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Book Review: The Girl in the Gatehouse
Description: Miss Mariah Aubrey, banished after a scandal, hides herself away in a long-abandoned gatehouse on the far edge of a distant relative's estate. There, she supports herself and her loyal servant the only way she knows how--by writing novels in secret....
Why not making it to the semi-final round of the Genesis contest was exactly what I needed…
Last week, the semi-finalists were announced in the 2011 ACFW Genesis Contest. Two of my fabulous critique partners made it and I couldn't be prouder. It stung a bit that I wasn't in the semi-finals. This was my year—I was sure of it. But as I've come to realize over...
Congrats to my critique partners!
I'm doing the happy dance for two of my critique partners, Sandy Ardoin and Heidi Chiavaroli, who have made it to the semi-final round of the 2011 Genesis Contest! I'm so excited for them and proud of their work. Both are terrific writers and amazing friends. Wishing...
Blog Highlights of the Week
There have been so many spectacular blog posts this week, I have to share! My lovely friend Caitlin Muir talked about the sliding scale of producing vs. consuming media. My agent, Wendy Lawton, has had a fantastic series running all week about the Good News of...
Review: Glimpses of Paradise
Description: Two high school kids in small town Nebraska have their dreams. Zee, a minister's daughter, wants to be a movie star. Doyle, the son of a wealthy lawyer, is expected to follow in his father’s footsteps and practice law. But World War I explodes and changes...
Review: The Silent Order
Description: Rural America - 1928. After the murder of his partner, Detective Rollin Wells hides away in an Amish home near Sugarcreek, Ohio, to find out who in the police force is collaborating with Cleveland’s notorious mob. While Rollin searches for answers to his...
Story Behind the Story: Linda Rondeau
I am currently rewriting my first novel. Though still unpublished, the novel concept grabbed the attention of an agent, and ultimately a contract. After ten years, I could readily see the flaws. Yet, if the story grabbed an agent, there had to have been something...
Review: My Foolish Heart
Description: Unknown to her tiny town of Deep Haven, Isadora Presley spends her nights as Miss Foolish Heart, the star host of a syndicated talk radio show. Millions tune in to hear her advice on dating and falling in love, unaware that she’s never really done either....
Review: The Shape of Mercy
Description: Expected to gracefully embrace a life of privilege, a young woman cuts the purse strings that bind her to plot a new life course. But startling self-realization challenges everything she knows as she begins to study the diary of a seventeenth-century...
1940s Era Music
This early 1940s music compilation/commentary courtesy of my friend's brother-in-law, AKA music lover extraordinaire! Enjoy! The theme of separation -- due to soldiers suddenly being overseas -- are the key to music of this time period, combined, I suppose, with a...