A few years ago, I couldn’t imagine listening to audiobooks for any length of time. @Cara_putman loves #audiobooks and has a #giveaway for one of hers. Join the fun! Click To Tweet Partly this was because of cost. Partly it’s because I love the feel of a book. Partly because I don’t always love the narrators. But I reached a …
Why I read and Books that Inspire
A true reader loves to reread books. Ah, yes. There are so many books that I’ve read so often the words are practically embedded in my brain. Danger in the Shadows by Dee Henderson. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery. In His Image by Jen Wilkin. Randy Singer and Lisa …
Read to Not be Alone + Giveaway
Anyone else feeling a bit isolated and alone? We are still largely sheltering in place in our corner of Indiana, and the weeks are getting long. A friend posted something on Friday about it being 70 days since she’d seen her husband — they were separated when the country she’d traveled to locked down — and the number made me …
Help Needed? Yes, Please.
A writer wears so many hats. Author. Marketer. Another job — Maybe. Family. Friend. And so much more. One of the things I’ve really been thinking about this last few weeks is how to more effectively connect with readers. Love reading? @cara_putman has a few quick questions about how you connect with books and authors. #amreading Click To Tweet I …
Ebooks or Paperbacks?
The other day I woke up dreaming about the ebook v. paperback debate. It’s something authors do. Something readers probably understand. I am a give-me-a-physical-book-I-can-hold kind of reader. You see, while I’m an author I adore books! It’s not unusual for me to inhale two or three a week while managing the rest of my life including homeschooling, lecturing, and …
Creating Kids who are Readers
But as I unpack yet another box of books, give away a second, and see the four large boxes of children’s books that desperately need a bookshelf home, I know and am so grateful that each of my kids delights in reading the written word. That is a gift no one can ever take away from them.
Confessions of a Book Addict
I have a confession to make. I am a book addict. There is absolutely nothing recovering about it. I adore the feel of books, the smell of books, bookshelves overloaded with books. I LOVE BOOKS. In many ways, it’s why I became an author. My favorite authors as a teen (no offense, Janette Oke, Michael Phillips, Bodie Thoene, and Frank …