This is a very exciting week for me. I’m celebrating the release of Springtime of the Spirit, and part of that celebration includes a free Kindle download of my previous book in the series, Whisper on the Wind. It’s available for a limited time, compliments of my publisher (Tyndale) and can be read not […]
Archives for February 2011
New Fiction Wednesday
One Child’s Wish With his Dreams Come True foundation, Ethan Fox turns wishes into reality. Amazing trips. Meeting heroes. But Ethan has come to care deeply for a sick boy whose dream is. . .a dad. And not just any dad. Ethan. Though little Cooper has a great chance of getting well, widowed Ethan can’t […]
Never Talk Politics
I was told the old adage about polite discussion when I was a child—I don’t recall exactly when I was bestowed this advice but I can guess it was after a big family “discussion” loud enough for the neighbors to weigh in if they wanted to. I’m one of six kids—#5 of 6, with […]
The Con-Man Gene
An article this week about university basketball coach Bruce Weber suggested the reason he can’t get his Illini basketball team to win is because he lacks the “con-man gene.” According to the author of the Daily Herald article, Mike Imrem, those coaches who possess the con-man gene have an ability to trick their players into […]
Discipline for Writers
What? We have to be disciplined to be a writer? Writing is one of the arts, and everyone knows art flows out of passion and the fire within. You know, the muse. Yeah. Right. Tell that to your editor when your book is due in a month and your muse deserted you four months […]
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