I think readers will enjoy A Kringle Family Christmas because it contains a little of everything I enjoy in a Christmas story: characters facing real issues but overcoming them with God’s help, humor, and romance. The premise of the story is that Bethany Kringle and...
Small towns are a lot like snowflakes — no two are the same. But there is one thing they have in common. They all love their festivals! When I was growing up, our town’s fall festival was the highlight of the year, a time to celebrate the beauty of Western New...
I was a precocious child. At age four, I was inexplicably drawn to the light-blue boxed set on the top shelf in our basement that was the Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and convinced my mom to read them to me. At first she tried to explain...
One of the initial ideas that came to my mind as I writing The Keeper’s Secret was the way someone’s marriage falls apart. That was something I didn’t know much about. My parents had been married forever, as had their parents. My in-laws, too, were married for eons....
How could I not return to the small town of Whispering Creek, Tennessee, when I had such a supportive character in Emma Uranova. Emma stood by Samantha (Sam) when Sam was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of twenty-three. Emma encouraged and spoke her bold truth...
Life isn’t always easy. Sometimes it seems like a series of hills and valleys. The mountaintop experiences are easy to celebrate, but the valleys can feel so dark. But many times, it’s in those valleys that our faith is refined. A few years ago, I went through a...
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring...
I’ve been around Pelican Book Group for a while now, since 2010. Many of you know me, and I’m sure I’m new to others. This is quite different for me, publishing nonfiction. Never in my wildest dreams had I considered writing anything but fiction. Well, monthly blogs....
Who is your favorite author and what is it that really strikes you about their work? I cannot specify one favorite author. There are too many that fill me with emotion as I read. But this year, my favorite is Stephanie Grace Whitson, a dear friend and historical...
How did you come up with your title? I had a shoulder replaced in June of 2020. The surgeon also did repair on a broken acromion (the flat bone connected to the clavicle) that forms the top curve. I found out later the pins were just “floating.:” So that part of the...
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