My dear friend, mentor, and one of our writing judges for all of of the many contests I have hosted over the years has moved! She has taken up residence in heaven with Jesus and is no doubt experiencing joy that cannot be expressed. Mrs. M, on the ot...

See dozens more stories from Fan Fiction Friday >> One of our newer fan fiction writers, Jenny Cruey, created a two-part story called “Kidnapped.” Enjoy and don’t forget to give her a little love over on the Fan Fiction site! Kidnapped Part One...

Check out the other What Am I games >> I received 177 entries, and a good portion of them guessed correctly – burlap or burlap sack. However, I also accepted “potato sack” and “feed sack.” At first I was not going to accept “feed sack,” because...

This is it. The final ultrasound, Lord willing, for Jewels (Taffy’s dam) and Maggie (the free mare who lost her first foal because of her age and lack of progesterone). Since she went into heat last month, Kristel has been giving her progesterone sho...

Sara Miller – Baking Up Stories > – found a fan fiction story in her Google Docs. Come to find out, she had sent it in last winter. Mrs. M had diligently put it up over on the Fan Fiction site and then promptly forgotten about it. In other words,...

The image says it all. Andi has not had much to say this month, on account of Mrs. M, who speaks for her, has pretty much run out of clever posts, stories, journals, and so forth. There are over 500 posts on this blog, and I have noticed that what st...

I am getting super organized regarding my website. I have put EVERYTHING on sale (except the instant downloads). So, here’s a head’s up if you want any Fun Stuff before it’s gone. I’m down to just a few items in each of the different products. I did...

My publisher has been really going to town with redoing the Goldtown Adventures covers. Thanks for letting me know about which cover you preferred. Most seemed to go for cover #1, and here is the final, official cover the cover folks at Kregel sent m...

Andi’s Journal, late August 1887 Riley never ceases to amaze and surprise me! It’s the last week of August, and the California sun has just about sucked every drop from Memory Creek. I am just happy we have a good, deep well and enough wind to keep i...

The original cover of the fan fun extra book, Andrea Carter and the Terrible Secret, just never looked like I envisioned Justin. But now . . . I have created a much better Justin. What do you think? He’s not 100% the way I envision him, but he’s bett...