When Your Valentine Has Four Paws and Fur

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 12 Comments

A dog will teach you unconditional love. If you can have that in your life, things won’t be too bad. ~Robert Wagner Any of you who stop by here to see what’s going on down here on the farm or in my writing world or for my this and that, you know I am a dog lover. I got my …

Lessons on Prayer from Aunt Hattie

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 26 Comments

“Our prayers may be awkward.  Our attempts may be feeble.  But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference.”  Max Lucado I told you all that I’ve been remembering my Rosey Corner stories because I just finished the narration for Love Comes Home, the only …

Some Mysteries Are Harder to Solve that Others

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 30 Comments

Don’t insult readers by questioning the extent of their imaginations. Most need only to be nudged to solve a good mystery. -Peggy Kopman-Owens Far be it from me to question the extent of your imaginations. I’m seeing it at work with these mystery photos. And what fun imaginations you have. I love the way you give these mystery photos your …

Are You Ready for a New Mystery Photo Game?

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 28 Comments

“The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle I’m throwing down a challenge again to all of you who like to play my mystery photo game. I’ve been taking pictures and trying to think mysteriously about this or that common thing and I am finally ready to see if I …

Birds and More Mysteries to Ponder

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 34 Comments

He who finds a thought that lets us a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great peace. ~Albert Einstein Don’t you just love nature? Love going outside to see what you might see? See what gifts the Lord might bless you with on any particular day? That happens to me often when I go walking …

A Giveaway to Celebrate Release Week for An Appalachian Summer

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 71 Comments

Tuesday is release day for An Appalachian Summer. Already books have gone out to some reviewers and early readers. But Tuesday, if you did a pre-order, my new mountain story will fly out to you. And I will love hearing what you think about the story. When I decided to go back to Wendover, Kentucky for a new story, I wanted to …

What Question Would You Ask?

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 32 Comments

  “And you still haven’t answered any of my one-hundred ten questions, or my follow ups.” ― Greg Farshtey I think I’ve told you before that the Q & A part of any writing talk I give is my favorite. I don’t have to figure out what I’m going to say for that part of the talk. I just get to …

Let’s Go Caroling!

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 36 Comments

Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; break forth in song, rejoice, and sing praises. …Psalm 98:4 (NKJ) Recently in my newsletter, I asked if readers wanted to share about being in Christmas pageants or if they’d been caroling. I also asked about their favorite Christmas songs. As I indicated in a previous post, “Mary Did You Know” was …

Fake Cockroaches and Summer Camp

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 9 Comments

I sent out a newsletter last week with a question asking readers to share a best summer memory. It’s been fun reading about what has made summers special for you all. Some have loved a certain summer because that’s when they met their husband to be. Others have loved summers because that’s when they gave birth to one of their …

Adria & Louis Character Interviews

Ann H GabhartAnn's Posts, One Writer's Journal 26 Comments

River to Redemption is still a Kindle Monthly Special for a few more weeks. You can grab the book right now for $1.99 for your e-reader.  With the book on special, I thought this would be a good time to share bits of two different interviews my characters did last summer. Adria was interviewed by Novelpastimes.com and Louis was interviewed by …