I hate California freeways. Okay, so I really don’t hate them, but sometimes they’re crazy inconvenient. Zipping along without a care in the world—awesome. Traffic backed up for at least twenty minutes (one way) due to an accident… well, it’s not so bad if you’re plotting out a new book. I was Continue Reading
Whose Name Inspired an Exciting New Character?
I arrive home from a night of writing and praying at the Lighthouse. Kicked back in the recliner, I pop on a mystery while I do a few things and a little blue light pops up on Facebook. A word of encouragement, a laugh, a prayer for me, a prayer request—something. At least once a week, it Continue Reading
This Gal Breaks My Heart & Makes Me Laugh
Supposedly there is some TV show about gals in Jersey. Me? I’ve got my own reality show playing out in my launch team’s private Facebook group. Two Jersey gals keeping me laughing, joking, and on my toes. Barb from yesterday is all about the cars (she’s a NASCAR fiend. Forgot to tell you that), Continue Reading
Every Team Needs an Authentic Jersey Girl
Our next Launch Team Member in my introductory series knew me back when I thought Harry Potter was of Satan. She knew me when I posted updates of my labor online as it progressed. You know those first words of Aggie? Yeah, she knew me back then. She loved me for William’s ‘Vette, and Continue Reading
Who Is Anxious for a Book That’s “The Pits”?
If you're just joining us, this is part of a series on my fabulous launch team to celebrate the release of Will Not See. This is not the book that is "the pits" I promise. One of the coolest things about a launch team is the diverse personalities of the people involved. Some answered my Continue Reading
Emma: A Neighbor Thanks to the Wonders of the Internet
Late at night, while most of "my" world sleeps, it helps to have early- bird friends on the other side of the country or friends halfway across the world. My next launch team member is one of those latter folks. I’m so excited to be introducing Emma. She’s been on the team since we put out the Continue Reading
Alicia: The First of My Amazing Launch Team
White dimity curtains—with a windowpane pattern, of course—dance in the breeze at windows sporting red geraniums in boxes. At an antique spinet desk, a woman sits, her fingers flying over the keys of a Remington Rand typewriter—custom painted aqua, of course. And as her fingers do their dances, Continue Reading
When You Root for the Wrong Team: Out of Darkness
Go… go… GO! Get the—” A hand claps over my mouth. Red faces all around me. Glares. Snickers. Angry fans who turn to give me their .02 until they realize I’m five. Yeah. I was rooting for the wrong team. You know… my brother is playing for one. We’re on “our” side of the bleachers. But Continue Reading
The Perplexing Question of the Doors: How One Life Changed
“You wake up in an unfamiliar room. Picture it—is it a living room? A bedroom? A kitchen?” The class eyed one another with a predictable combination of confusion and annoyance. Seated square in the middle of the room, Lance Pengully kept his expression bored— a move of self-preservation. But Continue Reading
What Happens When You Find Yourself in a Book?
The page turned before I realized that I’d done the turning. Another. Another. On those pages, I saw a girl I used to know—one passionate for the Lord and His people. I recognized her indignation at injustice and her inconsistencies. Another page turned. And another girl—I recognized myself Continue Reading
What Book Jumped to the Top of my 2018 Wish List?
How the conversation with myself goes when I have a book I've been dying to read. Me: Just one more chapter. Conscience: Why? You know how it’s going to play out. Me: Because it doesn’t feel like I know. Conscience: That makes no sense. Besides, you have a novella to Continue Reading
The Top 4 Things That Recharge Me When I Crash
“She’s a writing machine.” If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times. There’s this perception among my writerly friends that I just churn out thousands of words, one after the other--and nothing else. Just eat, sleep, breathe, and write (and as to sleeping, I apparently don't do much Continue Reading
