Posts from Category: Family

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Today is my birthday, which I thought an appropriate date to jumpstart this blog, which I’ve ignored for the past 2 ½ months.
It’s been a strange time; one of transition and fear, prayer and tested trust. My mother has been repeatedly ill, a combination of heart and lung ailments—some recent and some long standing—and [...]

A New Role

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 [...]

Quick Update and Book Review Monday

Filed in: Book Reviews | Family | Life | news    Tags: Eva Marie Everson | THINGS LEFT UNSPOKEN
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Earlier, I posted a review of Brandilyn Collins’ Dark Pursuit (highly recommended). I’ve decided that I need to do more of these, not only as a way to spread the word about great Christian fiction, but to keep my reading on track. Today’s book, Things Left Unspoken, is one of the best I’ve read recently. [...]

It’s a go . . . and more thanks . . . and a new crush, uh, hero in the works

Filed in: Contest Stuff | Family | Life | Musings on Craft    Tags: Contest | Rachel Richards | Trevor Eve
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OK, from all the comments I got, the contest is a go. I’ll send Liz my updates later, and the drawing for the basket will be in December.  Don’t forget to write or comment!
Thanks, again, for everyone who’s asked, sent wishes, or good prayers for Rachel. She’s improving, bit by bit. I’ll post some pictures [...]

Final Blog Interview, Updates, Prayers – and Thanks

Filed in: Contest Stuff | Family | Writing    Tags: Cafe Nostimo | Contest | Margaret Daley | newsletter | The Face of Deceit | The Taking of Carly Bradford
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The release of The Face of Deceit has been quite different from the first book’s release. I’m more involved online with pages on MySpace and Facebook, as well as in two of the major writers’ groups, RWA and ACFW, and their local groups. I’m even listed as a speaker on the RWA site. I’m doing [...]

Legacy

Filed in: Family | Life | Writing    Tags: 9/11 | legacies | memories
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Today, I am remembering.
For most of us, the morning of September 11, 2001, galvanized us. While NYC seemed to be on the brink of extinction (after all, we had no idea if the attack had finished), the rest of the country stared at their televisions, unable to believe, unable to move. Yet, even as we [...]

Release Day

Filed in: Family | news    Tags: Steeple Hill | The Face of Deceit | The Taking of Carly Bradford
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Today is one of mixed blessings. Some wonderful joys and some upsets as well. Good news, bad news. Life.
I like good news first, and mine came at 8:30 this morning. My editor accepted my revision on The Taking of Carly Bradford. *little squeals of joy through wet hair and half-blind eyes*. Then I remembered that [...]

Phyllis update – and a little more promo

Filed in: Family | Musings on Craft | news    Tags: Alton Gansky | Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference | Fresh Fiction | George Orwell | Prayer request | The Face of Deceit
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Phyllis is still “down in her back,” as we say down South. When I talked to her yesterday, she was perkier (relatively speaking), and can move around some. But still no stretching or lifting until after her neurology appointment on 9/17. Please keep her in your prayers.
And a touch of business. I submitted a news [...]

Prayer Request

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Phyllis Gentry, who’s been Rachel’s caregiver for more than 10 years, is on her way to the Skyline Medical Center ER with excruciating back pain, a chronic problem left from a severe injury 15 years ago. Now it’s gotten so bad she can barely move.
You can read more about Phyllis and Rachel here.
I’ll keep you [...]