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The Finder of Forgotten Things (Preview!)
Can you believe it? Just five months until my next novel releases. That seems both forever and practically tomorrow! As the days tick by, I thought it might be fun to share the opening of the story. Hopefully, it'll whet your whistle for the whole thing! While the...
Heroines on the Run
I LOVE looking at book covers. And yes, I will judge a book (or at least look inside) based on the cover alone. And I've been noticing a trend on covers that I think is fabulous. Namely, heroines in motion! So many covers feature a heroine posed just so on the cover....
Carol Award Final for The Right Kind of Fool
After snagging Book of the Year at the Selah Awards last month, The Right Kind of Fool is making me proud once again by being named as a finalist for an American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award in the historical category. The winner will be announced in...
Celebrating WV Day (Yesterday)
Yesterday was West Virginia Day--the day we celebrate seceding from the Confederacy and becoming a new state by presidential decree! I'll always be a West Virginia girl. Even though I've now lived in other states longer than I did on our family farm, I still consider...
Butterscotch Pie for Father’s Day
Yesterday was my second Father's Day without Dad. It was also West Virginia Day! Two important holidays in my world. Which got me to thinking, that if I'd spent the day with Dad, we probably would have enjoyed his favorite WV meal--beans and cornbread followed by...
Appalachian Thursday – GOOD Snakes!
Old wives' tale? Myth? Made up story? I don't know for sure, but I do know that in Appalachia most folks will tell you to leave black snakes alone. They'll even work to make them feel welcome. Okay, at least not unwelcome! Why? There are a variety of reasons. They...
What’s Your Tree House?
A friend of mine is living with a terminal diagnosis right now. And what is she doing with her last days? Building a tree house. She always wanted one. Has long meant to build a grown-up version. But she just never got around to it. Which has got me thinking about...
Appalachian Thursday – Seven Ways to Celebrate Summer
The official start of summer is still a little ways off, but it FEELS like summer in the mountains of North Carolina right now. The days are warm and humid, but not that sticky hot of August. Evenings and mornings are refreshingly cool and rain showers often pop up in...
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