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As you can probably imagine, writing books is a pretty solitary task. The publishing of books, however, definitely isn't. There are so many people behind the scenes turning the words I write into the books you hold, from editors to proofreaders to cover designers and the publishers themselves (among others!). If you've read the Acknowledgements… Continue reading Behind the Book Interviews: Janelle Leonard – Managing Editor

A Look Inside the Mind of a Writer Or, at least, this writer 🙂 I can't vouch for any others. Just for fun, I thought I'd share some of what goes on in my head during the writing of a first draft*. As you'll very quickly see, I have a bit of a love/hate relationship… Continue reading Behind the Scenes of a First Draft

A life-long Christian who's afraid to pray? I know, ridiculous. It makes no sense, especially when many days, I pray like I breathe - without thinking, for the most part. My husband joked once that I'd pray if an ant crawled over my foot. I laughed, thinking that was just a little bit ridiculous. Until… Continue reading Sometimes I’m Scared to Pray

It's that time of the year again, when I go through all the (100+) books I've read this year and pick my top twenty favorites. Here are the lists for 2020 and 2019 if you missed them. Every year, I've struggled to pick just twenty. What can I say? I read a LOT of amazing books. (Also, I'm pretty… Continue reading Top 20 Favorite Reads of 2021

Welcome to the final chapter of my Christmas novella!  I've been sharing one chapter a day since the first of December (my Christmas gift to you, my wonderful readers!), so if you've just found this and haven't yet read the rest of Emily and Matt's story, I'd highly recommend starting back at the start (here). Good… Continue reading Deck the Halls (and bring a hammer) // Chapter Sixteen

Welcome to Chapter Fifteen of my Christmas novella!  I'll be sharing the whole novella - one chapter a day - for the first couple of weeks of December (my Christmas gift to you, my wonderful readers!), so make sure you come back each day to read the next instalment of Emily and Matt's story. If you've… Continue reading Deck the Halls (and bring a hammer) // Chapter Fifteen

Welcome to Chapter Fourteen of my Christmas novella!  I'll be sharing the whole novella - one chapter a day - for the first couple of weeks of December (my Christmas gift to you, my wonderful readers!), so make sure you come back each day to read the next instalment of Emily and Matt's story. If you've… Continue reading Deck the Halls (and bring a hammer) // Chapter Fourteen

Welcome to Chapter Thirteen of my Christmas novella! I'll be sharing the whole novella - one chapter a day - for the first couple of weeks of December (my Christmas gift to you, my wonderful readers!), so make sure you come back each day to read the next instalment of Emily and Matt's story. If you've… Continue reading Deck the Halls (and bring a hammer) // Chapter Thirteen

Welcome to Chapter Twelve of my Christmas novella!  I'll be sharing the whole novella - one chapter a day - for the first couple of weeks of December (my Christmas gift to you, my wonderful readers!), so make sure you come back each day to read the next instalment of Emily and Matt's story. If you've… Continue reading Deck the Halls (and bring a hammer) // Chapter Twelve

Welcome to Chapter Eleven of my Christmas novella!  I'll be sharing the whole novella - one chapter a day - for the first couple of weeks of December (my Christmas gift to you, my wonderful readers!), so make sure you come back each day to read the next instalment of Emily and Matt's story. If you've… Continue reading Deck the Halls (and bring a hammer) // Chapter Eleven