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Cover Reveal – The Right Kind of Fool
I've shared the GORGEOUS cover of my 2020 novel in just a few places, but now that it's available for pre-order, it's time to just put it out there! Ready? Go! I suggested a sunrise or sunset over my beloved Appalachian Mountains and the designers came through with...
Appalachian Thursday – False Spring
Spring approaches in the mountains in fits and starts. Days in February alternate between bone-chilling cold and balmy. Sunday was in the 60s and sunny, Thursday in the 30s with snow. But the signs are here trying to trick us! Our neighbors’ yard is dotted with...
The Valley of the Shadow
My Bible study group recently discussed the power of memorizing scripture and then meditating on it. I decided to give it a try and made big plans to memorize something really great--Romans 12, say. So, after a week or two, Thistle and I were walking in the woods and...
Appalachian Thursday – A New Story!
Well, no one guessed the title of my new story, but Connie Porter Saunders and Eleanor Mercer came closest with The Right Kind of Love. So what's the new title? The story features Creed and Delphy Raines--a husband and wife living in Randolph County, WV, who have...
Looking Ahead – My 2020 Release
It seems like When Silence Sings JUST released and here it is time to look ahead to my new story for 2020. And I'm loving the title and the spectacular cover. I'll start sharing the cover image more widely once the story is available for preorder, but in the meantime,...
Appalachian Thursday – “It’s not real.”
I recently had my grandmother's engagement ring restored (thank you Andy at Marthaler Jewelers!) It now sparkles like it must have when Grandpa bought it more than 60 years ago. The ring is VERY special to me. Grandma Burla was Grandpa Rex's second wife. But he...
My Favorite (Secondary) Characters
It's sort of required for an author to feel really attached to her characters. I mean, if I don't feel strongly about them--why should you? So Perla, Casewell, Judd, Fleeta, Colman, Serepta . . . they're closer than family. But what I didn't expect was how attached...
Appalachian Thursday – the care and feeding of elk
When we visit the farm in West Virginia we ALWAYS see deer. Lots of deer. But elk? Well, there are some at the Wildlife Center we drive past on our way in. And yes, I did try to trick my husband by pointing one out the first time we drove by as if seeing elk along the...
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