When I’m asked what responses I’ve received from readers, I am always cautious in answering. For one thing, many of the letters I’ve received are extremely personal and come from wells of pain and suffering. I’ve had letters from men and women who have experienced all manner of abuse. Some events happened during childhood, others …
I set Redeeming Love in the California Gold Rush period because all of my previous historical romances had been set in California between the years of 1840 to 1880. As a native Californian, I could visit the areas in which I set my novels. I had easy access to historical documents. I also wanted to …
One question that comes up frequently is how I feel about exposing so much of my personal life and my past sins, through my writing. Although I wasn’t a prostitute, I gave myself away and experienced the heartache and emptiness of misplaced love. I also experienced the horrendous consequences, along with the shame and guilt …
The original (general market) manuscript of Redeeming Love was offered to the editor with whom I had been working for a number of years. She turned it down because it was a recognizable allegory about Jesus. So the manuscript made the rounds and ended up in the hands of a Christian who was an editor …
Some of you may know that I started writing in the general market in the early days of the historical romance boom (mid 70-80s). My first book was a combination of the genres I enjoyed reading: western-gothic-historical romance. I became hooked on writing. It seemed to be the one area of my life where I …
“WOW” Ladies Monday Night Fellowship October 24th 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Petaluma Valley Baptist Church 580 Sonoma Mountain Parkway Petaluma, CA 94954 RSVP: Felicia Bosarge at Felicia@turningpointlaw.com Kathy Phillippi at PVBC 707-763-2277 No charge for this event, please bring a friend If you like, bring a book for signing For your …
While working on the setting for my current writing project, I’ve been thinking about how Rick and I started out. Rick was an ex-Marine Vietnam vet and I was a college grad high on women’s lib with lots of ideas on how to change the world. Those first years were rocky, but we had lots …
I have just returned from an annual retreat with a small group of girlfriends – all strong Christians, all writers. We “pray, play and plot”. It’s an opportunity for all of us to “talk shop” without boring everyone else around us. Since we’re all writers, we like to talk about writing, the writing life, struggles …
I’m hearing a change from young people lately, and by young, I mean anyone under 45. Some are hanging onto homes by their fingernails and prayer. Others are clawing their way up out of the dark pit of credit card debt. And all are disturbed and downright furious to see how our government spends wantonly …
For the last two weeks, I’ve been creating a fictitious northern California town setting for my current story. I’ve driven all over Sonoma County, taking pictures of buildings and streets, farms and wineries, bridges and old train stations. I’ve spread all these pictures across a table and drawn out the streets, businesses, town square, and …