader Friday – Carolina Dream

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[tweet_dis_img inject=”Can an inheritance unlock the future for Sarah Crawford?”][/tweet_dis_img] As this posts, I’m driving back from my research trip in Natchez. Photos to follow! My plans were thwarted once again by Mother Nature and that disturbance in the Gulf. Maybe next week… I discovered Carolina Dream last year when I met the author, Regina Rudd Merrick, at a writer’s retreat. I …