Yep! My launch team and family and friends and readers worked together to made Forever Free an Amazon bestseller! To God be the glory! Great things He has done! Go here to see the book trailer … [Read more...]
Award Winner!
It's been a few weeks since I last posted, but look what happened since I wrote. Forever Home was selected as the Romance Book of the Year by the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association … [Read more...]
Forever Home is Another Finalist!
Forever Home just finaled in the AWSA Christan Market Book Award! Praise God from Whom all blessings flow! I found out by accident because I was looking on the Blue Ridge Reader Connection Facebook … [Read more...]
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Hello Readers! Summer is here, children are out of school, and the beach is calling! No better time to pick up your favorite book to read in the lounge chair! To help you build up that summer TBR … [Read more...]
Writing Conference
June began at a writing conference, the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writing Conference, in Black Mountain, North Carolina. I've been several times (four times since they began giving mugs as … [Read more...]
Forever Home…a Finalist!
Forever Home is my latest novel, the third in the Forever Home series. It's Sam Daniels' story, the one I tried to write during the pandemic but got stuck, then wrote his brother Ben's story … [Read more...]
February–the Month for Love?
Before February slips away, I want to share a few of my loves...story loves, that is. Rescued Hearts is the book that surprised me because I didn't plan to write a romantic suspense. Go here … [Read more...]
Book Signing in the ‘Burgh
Our first book signing for Forever Home happened in my favorite bookstore, Riverstone Books in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lovely old friends and new friends and family stopped by to say … [Read more...]
Is Refinishing Pianos a Real Thing?
This is a picture of the refinished piano in my parents' home. It's an old upright that had been a player piano. I learned to play beginning in third grade, one hand and one note at a time. Sometimes … [Read more...]
How to Entertain in the 1950’s
When I bought Betty Crocker's Guide to Easy Entertaining at a used book sale back in the 90's, I just thought it was cool. I didn't realize it was a first edition. I didn't realize it'd play a role in … [Read more...]
