My debut novel, The Stars in April, is based on the true story of a twelve-year-old Titanic survivor, Ruth Becker. Released on March 30, 2021 by IlluminateYA, the book has been honored with a Starred Review from School Library Journal. In 2012, during the hundredth anniversary of the ship’s sinking, I discovered among the survivors…
Part 2 of an Interview with Barb Roose,Author of Breakthrough For some, Christianity is a long list of rules to be followed, and it’s hard to be a “good Christian” because it always seems you’re breaking one of those rules. In Breakthrough: Finding Freedom in Christ (Abingdon Women), popular women’s conference speaker and author Barb…
How not to write a series! By Bonnie Engstrom I’ve been planning to write about this subject for a long time and now that The Candy Cane Series is finally complete I am following through with my intent. Most authors will write a trilogy or maybe a five book series. Those are the smart ones!…
May 2021 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Amish Romance: The Jam and Jelly Nook by Amy Clipston — In the final installment of Amy Clipston’s bestselling Amish Marketplace series, a young widow struggling to raise her son dreams of one more chance at…
In her nine-week inductive Bible study, Crossroads: A Study of Esther and Jonah for Boldly Responding to Your Call (Kregel Publications), Jodie Niznik invites readers to learn that each Christian is uniquely equipped and called by God for a particular assignment in a specific time and place. As each of us stands at a crossroads,…
Reframing Our Stories Within God’s Story An interview with Robert K. Cheong,Author of Restore: Changing How We Live and Love Everyone has their own unique story—a way of weaving together past experiences and relationships with current joys and sorrows to make sense of their lives. When we live our stories without looking to the master Storyteller,…