I love surprises, don’t you? Thomas Nelson Publishers gave me a surprise when they shipped Eileen Button’s The Waiting Place: Learning to Appreciate Life’s Little Delays through the Booksneeze Blogging Program. Eileen Button writes a variety of essays about different places in her life where she had to wait. I thought they would be nice…
I haven’t had instant access to news and resources as I usually do so I was shocked to learn one of my favorite authors and Christian Writers Guild mentor Stephen Bly passed away last week. Stephen and his wife Janet served as a team in so many ways but I received so much from them…
From Chasing Amanda’s back cover: Nine years ago, Molly Tanner witnessed a young girl’s abduction in the busy city of Philadelphia, shifting her occasional clairvoyance into overdrive. Two days later, the girl’s body was found, and Molly’s life fell apart. Consumed by guilt for not acting upon her visions, and on the brink of losing…
Guest post by Amanda Flower When you finish reading a novel, are you ever sad to see the protagonist go? Does it feel like you’re saying good-bye to a good friend? Those are signs of well-crafted main characters, like the ones in our excerpts this week. There are many protagonists whom I’ve met in…
Each Sunday I take an amateur nature shot I took and pair it up with a thought or two about God’s love for you. This just might be my favorite picture of all time. During a break from the relentless May rains I took a quick drive to Mill Creek Park in Youngstown. I don’t…
It’s a late start but here is my Character Confession for the week. One week a year I take the kids and return to my birthtown where my family still resides. This year the trip has been easy as the kids are older and we know the route well enough we…