Rick and I had a wonderful time in the south with friends from Tyndale as we visited book stores and met readers in Birmingham, Huntsville, Cleveland, Knoxville, Pigeon Forge, Asheville, and Spartanburg. It was our first time in Alabama and Tennessee and our second in the Carolinas — and we loved the southern people, hospitality, …
When I finished Her Mother’s Hope and Her Daughter’s Dream, I was exhausted. I had enjoyed the work, but felt in desperate need of a rest. It’s my nature to want to jump into another project, and I had three ideas swimming in my head, like frogs in a race to a single lily pad. …
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This is Francine’s daughter, Shannon. As you may know, my mom is on a book tour right now. She asked me to give a great big “Thank You!!!” to all of her readers, because Her Daughter’s Dream is a New York Times Best Seller!!! She couldn’t have done this without you.
Tomorrow is a big day for me. The second half of Marta’s Legacy – Her Daughter’s Dream — will be released and the rest of the family saga will be told through the eyes of Hildemara’s daughter, Carolyn, and Carolyn’s daughter, May Flower Dawn. Marta, of course, is still a central influence in the continuing …
It occurred to me last night that I am living by lists; grocery lists, errand lists, a bucket list. Good grief, I start on New Year’s Eve and lay out a plan for the upcoming year, God willing I live through it. I even have categories. I even keep a list of the books I …
9/16/10 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Books A Million 757 Brookwood Village, Birmingham, AL 35209 9/17/10 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM Books A Million The Mall 1001-7 North Memorial Parkway, Huntsville, AL 35801 9/18/10 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Barnes and Noble 2100 Hamilton Place Blvd Suite 315, Chattanooga, TN 9/18/10 2:00 PM – 4:00 …
I’ve been reorganizing our storage room filled with shelves of books and family records. I found a small notebook and recognized my mother’s distinctive handwriting. It’s a record of trips she and Dad took from 1976 to 1978; motels, restaurants (rated), how many miles they drove. Two of our children and both of my brother’s …
County Fairs are one of those things that you look forward to each summer. My daughter-in-law and I took my grandson during the first week of the Fair. He’s at that age where he doesn’t protest going to the arts and crafts exhibits, gardens and flowers, and the pavilion packed with new gadgets, cheap jewelry, …
I recently returned from four wonderful days in paradise (Coeur d’Alene, ID) with nine Christian dynamo writers for a “plot, pray and play” retreat. Brandilyn and Mark Collins host the gathering each year. Brandilyn came up with the idea of brain-storming sessions some years ago. I’m a late comer, invited last year after I mentioned …