Novel Anticipation, November 2014

UNDER THE SILK HIBISCUS by Alice J. Wisler Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas Alice Wisler is one of those gifted authors who could write about Amish Zombies on Mars and make it a page-turning, emotive story. I LOVED her Still Life in Shadows novel, and I never pick up bonnet books. Under the Silk Hibiscus takes the reader back to World War II, …

Getting to Know Author Mari Keisling

*** Book Giveaway *** See contest rules below ~*~*~ One of the great joys of being a writer is the doors it opens to meeting and encouraging other authors. I’ve known Mari Keisling several years through our church, Northgate Church in Ramsey, MN, but it’s our shared writing interests that helped get beyond the “I know who she is” to “I know …

When Publishing Takes Plot Twists

If you follow my site closely, you might know that today is the day Pieces of Granite (Coming Home series prequel) was supposed to release. As you can tell, that hasn’t happened. You see, within this past month, my publishing journey has been affected by a slight plot twist. Without boring you with a long story, I’m announcing that I’m …

Debut Series Observations

Before I share some of my observations from the 2014 Debut Christian Fiction series, I realized there’s one important novel I neglected to mention: my own! CHAIN OF MERCY released in April and has received very generous reviews so far. Readers have described it as “gripping” “a must read” “gritty” “awesome” “authentic” “not like other books” “mesmerizing” just to throw out a …

2014 Debut Christian Fiction, Part 8

FAITH, HOPE, LOVE, AND CHOCOLATE by Cari Schaeffer Run, run, run… Run away. That’s what Faith Strauss has done for twenty years. She was destroyed by one tragic event. An event so horrific, she didn’t share it with anyone, not even her husband. She buried it deep inside, where it can’t hurt anyone. If God is good, then where was …

2014 Debut Christian Fiction, Part 6

My list of debut fiction just seems to keep growing. Initial plans had been to run a short series with three, maybe four books per day. Then that series grew into a month, and the number of books featured rose to five. Now I’ve discovered another new author, so today’s post will spotlight six books. And I know I’ve missed …