Posts from Category: Excerpts

Field of Danger, 5

Sep

2009

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A few weeks ago, I asked blog readers to help me cast the hero of my next book, House of Secrets. Casting my books always helps the writing in many ways, including keeping the details straight. Also, even though people aren’t always used on the covers of the books, I have to provide descriptions to [...]

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Field of Danger, 4

Sep

2009

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This week, we talk about hats. In Field of Danger, one of the main clues is a dark red hat with a very distinctive mark on it. I specifically chose dark red as the color because those hats are everywhere in Middle Tennessee. Not only is it a major color for a number of college [...]

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Field of Danger, 2

Aug

2009

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Another Friday, another excerpt from Field of Danger. The excerpts will be short, but I hope they will be enjoyable tidbits. With each, I’ll also post a tidbit about the book itself and how I came to write it.
The book is set in Caralinda, Tennessee, in the fictional Bell County where Ray Taylor is sheriff [...]

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Field of Danger: The Beginning

Aug

2009

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Another long absence, but I’ve not been idle. Just lots of deadlines and personal complications. I’ve spent a lot of time in Alabama with my mom, and it looks as if the next few weeks will see more of that – deadlines and travel to Alabama. But I am going to try something a little [...]

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A New Role

Jul

2009

Filed in: Excerpts | Family | Writing Tags: Field of Danger | white German shepherds
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In 1984, my father retired, and my husband and I gave him a gift he’d always wanted but never had the time to nurture. A white German shepherd. With no explanation, Daddy named her Polly (picture here).

Polly has been gone for awhile, but now she has a new role. In my December book, Field of [...]

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Monday’s Devotional: A Matter of Priorities

Dec

2008

Filed in: Devotionals | Excerpts | Life Tags: 365 Daily Whispers of Wisdom for Busy Women
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(Please forgive this past week’s absence. A lot has happened. I’ll explain in Wednesday’s blog entry. Now…on to today’s thoughts.)
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To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 NKJV
Change is a regular part of modern life, as routine as an afternoon thunderstorm in the tropics—and often just as messy. Jobs [...]

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Wednesday Devotional: Letting Go, Letting God*

Oct

2008

Filed in: Excerpts | Writing Tags: 365 Daily Whispers of Wisdom for Single Moms | devotional
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This is the word of the GOD of Israel: “The jar of flour will not run out and the bottle of oil will not become empty before GOD sends rain on the land and ends this drought.”
1 Kings 17:14 MSG
There are too many times when the only peaceful moments in the day are when the [...]

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