“When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things – not the great occasions – give off the greatest glow of happiness.” ―Bob Hope We browse Pinterest, home décor blogs, and our favorite magazines for Christmas inspiration. The stores are an uncomfortable jumble of Halloween clearance, Thanksgiving turkeys, and Christmas lights. We hum… [Continue Reading]
Tricia Goyer
A Book-Signing in Berlin, Ohio
Do you live in or near Berlin, OH? I’ll be signing books Friday, December 6th, from 4–7 PM at the Gospel Book Store! I would so love it if you joined me! I’ll also be signing A Christmas Gift for Rose, my newest book. You can bring your books to be signed, or you can purchase… [Continue Reading]
How to Mind Your Thoughts
Learn How to Mind Your Thoughts The thousands of me-to-me conversations going on in my head throughout the day are labeled by psychologists as “self-talk.” Relentless, repetitive self-talk transforms our self-image—for good or for bad. It modifies both our inner and outer worlds. We will do what our thoughts tell us to do. God knows… [Continue Reading]
A Christmas Gift for Rose | Win a Kindle HDX for You AND a Friend!
I’m celebrating the release of my first Christmas novella, A Christmas Gift for Rose, with a Christmas Gift giveaway! Enter to win a NEW Kindle Fire HDX for you AND one for a friend! One grand prize winner will receive: A brand new Kindle Fire HDX and one to give away to a friend! A Christmas Gift for… [Continue Reading]
How a Garden (and a Family) Grows
I love gardening. Well, let me clarify . . . I love writing about gardening. It seems both down-to-earth and oddly romantic to live on a farm like Bob and Charlotte in Sweet September. The idea of planting seeds, watching their progress, and then eating of their labor delights me—which is why my husband and… [Continue Reading]
How to Be Married: Advice After 30 Years
How to be married, and how to stay married, are common questions. In a society that glories romance and finding “Mr. or Mrs. Right,” the divorce rates continue to skyrocket and we still don’t know how to be married. As a little girl growing up in the 70s and 80s, I often thought of my… [Continue Reading]
How to Write a Novel
I’m sure all my fiction writer friends agree that one of the questions we get asked the most is, “How do you write a novel?” First, because readers are curious as to how a story that is fresh and exciting and filled with true-to-life characters comes out of an author’s mind. Second, because they have… [Continue Reading]
My Writing Desk | Kate Lloyd
Thanks for your lovely invitation, Tricia! I must admit, when I received it a worrisome swoosh of apprehension surged through me. Did I want the whole world to see that the desk where I polished and edited my best-selling novel Leaving Lancaster and its sequel, the newly released Pennsylvania Patchwork, is both stark and cluttered?… [Continue Reading]
My Writing Desk | S. Dionne Moore
My space. I love, love, love the morning sunshine spilling in the window, the large screen Mac (my indulgence) and the curved keyboard (essential to relieve my carpal tunnel problems). Behind my desk, peeking at you from the right of the picture, is my antique German-made hutch that holds research books, a stapler, a few… [Continue Reading]