The Appalachian Mountains are full of stories. The people there are full of personality and the settings can be beautiful and sometimes challenging. If you’ve read any of my stories, you know most of them have Kentucky history. So, my Appalachian stories have Kentucky settings, but the Appalachian Mountains run through several states. There are many stories that writers can …
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Whether you have Irish in your blood or not, it’s always fun to wear green on St. Paddy’s Day. Not that I think anybody should get pinched for not wearing green. I don’t think that was a thing when I was a kid, and not a thing I’d want anyway. We’ll just leave the pinching off …
Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #11 Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on 3/14 at noon MST with Stop #1 …
I just had a friend let me know that there is actually a song of Sourwood Mountain. I didn’t know that, but it’s making me smile. I could have had one of my characters singing it. I really missed the boat on that one. I did use some folk songs in my book, These Healing Hills. I had my nurse …
Sometimes things can get a little crazy when I’m working on a new book and doing things to get the word out about an upcoming release. Both things can be fun and exciting. Well, especially looking forward to having a new book out for readers. The work in progress can be a little more stressful when the words are being …
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, …
“The world belongs to those who read.” Have you ever been to a readers’ retreat? Do you even know what that is? It’s something a little new in the world of books, I think. A few years ago, an avid reader or two got together and thought how much fun it would be to actually meet the writers of those …
Back in 2008, blogging was the new thing on the block. Well, maybe not all that new to many, but totally new to me. Blogs, a term that came from the original weblog that a blogger back in 1990s posted as “we blog.” And boy, did “we” ever as individuals started keeping online journals and companies decided blogging was a …
Sunday I shared a very inspiring story from Kim that she sent in after getting my newsletter last month. But she wasn’t the only one who shared bird stories. I think they will have you smiling, and smiles are always good. First up here is a fun little fact about our Kentucky cardinals that Mary shared. Just a little bird …
The northern cardinal symbolizes hope, life, and restoration. That could be why when I sent out a recent newsletter asking readers to share their favorite bird, the cardinal was the runaway favorite. It also might have helped that it is the state bird for 5 states: Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia. Then there is that …