My agent and friend, Chip MacGregor recently released his own non fiction work, 40 Ways To Get Closer To God. Co-written with Keri Kent, Chip, writing under the name Jerry MacGregor, (not to be confused with Jerry Maguire) writes plainly and straight forward about a life in God. From his blog: “But let me warn you: if you read this …
Lakeside Reunion by Lisa Jordan
I’m so thrilled to tell y’all about a great new book by my friend and fellow My Book Therapy staffer, Lisa Jordan. She wanted to write, buckled down, did the hard work, learned, wrote and rewrote, and finally landed her first contract earlier this year at Harlequin’s Love Inspired. Way to go friend! A Recipe for Success My oldest son …
Vote for Your Favorite book in 2011
Hey all, For fun, I nominated Softly and Tenderly for Best Fiction Book of 2011 over on Goodreads. Go vote if you want! Look through the Fiction Category or just nominate Softly and Tenderly at the bottom of the main page. 🙂 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Best Fiction Vote now for your favorite books!
La Belle Christiane by Lyn Cote
Can the beautiful daughter of a French courtesan find a love that lasts for a lifetime? In the early 1770’s, Christiane Pelletier, an extraordinarily beautiful young woman, is next in a line of courtesans who have been favorites at the French court during the reigns of two monarchs. Yet she longs to be the beloved wife of one man, not …
A Snake In My Toilet
When I was a girl, my dad’s mom, Grandma Hayes, lived in the Shawnee State Forest in southern Ohio. It was a beautiful place to live. At night, she’d open the family room windows and fill the house with the fragrance and music of Turkey Creek. A sound especially thrilling after a storm. We cousins would run and play through …
I broke down and went on a diet
I hate diets. I love working out. I even like “watching what I eat,” but the combo of those two were not working for me any more. I was holding steady, but my weight was not where I wanted. I think it took the pictures of me after the ACFW conference for me to go, “Something’s gotta change.” Counting calories …
A Response to Pain and Suffering
I’m reading a great book by my friend Shelley Hundley. “A Cry for Justice: Overcoming anger, reject bitterness, and trust in Jesus who will fight for you.” This is an amazing book. Not only is Shelley bringing justice scriptures to life but she shares of her own horrific journey into understanding and embracing Jesus as Judge. Abused sadistically as a …
True Justice
A blog from my Hubby: It’s hard to see injustice all around us and not get angry. But it is comforting to know that, ultimately, no one escapes justice. (Mat 12:18-21) Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him, And He will declare justice to …
An Invited Into Divine Partnership
When did it happen? Over time? Lack of understanding? The misgivings of powerful men? But we lost sight of something so dear and critical in our relationship with Jesus. Partnership. We see ourselves as only, merely, servants. We are servants, yes. Bondslaves, absolutely. But out of love and utter devotion. Completely surrendered. “Not my will, but Your’s be done.” But …
Home from the 10th ACFW Conference!
(left, Susan Downs, me, Susan May Warren. Ten years and counting!) It’s never easy, Being in a pool of peers. Swimming with the current. Against the current. Exhausted. Laughing. Weary yet energized. Pulled in a thousand different directions. Yet somehow having a single purpose. Novels. Fiction. Hanging with other writers. I love to teach. Never realized how much until I …