Each year I share my thoughts as I celebrate another birthday. This year, 52. I don’t even remember much of 51. Turning 50 was anticlimactic because I really wanted to enter the decade with a bang. Instead, the country shut down and it was so new no one was doing the drive-by celebrations. So, what’s…
Finding Hope through Love’s Lost Star by guest blogger Caitlin M. Smith The past can be a pesky fly, relentlessly buzzing in our ears. It tries to define us, claiming that we can never escape the people we once were. We can’t start fresh, and we can never be free from mistakes we’ve made. This…
The Story behind the Story Gold Rush Bride Tegan By Linda Shenton Matchett More than likely, you’ve heard of the California gold rush that began in 1848. Word spread around the world, and by the following year tens of thousands of people from around the world arrived to seek their fortune. But did you know…
A Twisted Strand I’m a historical fiction writer. But I didn’t start out that way. Actually, if you go back far enough, I wasn’t a writer at all. I was a science teacher. And so, for my first foray into fiction, I decided to stick with what I knew. Biology. Check. The place I live,…
A Woodland Tale: Concerning How National Parks Came to Be A Woodland Tale is a unique novel which combines the Christian faith with a love for the outdoors. Throughout, biblical verses and concepts are interwoven into the captivating adventure, which espouses a love for creation and its creator. Come and visit the national parks, the…
Behind the Scenes – Lavender Fields Inn Writing’s never work when the story’s fun to create. Lavender Fields Inn—one of those novels. I hope readers will agree. Wren Tabor is taking a well-earned vacation at an inn and spa nestled high in the Rocky Mountains. Perhaps her broken heart will heal after her so-called boyfriend…