Over the weekend the Hallmark Channel celebrated Lucille Ball’s 100th birthday with an I Love Lucy marathon. I didn’t catch many episodes, but the few I did reminded me how hilarious that show used to be. In one memorable installment from the season Ricky, Lucy and the Mertz’ spent in Europe, Lucy begged Ricky for […]

This week I’m joining my agent’s blog tour with A Definitive Post About Author Marketing. To all of Rachelle Gardener’s loyal blog readers, welcome to my slice of cyber-space! Whether I’m meeting with fiction writers who are either more or less experienced than I am, discussions often roll around to marketing. Depending where I find […]

  With much of the country experiencing record heat this week, my husband and I sat around on Sunday evening like the old fogies we’ve become and started comparing heat stroke stories. The first time I ever encountered such a thing was at a marching band competition a long, long time ago. I was there […]

This week I’m pleased to introduce you to my friend Pam Hillman and her new book, Stealing Jake. Stealing Jake is being released through Tyndale’s new e-book format — and is exciting news! It’s a brand new format, something that is undoubtedly gaining popularity and is likely a sign of how the majority of books […]

    So far, the summer of 2011 has been one of inconvenience. Breaking my ankle has put a serious crimp in enjoying the weather, outside activities, and just in general doing more. I’m still looking for the teachable moment, i.e. how God will use this as a positive. As someone on Facebook said, it […]

Not long ago I was thinking life was getting into that “uneventful” mode – you know, staying home too often, generally comfortable. Is life supposed to be comfortable all the time? Well, our 4th of July holiday made me realize that’s how I like it – comfortable and uneventful. I spent the bulk of the […]