This week we’re proud to introduce Sylvia Bambola and her beautiful book, The Daughters of Jim Farrell! With a wonderfully unique background and several published novels to her name, see the advice she offers other writers. First, a peek at her latest book: The Daughters of Jim Farrell by Sylvia Bambola Pennsylvania 1873: When, in…
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Sabbath Sunday: When You Lose Your Way
Last month I shared that I had to take a detour and although inconvenient, without it I never would have found a beautiful lake at sunset. The detour is now done and a new bridge constructed. Guess what? Because I haven’t driven this route in months, I forgot my way. I had to really focus…
September 11th: Did You Go Back to Old Ways?
Each year I share where I was when I first learned that we were a country under attack. For new readers, I was a work-from-home mom with a three year old who slept in late that morning. I was working when my sister messaged me. Had I seen the news? I lived in…
Book Review: Misstep by Deborah Dee Harper
Road’s End is comprised entirely of senior citizens whose kids have grown and left for greener pastures. Hugh, Melanie, and Bristol (one of the few sane people in town) are faced with a crumbling church in desperate need of repair and renovation, a dwindling congregation of opinionated, ornery senior citizens, and a camel—yes, a camel.…
COTT: 2015 Laurel Award Winner Dawn Crandall
2015 LAUREL AWARD WINNER Author Dawn Crandall’s novel The Bound Heart is the winner of Clash of the Titles’s fifth annual Laurel Award. CONGRATULATIONS, DAWN! Dawn will receive the following: a beautiful banner to display on her website; a year-long page on COTT dedicated to the winning book, The Bound Heart; a…
Sabbath Sunday: When You Lose Your Way
Last month I shared that I had to take a detour and although inconvenient, without it I never would have found a beautiful lake at sunset. The detour is now done and a new bridge constructed. Guess what? Because I haven’t driven this route in months, I forgot my way. I had to really focus…