I love reading historical novels and old family letters. As an author, one important thing I use in writing a book is research. I hated researching for papers in college, but as an author I find it a necessary evil, which is becoming more intriguing. My newest book, Free to Love, is a split time…
A Cup of Water
Be Kind Because You Never Know by Christina Sinisi
I have been writing all my life, or at least as soon as I could write in third grade. However, I only became a published fiction author in 2019. On June 6 of 2019, I saw a call on the ACFW email loop for a Christmas novella, due at the end of the month. I…
Things We See Now Will Soon Be Gone
The world is a fallen place.Happiness isn’t possible 100% of the time.The world is never going to be as any of us dreamed.There’s too much sin. The world is far from perfect.But take heart,Because God has overcome the world!There is more than just this world.Live for the unseen even more than the seen. …
When God Calls, He Equips by Starr Ayers
The genesis of my Dream Beyond Tomorrow series took root in my heart after my mother’s death in 2011. When I found a box of letters in her trunk from her first love, I knew they contained the seeds of a fascinating novel. One problem—I’d only written devotions. I knew nothing about writing fiction and…
Hair Calamities & Hot Cash by Gail Pallotta
A True Testimonial In Hair Calamities and Hot Cash, a romantic comedy with mystery, Philip Wells, a stockbroker from New York, nearly drives over a cliff on a North Carolina Highway. He swerves to miss a truck, his brakes give way and he sails downhill until his car stops abruptly because he’s run into…
Take Up Your Cross Daily
If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me. ~ Luke 9:23 We must give up our own way and our excuses. Christ didn’t say to get a hold of your life and fix it before you follow Him. He didn’t say to give…
Walk in Love Each Day
Since God has freed you from the penalty of your sins and given you a new and everlasting hope, offer your life to Him each and every day. Make plans and create big ideas that will glorify Him. But also remember that God will have divine appointments for you to accomplish each day. Something…
A Heart to Cherish by Judith McNees
“Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.” ~ James 1:27 (NLT) My husband and I felt a calling to live out this verse early in our marriage through foster care. This calling grew…
The Gift of Hope by Kathy McKinsey
I read a post about mental illness recently from dayspring.com, saying that one horrible place a person can be in with anxiety is to be mentally stuck in every worst-case scenario. That spoke to me deeply, being something I’ve personally experienced. I’d like to be able to speak to others with mental illness. There is…
The Redemption Road by Christa MacDonald
One of my favorite things about reading through a romance series is when the author weaves in the continuing stories of the characters from the earlier books. After rooting for a couple through their struggles and cheering their triumph, I love seeing what happens after the ‘happily ever after.’ In real life, that’s where things…