Forever After by Deb Raney

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I’m thrilled to have another good friend and acclaimed author on the site this week! Please welcome Deborah Raney. Forever After is the second book in Deborah Raney’s Hanover Falls Novels series from Howard/Simon & Schuster. The first novel in the series, Almost Forever, won the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence and a HOLT Medallion Award of Merit. Synopsis: Lucas …

Dragons of Chiril by Donita K. Paul

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It’s an honor to have my good friend Donita Paul stopping by today to tell us about her new novel. Before DragonSpell, on a different continent and a different time, a young emerlindian’s desperate decision threatens to disrupt the foundation of the world. Tipper has been caring for her family’s estate for years now, ever since her father disappeared, making …

Meet Me In St. Louis

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Meet me in St. Louie, Louie, meet me at the Conference! It’s fabulous! You should come! Really! St. Louis is a grand city! They have an arch in plain view from the hotel. The hotel has cool carpet. I’ll be there! Listen, I know what it’s like to feel lost, alone, stupid, clumsy, and like an outsider at a conference. …

The Fine Art of Insincerity by Angela Hunt

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Please welcome friend and author fabulous, Angela Hunt. I love the title and premise of this book. And knowing, Angie, it will be a great read. Take a peek at the blurb and first chapter! **** The Fine Art of Insincerity Three Southern sisters with nine marriages between them — and more looming on the horizon – travel to St. …

Overcoming Writer’s Block

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A Twitter friend asked me how to overcome writer’s block. So I thought I’d blog about reasons a writer might get blocked and ways to overcome this malady. 1. A lot of time I find writers get blocked because they haven’t done the character and plot work required to know where the story is going. I find I stall or …

Jesus Said, “Sell your possessions.”

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Jesus, the greatest man, prophet and teacher of all time, and also God in the flesh, said this in Luke 14:33 “So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions.” The word possessions caught me. While I believe Christ followers are to be generous, givers, humble with their means, I don’t …