Caption Picture 2 Thanks to all of you who played my caption game on Sunday’s post. You came up with some good ones. And some that if I had a recording of the conversation at the table those years ago, might even have been what was said. “Who is that in the picture?” That has to be often said when …
Book Giveaway Chance from Suzanne Woods Fisher
If you’ve read much inspirational fiction, the name Suzanne Woods Fisher is sure to be one you know. Suzanne is a bestselling author of over 40 books. She’s written numerous Amish themed books, historical fiction, contemporary fiction, children’s stories, and nonfiction. If you don’t know Suzanne’s work already, you can check out more about her and her books on her …
Back-2-School Booksta Win
What did you like best about going back to school in the fall or actually late summer around our way these days? When I was a kid, school usually started the day after Labor Day. That seemed the official end of summer. I was always ready to go back to school and …
A Blog Book Party
I had my Hometown Book Party Saturday and people actually showed up to hear me talk about my books and writing. Every person who entered the meeting room was like a special gift to me. They even smiled when I asked my son to take our picture. Some came who had been to almost every one of my book parties …
Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #21
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 6/15 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com. Hunt through our loop …
Every Day Can Bring a New Mystery
There is always a pleasure in unraveling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty. – Elizabeth Gaskell I’ve had a great time playing the mystery photo game with you all this time around. It feels like we just got started instead of being already to our last mystery photo. I have struggled over what to …
Are You Ready for a New Mystery Photo Game?
No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye. ~Elizabeth Bowen My new book, In the Shadow of the River, came out on May 9th. Some of you even got the book before that date as a few flew out to readers early. Always fun to have a new story out on the shelves to sell and in the hands of people …
Love in Stories and a Book Giveaway Chance
I love reading a story that has a great guy in love with the absolutely right girl. I love writing about that kind of good guy – an old friend who becomes more than a friend by story’s end. I saw something this week about romance tropes in stories. There’s the bad boy character who always seems to draw girls …
Last Chance to Enter My End of the Year Book Giveaway
The last time always seems sad, but it isn’t really. The end of one thing is only the beginning of another. ~Laura Ingals Wilder, These Happy Golden Years Thanks to those of you who have dropped in here during the month of December when so much is sometimes going on with Christmas gatherings, special church services, and maybe new books …
A Christmas Memory – Mom’s Crackerjacks
I hope you all had a blessed and joyful Christmas Day. My family is coming tomorrow to celebrate and so you can imagine how I’ve been as busy as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. But it’s a good busy as I get ready to have all my children and grandchildren home for Christmas. While Christmas …