Hi guys! Katja here with the second of the two first-place winners of our 1st Quarter contest, “Unexpected,” ©2026 Angie Thompson. Please enjoy it with me! Who on earth had decided I needed an aunt in the first place?  I kicked at a rock on the path...

I was tagged for this a while ago by sweet Kate @ Once Upon an Ordinary, and I am so excited to finally do it!! Apparently she found this tag on YouTube through Danielle from Bookburger, and it was originally created by RobertG: Reader of Books (I kn...

First of all, thank you so much, Katja, for letting me be a guest on the blog!  For those of you who don’t know me, I’m a writer of primarily historical fiction.  My most recent book, We Gave Our Tomorrows (which I abbreviate WGOT), is about a squad...

It’s almost the end of April??? When did that happen?? We need to hurry up and do our March recap before I forget it all… || Highlights & Lowlights // I bought some books! I’ve been saving up my amazon.com gift cards and got a whole bunch, includ...

I started this tag ages ago and found it while looking through my drafts. This happened twice, so I decided to finally do it. Since it’s a new year, I thought doing a post on writerly resolutions would be a great idea! Rules The Questions 1. Are you...

Hi folks! Brief note from Katja here. I did a post swap with the lovely Sarah Beth Brazytis, and while she asked me to do one about writing bilingual characters for her, I asked her to share about her writing process/research for her WWII series, whi...

Hey, cupcakes! Today I have a brand-new tag for you that I created the other day to welcome spring 😉 I’m so excited, so let’s jump into it! First off… The Rules: // Use the graphic & tag the creator, Katja @ Little Blossoms for Jesus // Answer t...

Hi guys! Katja here with one of the two first-place winners of our Q1 contest, “Tomorrow, or, the Bookseller of Killbourne,” ©2026 Sara A. Thren. Please enjoy it with me! Killbourne, Oxfordshire  The bookshop on Killbourne’s High Street had stood for...

It is time for round FOUR, y’all! Here’s the links to the earlier posts, and the obligatory disclaimer that I have no idea where I got this tag from, so please let me know if you know the source 😉 Now, on to this year’s winners (all from new books!)...

Hey, hey, hey… it’s almost the end of March?! I can’t believe it. But boy am I glad to be over with February… || Highlights & Lowlights // After waitings several months (because the world is actually huge) I finally received some fun mail by one...