Christian fiction without apology or pretense — lived, not preached.
How many times have I sat across from one parent or another and tried to explain what I’d done and why. Here’s a hint. I never knew. That’s why I couldn’t explain. When you know something is wrong, you don’t want to do it, and yet you do it anyway—well, Paul isn’t the first to do that. I won’t … [Read more...]
Hand-tooled, floppy leather. A bejeweled button closure. If you opened it, hand-sewn blank pages emerged—pages that begged for a story to be written within. It arrived in a Priority mail box—part of a Christmas gift swap. As things often do, it gave me the idea for a story. A man would find … [Read more...]
The argument raged. One woman insisted that if you said you didn’t like something that meant you disliked it. For what it’s worth, she also seemed to imply it wasn’t “nice” not to like everything that isn’t outright evil. The other woman, however, said well what I’ve often thought. “There’s a … [Read more...]
When the synopsis for Just a Train Ride appeared, I knew I had to request a review copy of the book. One thing, shallow as it may be, stopped me, however. The cover. As indie covers go, it isn’t bad—not really. I like most of it. The typography didn’t grab me, but it wasn’t horrible. But the … [Read more...]
Not sure when I first decided I wanted to own my own bookstore. I do recall that teaching won out over bookstore ownership as a girl because I thought that “three months off” would give me time to write a book every year, and you didn’t get three months off as a bookstore owner. I set that … [Read more...]
If I’ve been asked once, it’s been a thousand or more times. “So, what makes a good book?” That’s like asking what makes a “good kid.” You can’t just pinpoint one thing (well, I suppose technically, you could say God and call that good) and that’s that. Lots of different things go into the … [Read more...]
“You keep doing that. You keep choosing to read books you know you’ll disagree with.” Look, it’s a valid point. I won’t pretend it’s not. But unlike the not-so-subtle implication of the accusation, I really don’t go looking for books to spend hours reading so I can then say how much I didn’t like … [Read more...]
