… So there I am. Zombied on a Sunday afternoon, knots in my stomach, talking to Susie Warren on the phone. “Send it to me,” she says. “What? My manuscript?” Gulp. It’s horrible. She’ll be the first to see I can’t write. But I was desperate. I emailed it. Oh, praise the Lord for email, seriously! She called me an …
Real thank you speech
Caught in a swirl of busyness between teaching a continuing ed class at ACFW and leading worship, I didn’t think much about the Book of the Year Award. Probably, a bit of that on purpose so I wouldn’t focus on winning or losing. Saturday night, I wasn’t prepared to hear my name and book called. I’d not prepared a speech, …
Sweet Caroline wins!
How’s that for a heading. . . Sweet Caroline won Best Lit in the American Christian Fiction Writer’s Book of the Year. Very thrilled to have won! What an honor. I wasn’t prepared to win so I didn’t have any cute stories, and I forgot to thank Christine Lynxwiler and Susan May Warren who saved my bacon four days before …
Women of Faith Book Club and Sweet Caroline
Good news! Sweet Caroline was picked for September’s Women of Faith book club! For information and to read an interview with your’s truy, click here!
Sweet Caroline strikes again
Found out Sweet Caroline hit the CBA Best seller list for September. This is different that the ECPA best seller list. Not sure how the numbers are calculated or pulled, but good for Caroline. If you’re curious, go back a year or so in my postings and you can read the behind the scenes of Sweet Caroline and how God …
Book Clubs
I love book clubs. There’s a resurgence of them these days – as well as things like knitting clubs. I met a fifteen year old girl who loved to knit. Tonight I was honored to join a book club who’d read Sweet Caroline. It was fun to meet and talk about the book, hear how the reader interpreted relationships and …
Behind the Scenes 5: Sweet Caroline
The ending of Sweet Caroline is unusual and unpredictable. But the ending is not random, but thought out and planned. There’s a reason I ended the story the way I did. Don’t despair, we learn more about Caroline in Elle’s story, Love Starts With Elle. Caroline’s ending is part of her life’s journey. For the first time in her life, …
Behind the Scenes 4: Sweet Caroline
While I felt Caroline’s story turned out well, I wasn’t sure the readers and reviewers would agree. I wondered if people felt a once-in-a-life-time change in Barcelona was “over the top.” Would the Cafe scenarios and repairs come across realistic? I had to do quite a bit of research on that part. Did I show how Caroline was a servant …
Behind the Scenes 3: Sweet Caroline
I couldn’t worship. Though I tried. I felt tired, weary and instead of gazing at my Redeemer, I danced with panic and fear. That’s it, my career is over. Nelson is going to wonder… “what the heck?” I’ve disappointed my fab editor. I played out scenarios of my agent calling me with the bad news… “the book is unpublishable.” I …
Behind the Scenes 1: Sweet Caroline
Ah, as promised. A behind the scenes look at Sweet Caroline! So, I’m a few weeks, maybe months late, but better late than never. The beginning Sweet Caroline started out years ago as straight up chick lit called “Cooking with Kate.” I thought it would be humorous to have a woman hosting a cooking show, but be a disaster in …
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