My new novella, “Big Love,” now available on Amazon from Scrivenings Press, caught me a bit by surprise. In so many ways. I wasn’t planning to write a novella. In fact, I was deep in the first draft of a full-length novel at the time. But once the idea floated into my consciousness, a story-ette…
A Cup of Water
Ever Green by Suzie Waltner
When I was in college, my sister dated a guy I had a crush on. The guy was also one of my best friends. And yes, my sister knew I was interested in more than friendship. While they only dated for a month, I’ve sometimes wondered what life would be like had she married that…
The Beauty of the Holy Spirit by Heather Thompson
By: Heather Thompson, Author and Bondservant to Christ Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom – that’s what it says in 2 Corinthians 3:17. We sing it, we say it, and we want to believe it. But, we leave out the first part of the verse. In its entirety it says “Now…
Communing with God
Communing with God is not just spending time with Him in His Word, although this is how you really get to know Him. It’s also finding time throughout the day to just sit and be with Him. (Even for just a few minutes.) It’s finding time to take a walk with Him outside in…
What Does it Take to Be a Spy? by Linda Shenton Matchett
April marks the fourth “birthday” of Spies & Sweethearts, book one in my Sisters in Service series. The idea for the story came together as a result of several incidents, the most fun of which was when I met a woman who’d served in America’s Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the predecessor to the CIA,…
Jericho by R.F. Whong
The Jericho war, as recorded in the Book of Joshua (chapter six), was perhaps the most unusual battle ever won in human history. The Israelites merely marched around it and sounded trumpets, and Jericho’s walls fell. Some skeptics may say the Jericho event had never happened. We visited the ruins a few years ago. Our…
How NOT to Be Deceived by Sally Jo Pitts
“The whole world is full of lies. You can’t help telling some and you can’t help believing some.” ~ Fess Parker, as Daniel Boone, 1965 Daniel Boone TV show, “The Hostages.” I was a private investigator and a lie detection examiner for many years. Working alongside my husband in his investigation agency, we dealt…
I Love Mom, Our Hero by Bettie Boswell
Many years ago, I started to write a text for a Mother’s Day picture book based on Proverbs 31. I talked about the perfect mother. I took it to an online critique group I was part of. Comments like the mom is too perfect, the story isn’t child centered, and the manuscript is way too…
Meet Me Where the Windrush Flows by Valerie Massey Goree
The inspiration for my new release: Meet Me Where the Windrush Flows This is the first time the setting for a story has been my inspiration. In February last year, I was visiting with the woman who does my income taxes. She knows about my novels and my love of traveling. I mentioned that I’d…
Reconciliation by Christina Sinisi
Another Outer Banks Christmas was meant to be a light-hearted novella for the holidays. However, I have a difficult time doing light (even though people who have read it say it’s fun or cute or great). For me, there were parts that were heart-breaking. To be truthful, a retired English professor from the college where…