Woo-hooo!!!!!! I am ECSTATIC for my dear friend, Robin Caroll, and the release of her first full-length novel, Deliver Us From Evil (B&H Publishing). Robin really hit her stride with this release, and it’s such an honor to host her here for an interview (of course, I know all her dirty secrets, but I won’t be sharing those with ya–the whole trust thing, ya know. ::grins::). Why did you start writing? I’ve always had stories to tell. Even in lower elementary school, I would write out stories in my notebooks. I began writing toward publication in the early 2000s. You have a number of books out with Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense. But this is your first full-length fiction. Can …
Nightshade Debuts on CBD.com
I am so excited! Today, NIGHTSHADE, Book#1 in the Discarded Heroes series I’m writing for Barbour Publishing, showed up on CBD.com. I’ve had a peek at the cover already, but I can’t share it yet (doncha hate it when people do things like that? LOL). Hopefully soon!! But take a look–and if you can, pre-order it now before it’s sold out (hey, ya never know…)!!!! here’s the full link: http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?item_no=607774&item_code=WW&netp_id=762158&event=ESRCN&view=details And here’s the Nightshade Blurb: They’ve championed freedom, survived the cruelties of war , and now these same heroes return home . . .wounded and discarded. Former Navy SEAL Max Jacobs is fighting a new war—a war for his family. Suffering from PTSD, Max is unable to control his anger …
CJ Darlington’s Thicker Than Blood
TitleTrakk.com Blog Tours Presents: Thicker than Bloodby C.J. DarlingtonPublished by Tyndale House Winner of the2008 Christian Writers Guild Operation First Novel Contest! Christy Williams finally has her life on track. She’s putting her past behind her and working hard to build a career as an antiquarian book buyer. But things begin to unravel when a stolen Hemingway first edition is found in her possession, framing her for a crime she didn’t commit. With no one to turn to, she yearns for her estranged younger sister, May, whom she abandoned after their parents’ untimely deaths. Soon, Christy’s fleeing from her shattered dreams, her ex-boyfriend, and God. Could May’s Triple Cross Ranch be the safe haven she’s searching for? Will the sisters …
Congratulations to my "twin"!!!!
I’m screaming and dancing for my “twin”!!!!! Please join me in congratulating Dineen Miller (www.dineenmiller.com), graphic designer extraordinaire and amazing author, who has signed a contract along with her co-author, Lynn Donovan, for a non-fiction title with Regal Books. Wild Hope, a resource for those living in a spiritually mismatched marriage, is set to release January 2011. Book blurb: Week after week, they sit in church and their faith…alone. They are the spiritually mismatched. Feeling abandoned by their spouse and forgotten by their church, they live out their faith in a mode of survival. Yet God wants them to thrive. Wild Hope presents ten Christ-centered keys to not just survive, but to thrive in a spiritual mismatch. This book about …
Cheryl Wyatt’s A Soldier’s Devotion
Hey, y’all! I’m really excited to help my dear friend, Cheryl Wyatt, promote her latest book in the Wings of Refuge series. A Soldier’s Devotion is in stores now! Cheryl’s books carry a passion for the military and her flare for romance is great. A Soldier’s Devotion by Cheryl Wyatt (Steeple Hill Love Inspired, ISBN-0373875754) is IN STORES NOW. About the Book U.S. Air Force pararescue jumper Vince Reardon was headed to a lifesaving mission. Until a too-pretty lawyer crashed her fancy car into his motorcycle—sidelining him for two weeks. Vince can barely accept Valentina Russo’s heartfelt apologies. Ever since his brother was wrongly convicted—and killed in prison—Vince has lost respect for lawyers. But wait—is that Val volunteering at his …
ACFW’s Fiction Finder!!
In October, I wrote a piece of the Afictionado e-zine about Fiction Finder, a magnificent website whose design and implementation were chaired by my big “brother,” John Olson. If you are ever looking for an awesome book to read, but don’t know the title or the author, check this out. Or if you’re just in the mood for a good action-adventure flick (after you’ve read my books, of course) you can find one with this amazing site. Here is ACFW’s Official Press Release: FictionFinder.com: Finding Christian fiction the easy wayACFW launches new free online resource to search for titles PALM BAY, Fla. — With over 500,000 books published each year, it is harder than ever to find a new book …
TL Higley & her Seven Wonders Series
Hey, y’all. Do you love stories with intriguing twists on history? I confess they’re one of my favorite genres. Today at International Christian Fiction Writers, I am featuring the awesome TL Higley and her Seven Wonders series. The newest release, Guardian of the Flame, is a book that forced me to squander my time and abandon my kids to mac ‘n chz. Heart-wrenching romance and gut-torturing action! You won’t want to miss this one, y’all!! Guardian of the Flame: A woman guarding the lighthouse at Alexandria is caught between her loyalty to Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her love for a Roman soldier in Julius Caesar’s army. About Tracy: T.L. Higley holds a degree in English Literature and has written three …
GUILTY! at NovelJourney
Check out my latest article at NovelJourney! This month I explain a bit about guilt and how it can harangue our characters. Does your character suffer from true guilt, false guilt, or maybe survivor guilt? Find out at NovelJourney!
NIGHTSHADE debuts at Barbour
Check it out, y’all. NIGHTSHADE, book 1 of the Discarded Heroes, has made its debut appearance–on the Barbour Publishing website. (if hte link doesn’t work, cut/paste this: http://www.barbourbooks.com/%28S%28tzasczufy4hiv255sllqan45%29%29/product/Nightshade,7952.aspx?Tab=Books ) I love the copy they have for Max. Of course, all this “attention” has me quite antsy to see what Barbour’s amazing design team comes up with for the cover. Back in late September, I received the design set instructions that the team had signed off on. A few of the details will be the Nightshade team logo (see image below–designed by long-time family friend Andrew Kendall), Max in full dress (Navy), and Sydney (his wife) in the background. Possibly a burning village or jungle scenery. ACK! I shouldn’t be thinking …
POWERS by THREE-time Christy finalist John Olson
I am giddy (hey, I’m a girl, it’s allowed) to promote John Olson’s latest release POWERS!! I have to tell you, I think this is his best book yet. It has a break-neck pace and leaves you absolutely breathless. It’s been a while since a book had me reading this fast and this immersed. PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT TO WIN A COPY OF POWERS!!!** Here is the official information on POWERS: “Bury me standing. I must be buried standing.” Powers, the follow-up to John Olson’s Shade (“a must-read for those who enjoy Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti” —Publishers Weekly), introduces a sheltered Gypsy girl named Mariutza. Her grandfather utters a mysterious last request before dying in her arms after being …