In a HeartbeatSharing the Power of Cheerful Giving by Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, with Sally Jenkins From the couple made famous by the incredibly popular movie The Blind Side comes a behind-the-scenes story that is sure to satisfy and inspire readers everywhere. In their own words, Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy tell the story of how they came to …
Book Cover for INTO THE DEEP Revealed!
I received an exciting email today — the finalized cover for my twelfth novel, Into the Deep. What do you think? I’ve said this before, but some of you may have missed it so I’ll say it again: most authors don’t get to choose the picture that goes on their book covers. Yes, I know that’s shocking to the average …
Psalm 44
I’ve been going through an interesting activity in my morning Bible study and prayer time recently. I’m praying the Psalms. A pastor talked about praying the Psalms in a sermon I heard a couple of years ago, an the idea appealed to me, so when I finished my latest Beth Moore workbook, I started. It’s been an amazing experience, and …
Online Novel Writing Course Begins July 12
When I speak at writing conference, I often discuss the importance of learning to use the tools available to writers, so we can effectively communicate the stories God has given us to tell. I talk to people all the time who tell me, “I have a story to tell, but I don’t know how to go about it.” Or sometimes …
Lessons for Grandmothers-to-Be
My daughter will give birth to my first grandson in a couple of months. This is an exciting time in any family’s life, a time when we begin to see our children become parents. In the next few years I’m going to see the result of all the parenting lessons my daughter learned from me as she was growing up, …
Weight Watch 3 – I Want FOOD!
Okay, I promise this will be the last diet-related post I make until I hit major milestones of skinniness, when I will crow like a rooster. (A thin rooster.) The worst part about dieting is being hungry. You know what I’ve discovered about myself? I’m not very good at self-deprivation. When I get hungry I want food, and lots of …
Weight Watch 2 – The Diet
I have a confession to make. Just a day after my last blog post where I vowed never to eat carrot cake with cream cheese icing again, I did. It was calling to me. It’s my husband’s fault. He wasn’t here to hold me accountable. I did confess to him the minute he got home, as I’m confessing to you …
Weight Watch
Okay, confession time. In the five years since I left the corporate world to become a full time writer, I’ve undergone some fairly significant changes. Some have been awesome, and some have been awful. Right up at the top of the awful list is the way my closet has gradually filled up with clothes several sizes too small. In other …
Never Say Never by Lisa Wingate
Never Say NeverBy Lisa Wingate Caught in the chaos of evacuating a small coastal town directly in the path of a ferocious hurricane, two women’s lives intersect. Kai Miller, a young woman with a past even stormier than hurricane Glorietta, comes across 70-yr-old Donetta Bradford stranded in a minivan, out of gas and miles from safety. Donetta is accustomed to …
Rooms
Rooms by James L. Rubart Software magnate Micah Taylor receives a mystifying letter from a long-dead uncle he never met, informing him that a house has been built for him on the Oregon coast. Sounds perfect, except the location is one that haunts his past, and Micah has vowed never to go there again. But the house draws him, and …