According to social networking experts, the worst thing you can do is abandon your blog or blog inconsistently. According to mental health experts, you must take time to step away from your life and re-examine once in a while – take a break, so to speak. Hmmm. If you follow my blog, you will see that the last time I …
One part adventure. One part love story.
A couple of years ago, I started reading a blog that was recommended to me called Wandering, Wondering, Writing written by a gal who’d just moved with her husband to Laos for his humanitarian work there. If you think you can’t find adventure in a blog, you would be wrong. The blog was chock-ful of humor and exciting adventures that …
Message to my Dad
Happy Father’s Day to my dad, Mike Brune, and all the dads out there! This is your day – Enjoy! MESSAGE TO MY DAD: You taught me how to ride a bike bait a fish hook open a pasture fence gate give a tenth back of whatever I had You were there for my first broken bone to pick me …
Change of Pace – A Mystery with a Fun Twist
Sometimes I like to change it up and read something totally different from my usual fare. When I saw this book on the CFBA, I snapped it right up. I haven’t read it yet, but it looks delightful. Here’s the scoop: This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingLove in DisguiseBethany House Publishers (June 1, 2012)byCarol CoxABOUT THE AUTHOR: Native Arizonan …
Coming Home
I’m the first to admit that I’m a sucker for nostalgia. I have things tucked in corners, along cabinet tops, and in nooks and crannies that attest to my love of times gone by. And my novels are meant to take readers to that place in their hearts called “home.” So, it’s not by coincidence, I dare say, that the …
This and That
Sometimes I think I can’t keep up with another thing – Social media, book club info, book review sites. When does “writing time” occur? Sadly, not nearly as much as I’d like. Sometimes, though, writing gets bumped to the front burner. Which is where I am this week. I got edits for Sweet Dreams (coming in 2013 and you are …
Celebrating Our Fortieth Anniversary – Has it really been that long?
On this day forty years ago, we said “I do.” Surrounded by family and friends, in the presence of God, we pledged that for better or worse, in sickness and health, in poverty or in wealth, to love, honor and cherish til death do us part. Most of the details of that day are a blur for me, a naive …
A Word From a Polio Survivor
One of my favorite quote is from Johann Wolfgang VonGoethe: Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative (and creation). There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of …
Stardust Blog Tour Wrap-up
Now that Stardust has been flung out there, I’ve realized whatever happens next is in God’s hands, which is a very good thing. I’m glad to say that the response has been amazing! Much of the credit goes to Sarah at FaithWords who set up the Blog Tour, and to you, my readers, who’ve tweeted and shared on FaceBook. And …
STARDUST Retro Giveaway
I know I promised to announce the giveaway on Thursday. In my defense, I started it on Thursday, but there simply aren’t enough hours in the day. Which is what I’m sure our grandmothers must have thought when they worked from sunup until sundown. Okay, maybe not all of your grandmothers, but I know mine certainly did. One thing I …