Welcome my friend and author Leanna Ellis. She’s written a fabulous book Elvis Takes A Back Seat. What’s your book about? Elvis Takes a Back Seat is about a young widow who is determined to fulfill her husband’s last request. She hauls a three foot bust of Elvis strapped in the back seat of a vintage Cadillac from Texas to …
Awaken My Heart by DiAnn Mills
Please welcome my long time friend, DiAnn Mills. She is a prolific author and a mentor to many aspiring and established authors. Awaken My Heart is DiAnn’s new book from Avon Inspire and tells the unlikely love story between 18-year-old Marianne, a wealthy rancher’s daughter, and the infamous Mexican rebel leader warring against her father. Click HERE to learn more …
Sweet Caroline Video
This is me talking about Sweet Caroline via my new Flip Video.
I’m like an athlete
Same routine every day until the book is finished. Get up, go to McDonalds, try to wake up, boot laptop, take thirty minutes to goof around in email, read blogs, open manuscript, launched DVD of Justin Rizzo leading worship at KC “One Thing,” eat no meat or sweets, (okay so this a Daniel Fast, still…) start editing where left off …
Sweet Caroline is almost here!
Sweet Caroline, my next Thomas Nelson book debuts February 12. I’m so excited. Romantic Times Book Club wrote: Hauck’s adorable novel contains the multi-layered characters readers have come to expect from her books. The enjoyable story and unpredictable ending entertains and offers much to think about. – 4.5 Stars, Melissa Parcel, Romantic Times Book Club I’m so busy finishing Love …
I wanna be found faithful
I wanna be found faithfulI wanna be found steadyI wanna be found faithfulUntil the end.Justin Rizzo Just a quick update as I need to get editing/rewriting today. Elle’s story still needs an ending. I know it, just haven’t written it all the way. Grace, grace
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! …
Just another manic Wednesday
Got up and decided this was my morning to dash through the mall and pick up a few things for the ACFW conference. Black shoes and one of those new blousy tops everyone is wearing. Yesterday was new-cell-phones-day, always a winner. Spent an hour manually transferring my phone numbers. Ah, a day in the life of… Dillards was having a …
Why do you write?
My friend and author extraordinaire, Lisa Samson, posted an interesting blog. She wrote: A little while ago, my publisher asked me a question. He told me not to sit and think about it. “Give me your first response.” “All right.” To be honest, I was a little nervous. I’m one of those people who won’t answer in church unless I …
Behind the Scenes: Lost In NashVegas
So many of you liked the Behind The Scenes blog I did for Diva NashVegas, I thought I’d back it up and write about Lost In NashVegas. Are you just trembling with anticiapation? Well, right, you should. This book was like birthing a baby, including the nine months. Once my agent and I decided to write about a song writer, …