The Twenty Year Reset

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Hello all and welcome back to another edition of What I Am Reading. My apologies in advance for the long…

While having our coffee this morning, and listening to the wind whip through our neighborhood, my husband remarked, “Its amazing that the trees in our backyard have survived all the windstorms and hurricanes that have run through here.”

“They must have good root systems,” I casually replied.

Root systems – that's what holds trees firm in the…

Meet Gloria Donovan ... The San Francisco Wedding Planner's Cougar!

Six volumes of The San Francisco Wedding Planner series have been released and are available in ebook format for only 99 cents each. Don't miss out on the fun!  Next week round two, the backstories of all the characters will be released, and Ruth L. Snyder suggested the…

COMING THIS SUMMER... My new novel 'Rosie Wrinkles and the Wiccan Deity' will be released this Summer through Mirador Publishing.

Here is a brief synopsis-

It is 1910 and Rosie Wrinkles is an orphan.

Shanghaied by a stranger in the dead of night, and delivered to the local Workhouse Rosie arrives with little else but the clothes on her back and a 'memory bottle'.

A stranger bundles her into a sack and sells her…

Lester Tibbett is back after a near death experience that has put a few things in perspective. It hasn’t stopped his friend Jed from harassing him about women or the upcoming bull riding competition. Nor has it made life any easier when it comes to dealing with his teenage sister. Just when he is at the end of his rope, he makes an unexpected discovery. Is it fate or mere…

The Demeter Code - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

Helping Hands Press “THIRSTY THURSDAY” Party!

It is almost time for another “THIRSTY THURSDAY”

 What is Helping Hands Press “THIRSTY” for:

Your input!    Your ideas!    Your feedback!

The authors at Helping Hands Press will be ready to answer your questions, listen to your…

SUMMER READING BLOG TOUR, DAY 4: MEET GRACIE ALLEN OF MICHELE HUEY’S FIFTH WHEEL series

Today you get to meet Gracie, the feisty neatnik of the Fifth Wheel series who agrees to sell…

Brett Garcia Rose announced today that his latest novel Noise is now available for sale in eBook and paperback.

“Noise is a rather dark and violet novel. It will appeal to readers who like a fast-paced action-packed mystery,” says Rose.

In Noise, the main character Leon is a deaf adoptee from Nigeria who came to the American South…

How can I not be full of contentment?

God is not a Man, that He would lie.

On a daily basis, His promises flow;

He is the Source, on Whom I can rely.

Despite the surrounding difficulties,

I’ve purposed to accept His sacred Word;

therefore, I will continue to stand firm,

by His grace and loving messages heard.

His everlasting mercies are renewed;

I remain girded by His faithfulness!

With the thankfulness of my frail heart,

I am still unable to…

A More Excellent Life by Alan Lester

“Won't you please take a picture of this?”

I looked up to see Charleen holding the white gerbera flower she had picked at the flower farm the previous day. High up on the long stalk of the flower, Randall, our pet chameleon, had clamped himself with his prickly claws. Half-raising the camera, I lowered it again with a smile…

Why Crime Fiction?

I’m often asked why I write crime-thriller novels. Sometimes, I think the answer is easy: I love to read them, so I write them, too.

But why crime? You can tap the range of human emotions and experiences in virtually any genre, so what about crime novels is so attractive?

I suppose partly it’s…

Meet Skye Jansen

Recently, Ruth L. Snyder finished up the first round of THE SAN FRANCISCO WEDDING PLANNER series with her story, SHADOWS AND SUNSHINE. Now all six stories are available in ebook format for only 99 cents each.

Next week (a week from tomorrow, actually), all the stories in the next round will be released. To…

The imagination is a funny thing. We fill in the blanks of our understanding with images that comfort or frighten us, as the case may be. In ancient days we filled in the blanks about angels with wings and clouds. After all, we knew through faith that God created a separate race of beings who could move with the speed of thought and were always in the presence of God. So wings and clouds made sense. As our scientific minds have reached further into the outer recesses of our universe so we…

Writer’s are transport machines. We put words on the page and transport reader’s minds to other places and times. But at what cost to a writer’s psyche?

A great author once said that being a writer is like having to do homework every day for the rest of your life. There is always something to do; editing, rewriting, better setting details, characterization, etc. Not a day goes by that I don’t spend time working on one of my books or upcoming projects. Tens of thousands of…

Please help me celebrate RELEASE DAY for Whisper of Dreams, Book 2 in the best-selling Cradle of Dreams series.

About Whisper of Dreams:

Sarah must get her son out of New Bern, North Carolina before he succumbs to an epidemic of yellow fever. Yankees have taken over the town and there is only one man capable of smuggling them out—Captain…

My novel for middle grade and junior high kids, Dark Enough to See the Stars, tells the story of twelve-year-old Moses as he escapes from slavery on the Underground Railroad. Meet Moses, as he gives you a glimpse of his story.

My name is Moses. My mama gave me that name. She been telling me since I can remember that I was named…