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Ten more days to throw your name in my giveaway hat if you haven’t already done so. You might win two dozen roses, or if you are one of those people who “never win anything,” you can tell me that and be in a drawing for a beautiful wind chime. I’m thinking about throwing MY name in that hat. Just …
It’s July. That means Small Town Girl is officially released. It’s always a banner day for a writer like me when a new book hits the market. Way back in 1978 when my first book was published in the general market as a mass market paperback, I expected to see it on every stand. I didn’t think about how many …
St. Louis – the Gateway to The West. Some might say St. Louis was the second gateway to the west, because at one time the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky was considered the western gateway. In the frontier days, the western frontier kept getting just a little farther west all the time as the pioneers kept moving on in search of …
One of the fun things about writing in the Christian market is the writer friends you get to meet. Here I am with Laura Frantz. Laura published her first book, The Frontiersman’s Daughter, a few years ago. She lives in Washington state but she has Ky roots and is published by the same company as I am. So she e-mailed …
“The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart.” Roses, those most romantic of flowers! And so, of course, many of the flower stories you shared with me feature roses. My husband is a very romantic guy and hardly ever forgets Valentine’s Day or our anniversary. One year he sent me a dozen perfect red …
“Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.” Happy Father’s Day to all of you out there who are fathers or had a father. The picture is of my husband and our first child. My husband and I were both so young, but we were a family. I’ve always loved this picture. You …
Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms without the aid of the seasons. – Kahlil Gibran My giveaway contest to celebrate Small Town Girl is going great. Entries are coming in from all over and you wouldn’t believe how many of us are out there who “never win.” One of those people will be winning those wind chimes …
Prizes can be fun and so can contests to celebrate new books. I got my first copies of Small Town Girl last week and first thing I thought about was giving some of those books away – along with an added prize or two. I like to tie in the contest with the book. You remember that lilac colored Grandmother’s Bible I …
The UPS man came calling yesterday and when I opened my door, there on my the step was that much awaited package – my new book, Small Town Girl. All my words neatly printed and packaged in a great cover. There’s our small town girl, Kate in her red dress standing on her front porch thinking romantic thoughts. She is, don’t …
Back in the 1990s I read a series of books about prehistoric Alaska. The first story in the Ivory Carver Trilogy was Mother Earth Father Sky. I’m sure I partly picked it up because of that great title, but I was soon captivated by the story and the characters. Fast forward a decade and I get to know a …