My publisher had their acquistions meeting yesterday, but I haven’t heard a thing! I did have good news about Christian Book. The Goldtown Adventures series–for the first time ever–was selected to go in their Christmas Fiction 2025 print catalog. Wit...
SEPTEMBER HIGHLIGHT: “ANDI’s JOURNAL” CATEGORY The blog category, “Andi’s Journal,” highlights all kinds of happenings from Andi’s life both when she is young and after she is married to Riley. I dug deep (about four years ago, when I first moved thi...
Okay, so here’s the thing about radio interviews: they scare me half to death. At least, they used to. Case in point: Time travel 15 years in the past to November 2010. Back in the day, my publisher, Kregel Publications, had a publicist. This person’...
More Alphabet Characters > Melinda! I bet you would not have thought that — in a pinch — Melinda Jane Carter could trade her dancing slippers in for a split skirt and a lasso. She’s not very good with the lasso, but she was there for her little si...
Ashlynn Hunt is the winner. Her email bounced, so I was a little worried and thought I’d need to choose another winner, but she did contact me! There were 153 entries, of which 135 got the answer correct: a pineapple. Random.org chose #87 and that ha...
It’s time for a fun update about Jewels Moonlight Treasure (Trissy). She will be 3 months old on September 7, and a stubborn little thing she is! But she’s as sweet as she looks and is in love with her official new owner: Kristi. A girl and her horse...
It’s time for our monthly “What Am I” guessing game. The guessing game runs from Tuesday, September 2 to Tuesday September 9. The prize? Your choice of a newly designed tote bag or the “classic” white one. Click the link or guess right here on the po...
I have been remiss in posting the past couple of weeks. Instead, I’ve been working feverishly on the new Jenny book, Trouble in Tacoma. And I am beginning to completely overhaul my (main) website. My publisher, Kregel, has not gotten back to me . . ....
Let’s start the week with Kristi keeping her filly in tip-top training shape. Even Taffy had to be held with a leadline while someone checked her feet and hooves. Not Trissy! She’s a little angel and stands perfectly still. I bet it will be easy as p...
More Alphabet Characters > This is a game where commenting in order counts. Starting with A in the comments, each person lists the next letter of the alphabet and a word or phrase that describes the Circle C character featured in the post that beg...
