Thinking back over the time in which I wrote A Refuge for Rosanna, I remember the story pouring out. Not without effort, but it seemed that events followed each other in a logical progression. Logical to me, that is! Rosanna has a “win” at the beginning of...
One of my kids’ favorite TV shows features a four-legged canine who, at the end of his zany, slap-stick 30 minutes, blogs about a meaningful lesson he learned during that episode. As I was trying to decide what to blog about regarding my new release, Fanatic...
Meet Scott Harrington from The Least of These by Kathleen Neely Tell us your name and a little bit about yourself Scott Harrington is a freelance journalist. He defied the wishes of his father and didn’t follow in the long line of Harrington...
Meet the Heroine, Kaitlyn Driver, from Turbocharged by Jessie Gussman Tell us your name and a little bit about yourself Kaitlyn Driver. I work for my dad in his trucking company. In my spare time I've put together a pulling rig and I plan to win the championship...
The Least of These has a special history in my life. I was what I call a closet writer. I dabbled in writing for years without anyone knowing. The manuscript that has become The Least of These took form over a twenty-year period. I would dig it out and add to it or...
Guest post by Jessie Gussman (First Published on With Love for Books, June 18, 2018) My kids have been listening to the soundtrack of The Sound of Music lately in the car. You know, A Few of My Favorite Things? Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens?...
There are a number of different point of view (POV) techniques a writer can employ such as first person (“I”), third person (“she”), omniscient (all-knowing), and variations on these techniques. One of my favorites to read and what I prefer to...
I’ve been asked why I wrote Beauty for Ashes. It’s purely a work of fiction, yet I believe that we can all relate in some manner. Nathan Drummond has a secret—one that he’s held inside of him for twelve years. If he had confessed his...
A stack of papers sits before me, about three hundred pages high. From a distance the papers appear dogeared, but the whole pile is tied together with ribbon and is topped with a bow. This pile of pages is my story, Dove Strong. A closer look reveals my lines of...
What is the thing you love most about writing? Writing is a journey. Not only do we create a storyline for our readers, we go on a virtual journey ourselves through the writing process. We even learn lessons we intend for our audience. But how do we make it...
