Capturing Beauty Playlist

For me, music and books go together. Whenever I’m writing, there are always songs in the back of my mind that help tell the story, and when the story is completed, I’ll find more music that go with the theme or the characters. The playlist for Capturing Beauty might be short, but the music is mighty! What are your favorite …

“Family Tree” – Memory Box Secrets Playlist

In Memory Box Secrets, Sheila Peterson-Brook’s greatest fear is that she’s going to parent just as her mother and father raised her. No, she wasn’t abused, physically, but she wasn’t loved either. Sheila spent much of her life closing off her heart, because it hurt to much to feel, but her new-found faith is helping break open her heart. I love …

The Music of Memory Box Secrets

I’m blogging over at Inkspirational Messages today! For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been sharing whether we’re a “little bit country” or “a little bit rock ‘n roll.” I took a different path on this topic by sharing what type of music Sheila, my heroine from Memory Box Secrets, prefers. https://inkspirationalmessages.com/musical-memories/ Also, over the next few weeks, I’ll be …

Amazing Grace – Playlist Song #6

MERCY … Merriam-Webster defines mercy as “kind or forgiving treatment of someone who could be treated harshly.” In other words, mercy is an unearned pardon. In Chain of Mercy, my hero Richard Brooks is granted mercy, but rather than grasp its freedom, he rejects it. By refusing to accept it, he lets mercy shackle him. This weekend Christians will celebrate …

Chain of Mercy Playlist – Song #2

Forgiveness is an underlying theme in Chain of Mercy as each of the main characters struggles with one aspect of it. The hero, Richard Brooks, cannot accept forgiveness. The heroine, Sheila Peterson, doesn’t realize that what she has done requires forgiveness. And a third main character, Meghan Keene, refuses to forgive. Matthew West wrote the song Forgiveness based upon a …