Small-Town Christian Romance Author Julie Arduini
Weaving faith, family, and chocolate in stories that feel like home
The year isn’t even half over and I’m ready for it to be done already. Nothing terrible is happening, yet, it’s draining all the same. I call it the crushing season, for me, a time I’ve discerned is God’s doing to grow me. Take me to the new place in Him. But it will crush…
Last year I offered monthly installments of Match Made in Heaven, a contemporary romance based in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. It was my way of thanking newsletter subscribers for joining me on the journey. It was a fun novella and well received. When I asked what readers wanted this year, they…
I not only write, I read a lot. Last year I spent a lot of time researching blogs and reading up on marketing. The names to follow—the Michael Hyatt, Jeff Goins—say the same thing: growing an email list is the wisest marketing move to make. If Jeff Zuckerberg decides to shut Facebook down tomorrow or…
June is a fairly busy month for me and I can’t seem to come up with any brilliance I need to confess this week that I didn’t already share on Facebook. I thought I’d take a second and share where you can find me across social media and cyberspace. It’s easy to assume everyone…
I love giving. Valentine’s Day is a little unusual for me this year, but I don’t want that to stop me. So, I’m releasing the first installment of my contemporary romance, Match Made in Heaven, to Julie Arduini newsletter subscribers only, tomorrow. For those of you on email, that means Valentine’s Day/Friday. This is a…
Confession time. When I was in high school I remember having an English teacher that was a tough cookie. She wasn’t about being your friend, she was all about making sure you used the language the way it was intended. I don’t even remember how it happened, but one day she let her rough exterior…