Please welcome my friend and author Susan Meissner. I’ve known Susan for a few years now and love her heart and spirit. She’s a beautiful, fabulous woman in love with Jesus. Check out her latest release. Blue Heart Blessed Left standing at the altar, Daisy Murien, a wounded but hopeful romantic, opens a secondhand wedding dress boutique, hoping to soothe …
Home for Christmas
A couple of “our girls” came for Christmas, Carrie and Elizabeth. The slumbered in the guest room and it was fun and pleasant to have them here. One lives in D.C., the other in Tallahassee. This season, Tony and I learned a new game, Carcassonne. It’s a “board” game with puzzle like pieces where the players build cities, fields and …
The 12 Authors of Christmas Tour!
Hey y’all! Starting tomorrow, December 1st, I’m hosting ” The 12 Authors of Christmas.” Stop by each day to read Christmas memories and traditions of your favorite authors, and perhaps a few new-to-you authors. I’ll be hosting the first half of December with the lovely and gracious Tricia Goyer hosting the last half of the month and the sweet and …
Big Fat Weekend Update
Okay, okay, I know y’all been wondering where in the heck is Rachel? I mean, geez, is she not blogging anymore? Has she gone mad? Did her deadline bury her alive? (No, that was the last book…) Is she in Nashville with her friend Susie Warren attending a friend’s wedding? Yes! Prizes all around. And I will draw names for …
My Sister
My sister is ten years younger than I am. She arrived on a March morning after years of begging my parents for help against my three brothers. The picture on the left is from June of ’75. I’m 14, wearing my Publix uniform. I’ve worked there a few weeks probably. Dig my octagon shaped glasses. Beka is four. Too cute. …
Fun Day, Didn’t do what I planned, but still, fun day
Woke up with plans to write, but made a fun phone call that took awhile, critted a scene for a friend, dashed off to get my hair colored and cut, then met two fav writers and friends at Barnes & Noble. Davis Bunn and Mark Mynheir. We always have a great time talking the writing life and craft. Thanks friends! …
Did you miss me?
Well, I’ve been in Dallas for the ACFW conference since last Tuesday. Sorry, I was too busy to blog. Waaaaa. But, I had a great time. I taught a 4 hour continuing session on The Lits – Chick Lit, Mom Lit, Lady Lit, etc. It went well and I had a good time. Dave White came with me to help …
Sometimes you wanna go where everyone knows your name
Some of the longest running and most popular television shows in the last thirty years have revolved around… Friends! M*A*S*H. Even though this show is about an Army medical hospital during the Korean War, it was about friends. Men and woman bonded together by hardship and war as well as laughter. The show ran 11 years. And we loved the …
So, no one came…
… to the life skills class. So, Tony, Matt, Jodi and I watched a little basketball, then played Euchre. The boys won two out of three. Boo. Jodi, grudge match, right? We had fun. I guess all the seventeen to thirty year olds at Church On The Rock have all the life skills they need. Hum. I’m back writing, rewriting, …