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 …
Recently, I was asked to name my favorite authors. This is something I cannot do because my favorite author happens to be whomever I am reading at the moment. This includes writers who are presenting views diametrically opposed to mine. And this happened this week when I read a book that included a collection of …
Every year, for one week, Rick and I are blessed to have two of our five grandchildren stay with us and attend Vacation Bible Study. This year, we borrowed another grandchild to stay as well. We would have borrowed two, but the other was already scheduled to go to Mt. Gilead (camp) for the week. …
I learned a great deal by watching my dad over the years. He always sought to be an example for me and my brother. Here are the things that mattered most to him: Faith is essential. Our family attended church on Sunday. Dad’s mom was a strong Christian and played piano for her church back …