This week I want you to meet a dynamic woman and one of my best friends, Delores Topliff, Dee to me. We met in 2010 at a writing retreat and connected, then the next year we both returned to the retreat and our friendship blossomed. Tell my readers about yourself and your books I’m from Vancouver, Washington but married a …
Glenn Haggerty and Run–Middle Grade Fiction Dealing with Bullying
I can’t imagine anything worse for an awkward teenage boy than being the new kid in town who wants to fit in but ends up being the target of bullies. Run is a fast-paced, action-packed novel perfect for tween and early teenage boys (and girls). And this adult enjoyed it as well. After I invited Glenn Haggerty to be on my …
Author Thursdays with Cherie Burbach
Today I want to introduce you to Cherie Burbach. She’s a poet, mixed media artist, and freelance writer specializing in lifestyle and relationships. She’s written for About.com, NBC/Universal, Match.com, Christianity Today, and more. Her latest book is: 100 Simple Ways to Have More Friends. You can learn even more about her at cherieburbach.com. Cherie, when did you start writing? I started …
What’s It Like to Take a Cruise?
Have you ever thought about taking a cruise? Or wondered what it was like? Well, on November 7, I stepped onto a beautiful ship and spent six days in the Caribbean. And six nights in this beautiful room! I took the picture before I unpacked. And I really could get used to having my bed turned down every evening and then …
Author Thursday with Terry Dodd
My blog brings me surprises all the time. This week I am pleased to interview Terry Dodd. I visited his website and learned he’s got a delightful sense of humor. Here’s his opening: If you are not familiar with my books, that is quite understandable. According to Prairie Home Companion author and humorist, Garrison Keillor, I am one of those …
Meet Elizabeth Goddard and Adam Warren…
Today I want to introduce you to this a-maz-ing author I’ve just started blogging with over at Clean Romance Reads Cafe and by the way, click here to enter our contest for a Kindle Voyage! And Elizabeth is going to introduce us to the hero of Submerged, her latest book from Love Inspired Suspense. Hi, Elizabeth Goddard here! I love writing action …
Author Thursday with H L Wegley
I first met H L Wegley when I won his book On the Pineapple Express. This heart-stopping novel featured a wonderful heroine who wouldn’t let anything keep her from saving girls caught up in human trafficking. He’s led quite an interesting life–served as an Air Force intelligence analyst and a weather officer, then in civilian life, he worked as a research …
Dreams Do Come True
Last week I received my CBD Fiction Catalog and immediately sat down and looked through it. I’ve always loved getting this catalog and ordering my favorite books from it. Some years back–after I’d been writing a few years–I remember getting the CBD catalog and looking at the fiction titles, wishing that someday mine would be there. But rejection after rejection …
Author Thursday with Patrick E. Craig
I meet some of the neatest people through ACFW and my blog, and Patrick Craig is one of them. He’s a lifelong writer and musician who left a successful songwriting and performance career in the music industry to follow Christ in 1984. He spent the next 26 years as a worship leader, seminar speaker, and pastor. Then in 2011, he …
How To Get In The Mood For NaNoWriMo with Author Michelle Lim
Last week, Suzy hijacked my blog, but this week, I willingly yield to Michelle Lim, but first I want to announce the winner of Carole Brown’s book, Bat Crazy. It’s Delores Topliff! Now on to Michelle… If you’ve ever thought about writing a book, November is the time to do it. It’s National Novel Writing Month, and there are so many …