>How did you come up with that?

> This question and many others came from a dozen lovely ladies of the Welch Bookies Book Club a few days ago. For my first face-to-face book club, the initiation was pure bliss! We laughed, talked about our favorite characters, and had random discussions about pink sponge hair rollers, Ford Edsels, Gone With The Wind, and Happy, Texas. Sort of …

>On The Road

>In about twelve hours I’m headed to the northeast part of Oklahoma for a book signing at the CHAPTERS BOOK STORE in Miami and then later spending the evening with a book club that has just read Chasing Lilacs. There’s a lovely writeup on the WelchOK.com site. And if you’re in the area, please come by and say hi! I’ll …

>Life Is a Merry-Go-Round

> My apologies, dear readers, here at the Cafe. I’ve been absent more than present lately. Truthfully, I’ve been caught in the thrill – and sometimes daunting merry-go-round – of marketing of Chasing Lilacs. After five book signings, including my first ever trip to the International Christian Retail Show in St. Louis, I was feeling a bit wiped out. I …

>A Winning Proposal – A Fantastic Conference

>In six short weeks, I’ll be headed to Indianapolis for the American Christian Fiction Writers’ annual conference. This is one of my favorite events of the entire year. My sweet friend, Cynthia Ruchti – aka debut author and President of ACFW – penned a proposal for this year’s gathering. With her permission, I’m sharing it with you. You’ll notice that …