When I wrote my first Christian romantic suspense novel, the Lord laid the theme of freedom on my heart. When I started writing the second, He pressed the theme of forgiveness on my heart. At the time, I had no idea why, but the trials of the last six years have shown me—He knew what was coming.
My website has a new header. It’s not dramatically different, just a change from “Passionate living through passionate writing” to “Storyformed living through storyformed writing.” Why the change? I was first introduced to the term “storyformed” back in 2015 when my husband and I attended a church planter training called Soma School in Tacoma, WA. … Read more
This is a guest post on my blog today by my friend Morgan Robertson. Morgan is a deep thinker with a stunning mind and a beautiful heart for God. She shared this concept with me the other day after she finished reading my Christian romantic suspense novel, Finding Freedom. I asked her to pen these profound … Read more
Several years back, a Mary Kay consultant came to my house. Before she left, she told me she thought I would make a good Mary Kay consultant and asked if I would be interested in joining her team. I refrained from the urge to laugh and politely told her I would think about it. Me … Read more
“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion.” “Ooh” said Susan. “I’d thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion”… “Safe?” said Mr Beaver …”Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.” These words … Read more
Welcome back! Ready for the second author who influenced my writing? Drumroll, please… Lynn Austin. First of all, y’all have to understand that I read a lot (My sister and I both kept books in the bathroom growing up. Made for some long bathroom visits. Fellow moms of young children ask me how I have … Read more
If I could sit down with each of my favorite authors for an hour, do you know what question I would ask every one of them? What influences have shaped your writing? Today I’m going to begin answering that question for you, because I imagine many of you would ask the same question. There … Read more