As a writer blessed to have my award-winning, debut coming of age novel, The Year of the Bear, nominated for the John Newbery Medal and to have published 293 inspirational poems in 64 literary journals and anthologies around the globe, I am honored to share some thoughts on my journey and inspiration. Prior to the…
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The Year of the Concert
2022. Well, you were better than 2021. I barely remember 2021 it was so full of trauma and grief. It truly had no where to go but up. There were milestones, good ones. We had a high school graduation. Then a wedding. Our kids are adults now. The younger set I gave birth to are…
The Message of Jesus by Patti Shene Gonzales
THE MESSAGE OF JESUSI It was exciting this year to realize a lifelong dream by publishing my first book. No, it will never reach the New York Times best seller list. It will probably never win a contest, but the presence of it on Amazon symbolizes a great accomplishment for me. Cathy’s Christmas Confession is…
The Underground Book Readers: The Secret Society by Terry Overton
n a recent interview with local public school and community librarians, I was slapped into the reality that our children and youth not only are discouraged from reading the classics we all knew and loved growing up, but in fact in some locations, these books are banned. Yet, on the other hand, many new books…
The Promises Series by Judythe Morgan
The Behind the story of THE PROMISES SERIES Fate unites three people at Eighth Army Headquarters, South Korea during the turbulent Vietnam War years and their lives are irreversibly linked. Promises they make to themselves and each other bind them forever. Book 1, Love in the Morning Calm Book 2, The Pendant’s Promise Book 3,…
Interview with Michael Garrett, Part Two
Miss Part One? You can catch up HERE. LET’S PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND SELL SOME BOOKS! The biggest challenge to today’s Christian fiction authors is not getting published, but is selling published books. WHAT HAS SURPRISED YOU ABOUT MARKETING YOUR OWN BOOKS? Well, when my first novel was traditionally published over thirty years ago,…