ACFW – February 2017 New Releases More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Biblical:Redeeming Grace by Jill Eileen Smith — When famine visits Bethlehem, Boaz holds out hope for rain while his relative Elimelech moves his wife Naomi and their sons to Moab. For a while, it appears the Lord is blessing …
December 2016 New Releases!
More in-depth descriptions of these new releases can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: Bella Natale! by Marianne Evans — An aspiring American artist and the widowed, Italian owner of a premier art gallery meet and fall in love in Florence when he champions her work, but there are her American family’s expectations and his five-year-old …
November New Releases
November 2016 New Releases Just in time for Christmas shopping, here are New Releases in fiction for November 2016! More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Biblical: Slender Reeds: Jochebed’s Hope by Texie Susan Gregory — In a deadly race to save her son, a young slave woman dares defy the most …
October 2016 New Releases
Check out the New Releases in Christian fiction for October. Includes my own RISKING LOVE. More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Biblical Fiction: Providence: Hannah’s Journey by Barbara M. Britton — When the prophet of Israel refuses to heal her, Hannah flees Jerusalem and is captured by an enemy with a curse …
Congratulations, Carol Award Finalists!
Congratulations to all the Carol Award Finalists! For those of you unfamiliar with this award, it’s given by the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) in recognition of the best Christian fiction published during the previous calendar year. As a Christian fiction author, this is one of the most highly coveted awards out there. I’m especially excited for friends Erica Vetsch (who swept …
Meet Debut Author, Stacy Monson!
This past Tuesday, you got to meet Peter Theisen (the hero from Stacy Monson‘s debut release SHATTERED IMAGE) in a fun character interview found >here<. Now today, you get to meet Stacy! I met Stacy about five years ago when she headed up the formation of MN NICE, the Minnesota chapter of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). Since then, …
Inkspirational Messages Auction Items
The American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) organization is holding a silent auction this week to raise funds for their foundation and scholarship fund. This fund provides scholarships toward the national ACFW conference plus local-chapter scholarships. The ladies at Inkspirational Messages have contributed a Book & Starbucks bundle that has something for almost all readers: 1 – $10 Starbucks card WHEN …
Traveling the Blogosphere
I’ve been traveling around the blogosphere a bit this week, and I’d love to have you come visit. For the month of October, author Heidi McCahan has been spotlighting one debut author per day, and on the 14th, I was her guest. I’m also offering a giveaway: one free e-book of Chain of Mercy to one lucky commenter. So, stop …
Field Trip Time!
I’m fortunate to be part of a fantastic local writers group, MN NICE (Novelists Inspiring Christian Excellence), the Minnesota chapter of ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers). We’re scheduled to meet once per month–usually we invite a speaker or teacher to share with us, but about once a year we escape the meeting room and take a field trip. (Is that what …
Update Monday!
Good morning! It’s been a crazy-busy past two weeks, what with attending my daughter’s senior recital (she was fabulous!), then her final college choir concert (very evocative), and then her college graduation (sniff) on Saturday–it seems she just went off to college a year ago! Insert in the middle of that, celebrating the birth of Chain of Mercy. But no …