As the wind picked up and the waves rocked the boat, I discovered something about myself of which I had previously been unaware. I get seasick. The Honor Society students from my school were on our way over to Catalina Island on the ferry and though the distance wasn’t that […]
I was deeply moved by Adrift! It is the story of a woman recovering from grief caused by the death of her best friend — the only man she ever loved — her husband. Jaycee Weaver has achieved a delicate balance of conveying the depth of emotion while keeping the […]
The first after-school sport I played was volleyball. I was in seventh grade. I’m really not sure what prompted me to do this – I had actually never played volleyball before – unless you count what we played in the swimming pool. Yeah, no. While I would love to tell […]
I have always loved music. It somehow lives deep in my soul and I am constantly humming or singing under my breath. Don’t misunderstand. I’m not a great musician. My singing is good on some days and not so good on others. And despite having had piano lessons for a […]
I was at a conference this week. One of the speakers displayed a quote on the screen and attributed it to “a great American thinker” or some other great complimentary description. He then proceeded to tell us that the man he quoted was his father and spent the next five […]
We’ve all seen the question asked in interviews. “If you could live at any time in history, when would that be?” Are you like me, thinking of the enormous amount of work it took to do just about anything in any but the most recent times? With the horrendous living […]
No more Miss Lonely Heart! From the first page, my heart cried out and I was invested in this story! Not because I had read and loved the first book – this one is a treasure on its own. It isn’t often I think about the girl who is dumped […]
As Lauren ran from the storms of grief that threatened to overwhelm her, she left Tanner devastated in her wake. He had thought he was protecting her yet in the process she was feeling strangled. While I had a hard time relating to Lauren, I was well able to feel […]
Once again, author Sarah Monzon has packed a whole lot of story into a short novella, combining wit and wisdom in a way that simply works. Harper has carried around pain related to the death of her mother, her father’s leaving, and the loss of a scholarship that would have […]
by Cynthia Herron Published by Mountain Brook Ink Genres: Christian Fiction, Clean Romance What do you think of when you hear “debut author” or “debut book”? I have to confess that my thoughts have changed this year. I used to think a debut novel meant that it might be okay […]