Today my friend Alicia Willis releases the third installment in her Comrades of Honor series! (Though I’m told it reads fine as a stand alone.) Yay, Alicia! So to celebrate with her, we’re giving away one copy of the ebook! (See the rafflecopter form below to enter.) But first let me tell you a little more about the book and Alicia. Rising to the...

Hey all you writer-types! I’m over on Seekerville today I’m giving some tips for turning a true story into a novel. Come on over and...

A few weeks ago I went looking for my Watchman Nee devotional book and found not one but two on my shelf. So I’ve been reading them both each day, pondering the thoughts of this godly man. Last week, I read this Daniel verse in one book, the 2 Corinthians verse in the other.I confess, I would have never thought of these verses as fitting next to one another....

When things get a little off-kilter in my life, I tend to turn to old friends. Not just living, breathing human beings of friends, but literary ones, too. So when some unexpected incidents cropped up these past couple of weeks, I reacquainted myself with the darling Emily Byrd Starr of New Moon farm. Do you know her? You ought to. She has some similarities to the...

I don’t remember the exact year I met Rachelle Rea. I know it was at a She Speaks Conference where I was doing some free critiquing of fiction. I believe she was in her first year at community college. Such a precious girl with an infectious smile. I kept up with her through social media and her blog, watching her grow up and graduate from college. And then . ....