Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
Devotional for Youth: Growing Up in Christ By Terry Overton Today’s children and teens are exposed to complex problems that their parents may not understand. Young Christians are bombarded with multiple options for solving everyday problems through social media. Where do they turn to find answers? Where can children and teens look to find…
Faith in My Writing Journey I’ve always loved reading, but as a young adult with children, I didn’t have much time for such pleasures. However, once glaucoma forced me out of the business world at age 40, my life took a different turn. I tried not to ask “why Lord,” rather “what do you want…
What’s Your One Big Thing? Have you ever had One Big Thing in your life that starts to overshadow everything else, changing the way you see life? It could be a goal, it could be a relationship, it could be the lack of one. It could even be something noble and good….until it keeps you…
Inspiration Behind the Heroine of Common Leah, the protagonist in my debut young adult Christian fantasy novel, Common, doesn’t have many traits of a typical heroine. She isn’t particularly bold, witty, courageous, or skilled with weapons. Instead, she’s a shy, hard-working maid who prefers to fly under the radar. And that’s what I love…
Inspiration behind Irresistibly Yours by Andrea Boyd For anyone who has had a bad marriage, the whole “I’ll never get married again” speech isn’t surprising. One conversation with a friend regarding this, plus a series of dreams, birth the idea of Irresistibly Yours. My heroine in the novel, Vivian Emerson, feels the exact same way…
SURRENDERING FOR THE TEAM My granddaughter’s high school basketball team is winding down the 2018 season. This week, I and several other fans gathered at our home town high school gym to attend the “pigtails” game, with the winning team moving on to district competition. We won the game by a narrow margin, indicating the…