“…a fast paced story of love, redemption, faith, triumphs…a heartrending story…an outstanding story involving the Shakers and their beliefs. A must read.” – Review of The Blessed by April Renn, My Book Addiction Reviews My Shaker book, The Blessed, is on special e-book sale this month. Christianbook.com has it for 79 cents. It’s 99 cents most other e-book sites like Amazon. You can find more …
A Country Church Homecoming
A Country Church – A place you can call home, people you can call family. Our little country church had a Homecoming today. That means we gathered to celebrate one more year of being a Christian family of brothers and sisters in Christ who meet to worship the Lord at the Goshen Baptist Church. The church was established in 1812. …
Book Clubs Are the Best
I had the pleasure of speaking to a book club last week about my book These Healing Hills. Such fun. And in an odd coincidence, at practically the same time I was talking to the Branches Book Club at the Middletown United Methodist Church, the book chat group at the Indian River City United Methodist Church in Florida was talking …
Storytelling and Newsletter Winners
I love to listen to people tell stories. That could be because I’ve been called a storyteller, but I usually tell my stories with my fingers on a keyboard. My stories are generally printed in books and sometimes read aloud by a narrator on audio books. These Healing Hills has just been released on audio books. I talked to the …
A Roomful of Windows
If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade. ~Tom Peters Do you like windows? I do. My favorite room is one full of windows. But to get the most out of those rooms with windows, you sometimes have to get out the spray bottle of window cleaner and squeegees. Our church is getting ready to have a Homecoming …
Flowers in the Garden of Storytelling
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life. (Unknown) I had great fun at the ACFW Conference. That’s the American Christian Fiction Writers Conference. The ACFW is an organization that promotes Christian fiction and helps writers, both published and those hoping to be published, find ways to improve their writing to entice readers into their fictional worlds. This week …
Learning New Writing Tricks
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. ~ English Proverb Do you think that’s true? Sometimes with Frankie I wonder if you can teach a young dog new tricks! Actually Frankie is learning a few things. Still has some things to learn but sometimes the teacher is at fault. But I’m wondering more about me learning new tricks. Do …
Birthdays are Good for You
Why are birthday’s good for you? Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest! (Larry Lorenzoni) I’m guessing in the picture above where I’m sitting in the lap of my very fashionably dressed big sister while my cousin and my other sister posed for the camera that I had not yet had my first birthday. But I …
A Man Named Louis
“I’m going to Springfield and put flowers on that man’s grave.” That’s what a friend told me today when I happened to see her at the grocery store. She had read my book, River to Redemption, and was moved by the actions of Louis Sansbury. (In my book, I changed his name to Sanderson since my story is fiction.) But my friend …
You Might Be a Country Girl – Take Two
Puttin’ on a cowboy hat & a pair of boots doesn’t make you country; like puttin’ on a ball gown & glass heels won’t make me Cinderella. ~Kellie Elmore Do you remember that song Barbara Mandrell sang years ago. “I was country, when country wasn’t cool.” I’m guessing that was a lot of you and me too as we …










