We don’t have to have it all together. Really.

by | Oct 3, 2011 | Writing

I’m a perfectionist. A bit of a neat freak. An over-analyzer. So when I dive into something, I dive all the way. For writing, I took classes, read blogs, joined writers groups, attended conferences, wrote my little fingers off, social network-ed, created a...

Review: Love Finds you In Homestead, Iowa

by | Sep 30, 2011 | Book Reviews

Description: Times are hard in 1894. Desperate for work, former banker Jacob Hirsch rides the rails west from Chicago with his four-year-old daughter, Cassie. When a life-threatening illness strands the pair in Homestead, Iowa, the local Amana villagers welcome the...

Congratulations to ACFW winners

by | Sep 29, 2011 | Book Reviews, Writing

2011 Genesis Winners Contemporary Fiction Katy Pistole Contemporary Romance Mary Curry Historical Fiction Johnnie Alexander Donley Historical Romance Sarah Ladd Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Dianna T. Benson Romantic Suspense Renee Ann Smith Speculative Fiction Matt Jones...

A fresh look, at myself

by | Sep 28, 2011 | Horses, Photography

    Recently, I lost some weight and decided to reward myself by taking some new professional headshots. See my old post about the modeling session with my horse here. That was a riot. We learned then that my horse is not the most patient or understanding of...

Review: Dry as Rain

by | Sep 27, 2011 | Book Reviews

From the bestselling author of Crossing Oceans comes a powerfully moving story that tests the limits of love’s forgiveness. Like many marriages, Eric and Kyra Yoshida’s has fallen apart slowly, one lost dream and misunderstanding at a time, until the ultimate betrayal...