> Daisy Chain by Mary DeMuth hit the bookstores last week. This intriguing book has a major theme of secrets. In keeping with that theme, I’m letting you in on three cool things about me. Only trouble is, two are true and one is NOT. It’s up to you, my dear readers, to figure out which is which. Ready? 1. …
>MEET THE THERAPISTS at My Book Therapy
>Please join me in welcoming once again the creators and geniuses from My Book Therapy on their LOVE TO WRITE tour. Today, some personal thoughts from Susan May Warren, Rachel Hauck, and Sarah Sumpolec. Thoughts from Therapist Susan May Warren: Writing the story of your heartQ: Have you ever had a story that you wanted to write, a spiritual message …
>ENGAGING FATHER CHRISTMAS by Robin Jones Gunn Up on CFBA
> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingEngaging Father ChristmasFaithWords (October 30, 2008)byRobin Jones Gunn REVIEW OF THE BOOK: If you love British settings as I do, you will enjoy this delightful novella. From the performance of A Christmas Carol to the quaint coffee shop run by Miranda’s boyfriend’s family, you feel the spirit of Christmas. Ian, her boyfriend, has …
>Review and Book Drawing for AN IRISHWOMAN’S TALE
> MY REVIEW An Irishwoman’s Tale by Patti Lacy (see blog entry below) is based on a true story. The fact and fiction are woven together to tell Mary Freeman’s story—a delightful and sometimes haunting tale of her being torn from her mother’s bosom in a dingy Irish cottage and sent to live with a couple in Chicago. Mary’s lifelong …
>REVIEW of PAINTED DRESSES by Patricia Hickman (CFBA)
> MY REVIEW: One part Southern Fiction. One part mystery. One part journey of self discovery. Painted Dresses brings all my favorite elements of fiction together in a delicious mix of wounded characters, breath-taking prose, and a unique angle to the classic road-trip story. I was drawn into the story immediately by the tangy descriptions of Gaylen Syler-Boatwright’s cousins and …
>TRY DARKNESS by JAMES SCOTT BELL up on CFBA
> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingTry Darkness(Center Street – July 30, 2008)byJames Scott BellABOUT THE AUTHOR:JAMES SCOTT BELL is a former trial lawyer who now writes full time. He has also been the fiction columnist for Writers Digest magazine and adjunct professor of writing at Pepperdine University. The national bestselling author of several novels of suspense, he grew …
>Review / Giveaway of SISTERCHICKS GO BRIT by Robin Jones Gunn
> MY REVIEW:This latest installment of the popular Sisterchicks series finds two midlife mamas off to merry ole England. Liz has always wanted to meet Big Ben face to face, while her best friend Kellie’s dream is to have an interior design business. The two dreams become a reality through the not-so-subtle maneuverings of Opal, a sprightly Brit, who needs …
>American Christian Fiction Writers Conference–September 18-21
>Only 73 days until the 2008 ACFW Conference kicks off in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This will be my third time to go, and rather than wax dramatica about the life-changing moments I experienced the last two years, I did an informal survey (meaning non-scientific) of a few ACFW friends to get their thoughts about what makes this conference the one to …
>CFBA Presents LOVE STARTS WITH ELLE by Rachel Hauck
> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingLove Starts With Elle(Thomas Nelson – July 8, 2008)byRachel Hauck ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rachel Hauck is a forty-something, a child of the ’60’s, ’70’s, ’80’s, ’90’s and ’00’s, who roller skated through the ’70’s into the ’80’s with Farrah Fawcet hair and a three-speed orange Camero. She graduated from Ohio State University (Go …
>Review of CALICO CANYON by Mary Connealy, Up Today on CFBA
> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingCalico CanyonBarbour Publishing, Inc (July 1, 2008)byMary Connealy ABOUT THE AUTHOR:MARY CONNEALY is an award-winning author and playwright, married to Ivan a farmer, and the mother of four beautiful daughters, Joslyn, Wendy, Shelly and Katy. They live in Decatur, Nebraska. Mary is a GED Instructor by day and an author by night. And …