Julie’s note: Due to my time away from the computer last week, I’m posting two COTT blog alliance articles. Here is the first. *guest post by Michelle Massaro (Ms. Davy) was an amazing cheerleader and I lived to make her smile with my stories. Whether I really was or not at that point, she made…
Julie’s Note: Jennifer Slattery isn’t just a fantastic writer, she shares my passion for marriage. This originally posted on her blog, and I’m pleased to showcase it here. Make sure you contact her, as she left her contact info at the end. Today I’m doing something a little different, mainly because I committed to do…
**guest post by Michelle Massaro For the last couple weeks, Clash of the Titles has been exploring two books delivering powerful death scenes. That’s right, death scenes. The two books were The Vengeance Squad and The Redemption. We met authors Sidney Frost and MaryLu Tyndall and waited with bated breath to find out which title…
Julie’s note: Laura Hodges Poole is a great writer and a fellow ACFW Scribes critique group member. She writes on a subject I know well, people pleasing. When I share my story I talk about how my rock-bottom moment came when I whittled an eggplant at 2am for a perfect Christmas penguin centerpiece no one…
*by Sr. Editor, April W Gardner “I knew that I had just been given an amazing true story that needed to be told.” –Rosslyn Elliott, Clash of the Titles 2011 Laurel Award Winner Portions of that story—Fairer Than Morning—won the majority of COTT reader votes in June when it took the victory in the “Best…
Julie’s comment: No, you’re at the right place. I’m not known as a fashion blog, but I am known to feature posts on surrender. I’m telling you, there is no greater surrender than giving up a bad fitting bra. I’m so low maintenence I went decades wearing what seemed close, but never a good fit….