Read more Blasts from the Past in Andi’s Attic >> If you have read the new Circle C Milestones book #6, Stranger in the Glade, “Winter Ice for Summer,” you got a up-close and personal look at something Andi had never experienced before: harvest...

The Winners! Three winners! One winner receives a print copy of Writers Roundup (or Writers Gold Mine). The two runners up each receive a digital ebook of either book. How fun is that? There were 73 entries with 652 entries. Here are the random winne...

Through the years, a few up-and-coming young writers have contributed their own post ideas to Andi’s Blog. For example, many of the character quizzes I have recycled (and updated) came from Sadie S., who years ago asked, “Mrs. M., I would love to thi...

See all of Colton’s birth and growing-up posts right here >> Colton is six and a half months old, so guess what? It’s time for him to be weaned. He is SO not happy about this idea and spent a lot of time whinnying and running around his separat...

See more Andi’s Journal and Photo Fridays in Andi’s Attic >> Christmas Letter, 1890 I feel so blessed this Christmas 1890. Our little man, Jared, is three and a half. The twins, Charlotte and Lillian, are healthy, happy, and rambunctious six-mo...

Listen to more audio short stories in Andi’s Attic >> Mrs. M has recorded another Andi short story, “The Best Gift of All” (from Tales from the Circle C Ranch collection, when Andi is young). If you want awesome novel-length audio books, you ca...

Read more Riley’s Ramblings >> Whoops! Sorry! I just saw that this was supposed to be scheduled for AM and it accidentally got scheduled for PM. We were driving for three days and just got back to California so I wasn’t keeping up with the blog...

The submission for your fan fiction is limited, but Emma A. received permission to submit a three-part fan fiction about Mitch and his courtship adventures with [no spoiler alert here]. Enjoy!

I’m happy to report that I have (finally) started book 6, Valley of Treasure, for the Goldtown Adventures. Where is book 5, you may ask? Well, since I had enough ideas for this final book in the series I decided to work backwards. There is no law tha...

See more Blasts from the Past and Andi’s Journal in Andi’s Attic >> Christmas 1878 I was so disappointed not to be able to portray Mary until Christmas was well on its way out. Sure, the pageant was lovely, but on New Year’s Eve? Really? Beside...