Please go check it out at www.caraputman.com. And please let me know what you think. My friend Lisa Tuttle designed it for me and made it an absolutely painless process. I am thrilled with the site, but would love to know what you think. And if you’d like to link to my page, I’d love it! To think my book …

For those times when our focus gets skewed because our visions become so small, here’s a peek at Carrie Underwood’s video… More Videos On another note, Fox News reports that the first baby boomer signed up for social security. The first of 80 some million!

This has been a weekend of random — and oh, so good things. Eric tackled a couple jobs on our to-do list, and my heart is singing. Our shutters all look the same color! Woohoo! Sometime in the five years we’ve been here, they faded into three different colors. No more! Our house looks fresh, and the shutters look great. …

A pleasant surprise…I just found out I’m the guest-blogger over on Tricia Goyer’s Writing Mentor blog. A fun post about Bess Streeter Aldrich and how she wrote A Lantern in Her Hand. Hop on over and read it. 🙂

It’s fall and time for another reading challenge from Callapidder Days. So far there are over 250 people participating in the challenge. Click on the link to go to a list. There are some great reads on there. Here’s the deal…I’m supposed to list the books on my reading list and keep you posted on my progress. My list is …

Today for a change of pace, I encourage you to visit Brandilyn Collins’ Blog. She started a discussion over at American Christian Fiction Writers about what is the most important thing we, as readers, must see in a book. It was a great discussion! To see her answers and join the discussion, hop on over there. Her blog is one …

I just finished rereading John Grisham’s The Rainmaker. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read the book and seen the movie, but it’s been several times years ago. As I was doing my research for writing this legal proposal, reviewing legal suspense that we own and analyzing what makes it work (in my mind), this one jumped off …

Ever wonder how God could have a purpose for you? Then take heart… For years doctors have thought the appendix had no function in the body. I can remember in high school talking about the organs that scientists used to think were unimportant, but that we now know serve a purpose. About the only things left on the unknown list …

In preparation for this new proposal/series I’m not talking about yet, I spent last night reviewing my favorite legal suspense novels looking for elements that made them work. Here are a couple threads I’m finding, tell me what you think. 1) Strong legal suspense starts with a strong what if. What if the father of a girl who was brutally …

Come visit me over at Tiff Stockton’s blog. She’s got an interview with me posted in honor of the release of Canteen Dreams later this month. I hope you’ll enjoy the inside look into how I came up with the idea for Canteen Dreams. Someday I’ll have to tell the rest of the story, but for now, you can get …