I’ll admit it. I’m at the point where I realize I need to quit fighting and accept who I am. I am an attorney. I am also an attorney. Hence, I should write legal thriller type books. I’ve fought it. Tried to make myself somebody I’m not. You see, I hate being forced in a box. There is something in …

If you’re a member of ACFW or The Writers View, you’ve probably heard Terry Whalin mention his Amazon short Straight Talk from an Editor, 18 Keys to Rejection Proof Submission. As Crystal Miller said at the Chat N Chew Cafe it’s a steal of a deal for 49 cents. I downloaded it earlier today, and it is loaded with great …

Are you all rolling around from all the turkey, apple pie, and fixings? I’m looking at our treadmill with longing in my eyes. I feel the need to run — oh, to have the time. Nebraska beat Colorado in a fun game Friday (well, fun if you’re a Cornhusker), and is now ranked 18th. Woohoo! Here comes the Big 12 …

Ann Voskamp has a post at Christian Women Online blog with a challenge I plan to take. She challenges at this crazy time of the year to make a list of 1000 gifts. Not gifts we want to received. But gifts that God has already given us. This seems to go so well with the verse I’ve been thinking about …

Congratulations to Deborah, the winner of a copy of Calm, Cool & Adjusted. And stay tuned, I have many other great books to give away. I just have to decide which one to part with next!

Katherine Parker, a writer with the Washington Post Writer’s Group, has a great op-ed today that is running in papers around the country. In Amazing Grace and Other Things she highlights one more thing that people should be thankful for. I’ll just quote her closing paragraphs here: Whatever one believes — or doesn’t — it’s impossible to ignore that the …

I now know there is a day for everything. The day after Thanksgiving is usually a day I race around to snatch up bargains. It’s also usually the last day I willing choose to shop for Christmas presents. The crowds simply take the pleasure out of shopping for me after that. I’m not sure when that happened. Maybe around the …

The Indianapolis Star has run a couple interesting stories this week on law enforcement. Yesterday, the article focused on the rash of upcoming retirements at the Police Department and Sheriff’s Department. One man quoted in the article says it takes ten years to get a new cop experienced enough to be seasoned. As I read the article, I envisioned all …

To win your own copy of Calm, Cool & Adjusted, leave a comment below. In that comment tell me why you need a good laugh right now 🙂 ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Kristin Billerbeck was born in Redwood City, California. She went to San Jose State University and majored in Advertising, then worked at the Fairmont Hotel in PR, a small ad …

This week the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is hosting Kristin Billerbeck’s latest book Calm, Cool & Adjusted, the third ad final installment in the Spa Girls series. And the great thing about this book is that you don’t have to have read the prior two books (though you’ll love them if you do) to fully appreciate this one. Kristin is …