All posts for the month January, 2014

Using Literary Conflicts By Ada Brownell

Send to Kindle A writing teacher asked her students, “What would your leading character do if caught in a snowstorm?” Since we’ve spent much of the winter in the deep freeze like buried broccoli, we should have some idea about the misery a character might have. Les and I spent part of a recent morning […]

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Where Does God Fit In by Staci Stallings

Behind the Story: Deep in the Heart I’ve been asked in various interviews that I’ve done over the years where God fits into my stories, to which I answer: “With the majority of my stories, if you take God out, you don’t have much of a story left.” Truer words have never been […]

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Love & Roses by Suzanne D. Williams

Send to Kindle Why did you write this story? I have a dear friend who went through a horrible divorce, yet now is married to her high school sweetheart and living the life she’s always deserved. This story is dedicated to her. What’s one surprising thing about this tale? Ian McKinney’s story is true. I […]

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FREE Book Blast: Deep in the Heart, Staci Stallings

Send to Kindle Deep in the Heart by: Staci Stallings FREE January 25 – 27th Then, only 99 Cents… January 28 & 29th! About the Book Just out of college and completely alone in the world, Maggie Montgomery has one shot left to save her life from an abyss of poverty and hopelessness. Clinging to […]

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Climbing Out of the Well Again By Precarious Yates © 2014

It’s not easy to be married to a writer. Just ask my husband. Picture it. I’m deep in the writing zone, so deep that I’m practically tearing up as my character shares his deepest fear and my husband comes to me asking if I’ve washed his socks. I get snappish and weepy and […]

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Can We Trust God with Our Afflictions? By Marriott Cole AKA Nancy Meacham-Cole

Right now I am in Peace Health hospital where my husband of three years, Dwayne, is taking a much needed nap after fifteen days of in-patient pokes, prods, biopsies, and procedures. Today he had a pleural effusion (where they suck fluid out of the body around the lungs) and an ultrasound examination of […]

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Battle of Wills by Naty Matos

Send to Kindle  Battle of Wills Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. My Kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven… No, it’s not a typo. We have recited the Lord’s Prayer multiple times. We say we want God’s will for our lives, but really, do […]

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Author Interview: 10 Questions With Angie Brashear

Our interview today is with Angie Brashear. Thanks for being here today Angie and for agreeing to this interview. Question: What do you think prepared you or qualifies you to write in your chosen genre? Answer: In all honesty, I don’t consider myself qualified. The world of writing is wide and, though I’ve […]

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Author Interview: 10 Questions With Mary Androsian Twomey

Our interview today is with Mary Androsian Twomey. Thank you Mary for being here today and for agreeing to do this interview. Question: Tell us a little about your “real” (Non-writing) life — family, job, church life. Does it give you inspiration for your writing? Does it get in the way of your […]

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CrossReads Book Blast With Sharon A. Lavy

Send to Kindle Deadly Secret By Sharon A Lavy About the Book The covering on Evalena Davidson’s head invites all kinds of confidences and sharing, a blessing on Denton Community Hospital’s oncology ward. But people expect her to be perfect, which makes living up to the promise of her Old German Baptist uniform a challenge. […]

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