A Change of Heartby Diana Leagh Matthews “Hurt people hurt people.” The old adage is so true. Years ago, I shared my thoughts on a movie adaptation of my favorite book, but instead of thinking about what I said, I spoke unfiltered and with venom, damaging the friendship. My anger wasn’t toward anyone in particular…
December 2023 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: Bidding on a Second Chance by Emily Conrad — His bid for a second chance this Christmas might lead to her most disastrous fall yet. Police officer Graham Lockhart’s life is dangerous enough without…
Brave Writing As writers, I believe we’re called to not only tell a rollicking good story but also to use our narrative, our characters, and our gifts to inspire. Our readers ought to feel better, be better, and live better because they felt our words and took them to heart. The world should be a…
Writers are entertainers who perform on pages rather than stage or screen I originally started this article by stating that I’ve been a published author for over forty years. I’ve been a writer, however, my whole life—there were just times when I didn’t write. It’s easy to get caught up in the artistic side of…
NEVER SAY NEVER by Patti Shene Gonzales I have aspired to be a writer since childhood. Procrastination and self-doubt proved the biggest stumbling blocks to my writing dreams. A career, a family, and other priorities afforded excuses to save the writing for another day. There were things I said I would never do if I…
The idea for An Unexpected Christmas Gift (my latest novel) came to me because my hubby and I owned a bed and breakfast. When I remember how the story of our B&B journey began, it is actually quite humorous. Some of you may have read my first novel, Early Birds. In it, I talked about…