Last night I finished the rewrite of Deadly Exposure. I am exhausted, but very pleased with how the book turned out. It’s been a ton of work to rewrite this book — the book that never ends — the book that is always being tweaked and improved. But hey, that’s what first books are for, right. And next June it’ll …

Videos for books? Ever wonder about that? I’ll admit that at this point, the idea scares me to death. In addition to all the writing, then we have to market. And many of my friends are now doing videos. Here’s an example for what looks like a fun book that’s releasing this fall. Would you watch a short video on …

Did you miss me? Last week Eric, the kids and I escaped to the beautiful mountains of North Carolina. It was a fantabulous escape…no internet, no email, and Eric even kept his cell phone turned off. It was amazing. Abigail took this picture of Eric, Jonathan and me on Sunset Rock in Highlands, NC. And huge thanks to the Brenners …

Thursday was the due date for our baby that we’ll get to meet someday in heaven. The week leading up to the due date was harder than the due date. Jonathan was two weeks early, Abigail four days, so I knew that this baby would have been early, too. I think it helped being 800 miles away from home. Surrounded …

My parents visited last week. I always love having them come. We simply enjoy each other. And I know Dad will always have a new song for me to listen to. He goes through favorite songs like some people go through chocolate. A few weeks ago his favorite song was Lifesong by Casting Crowns. (I tell you, he is a …

For women it’s a tense subject. For teenage girls it can be even worse. Who hasn’t wanted to be thinner or had a hard time being satisfied with the body they have? I think when we’re honest, we can all admit we’ve had moments, days, or months where we’ve been there. On August 4, I found an interesting, eye-opening, and …

My friend Colleen Coble tells anyone who will listen that she LOVES revision letters. I used to think she was crazy. Then I got my first revision letter. I’ve been through a couple sets of revision letters with Canteen Dreams (October 2007 – Heartsong Presents) and the first with Deadly Exposure (June 2008 – Love Inspired Suspense). And I have …

For those of you looking for some Christian fiction to read, here’s a list of August 2007 Releases from my friends over at American Christian Fiction Writers: 1. Abomination by Colleen Coble from Thomas Nelson. A young woman flees from a serial killer who leaves his victims at geocaching sites. 2. Family for Keeps and Sadie’s Hero reissued as one …

So Saturday I was shopping online — otherwise known as procrastinating when I should have been revising. I’m looking for one or two specific items, but found myself on piperlime.com. I guess it’s a shoe store loosely affiliated with Gap. Let me tell you, the sale prices were great. I almost pulled the trigger and bought a couple pairs of …

You guys were such a great help last time. I thought I’d let you vote again. 🙂 I’m working with a designer on a webpage. I’ve put it off as long as I can, but figure with a book releasing in three months, it’s time to build one. So I’ve been looking at websites and trying to figure out what …