Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Shaker books”
When life gives you too much snow, make snow angels. One of my favorite snow scenes that I almost forgot about when I started thinking about sharing snow scenes from my books is from The Believer, my second Shaker story. In this book I wanted to share more about the Shakers’ history and beliefs. They were very rule centered. They had …
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. ―Thomas A. Edison Tomorrow is Labor Day. Hope you are having a good holiday weekend as we near the end of summer. When I was a kid and after I married too and we raised a crop of tobacco, labor day usually lived up …
E-Book Deal on The Refuge – $1.99 I like books about sisters. I like to read them and I like to write about sisters in my books. Maybe that’s because I have two sisters and no brothers. Maybe because my mother had three sisters and no brothers. Maybe because my dad had one sister and no brothers. Maybe just because …
So you’re a country kid taking a walk in the autumn months and come across a persimmon tree. Older and wiser people are walking along with you and tell you that you have to try tasting one of those persimmons. You note their smile, but you’re a kid and you do want to try everything at least once, right? So …
Stairways have played major roles in my Shaker stories. In most of my Shaker books, I’ve let my characters wonder why it’s so important to follow the Shaker rule of always stepping on the first step with one’s right foot. Unity was very important to the Shakers and they believed if each member did such things the same that would …
Sisters make the best friends. I’ve been featuring things about the Shakers here on my blog the last couple of weeks since my book, The Blessed, is on e-book sale right now for 99 cents or less according to where you shop out on the net. But since some of you don’t e-book read, I’m having a book giveaway here …
“…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 …
“Never wish a thing done; do it!” (Shaker saying) I’ve shared with some of you on my Facebook page that I’m working on a new Shaker book. I’ve also probably shared with you here on One Writer’s Journal that I never planned to write more than one book about the Shakers. That first book, The Outsider, took years to be published. I had …
Today as I was exploring my new website and trying to learn how to do this or that on it, I clicked on that little spyglass at the end of the menu line and discovered a way to search through everything on my site, including all my blog posts. So I put in Shaker and came up with this …
“When someone you love becomes a memory, that memory becomes a wonderful treasure to always hold in your heart.” (Unknown source) A year ago today, my mother gave up her fight and moved on up to heaven. Some of you walked with Mom and me down that lonely Alzheimer’s path in her last years. It was a rocky path with …