Welcome Janis to the blog. What makes this book special to you? This book is special to me because it takes two broken...
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The Welcome Wagon by Jamie Adams
A Rose in Winter by Janis Jakes
A Time for Singing by Carol James
A Time for Singing by Carol James
Welcome Carol Tell us about you and your new release! How much of the book is based in real life? The idea for this...
The House That Jack Built
From Clare Revell This was originally pitched as a prequel to the Say A Prayer series, but for several reasons...
A Great Calamity has fractured the whole of America
A Great Calamity has fractured the whole of America toppling the government and killing millions across the entire nation. From the embers rose The Peaceful Union, with its symbol of the dark phoenix that promises protection and order from the chaos and death outside the city-states.
Charlotte blackburn, is a daughter of this new society that huddles beneath the massive churning steamworks of the electric Tesla Domes.
Dark heroes, fantastic devices, and unbreakable love
Charlotte, on the run from the shadowy Order of the Sword and Scroll with the mysterious spy, Ashton Wells, flees via air ship to the floating settlement of Outer City.
The last frontier of the broken world of the Blackburn Chronicles, the sky territory is home to outlaws and pioneers. Lawmen keep the peace at the bustling ports where every kind of fantastic air ship and hodge-podge dirigible brings those who seek their fortune.
Why Write about Dark Topics?
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I am often asked why I choose to write about “dark subject matter” like sex trafficking. I’ve seen...
Life Is All About Choices…and Consequences
Life is all about choices…and consequences. That’s what my new book, BROKEN TRUST, is all about. The main...
Guest Post: How Leprosy and a Servant Girl became Providence
Teaching elementary chapel from kindergarten through fifth grade—all at one time—was a joy for me. I had thirty minutes to sing, pray, and teach stories from the Bible. One particular series studied young people in the Bible who did great things. I dramatized David versus Goliath, Gideon and his glow stick bearing army (the Israelites had torches but those aren’t school approved) and a servant girl in the Book of II Kings who bravely spoke up about a prophet in Israel who could heal
Guest Post: Best Vacation Ever
By Christine Lindsay Being born in Ireland I am naturally biased toward that small emerald isle set like a jewel...
Guest Post: Daily Bread. . .Chilean-style By Niki Turner
What a trip to the supermarket in Chile taught me about spiritual food One of my favorite memories from my trips to...
Can You See a Pattern in LoRee Peery’s Creative Process?
The Beginnings of Paisley’s Pattern: by LoRee Peery One of the first writers’ workshops I attended (long ago) was...
Can a victim of abuse find hope?
By Kathleen Friesen What if a young woman, new to faith in Jesus Christ, had to do the unthinkable to protect herself...




