Hi guys! Katja here with the second-place winner of our 1st Quarter contest, “Melody & Harmony,” ©2026 Ann Weaver. Please enjoy it with me! Emilia  Congratulations, you have been accepted into The Julliard School Music Program. Please see below f...

“Sumer is icumen in” and in its honour, I decided to do this blog tag which I picked up a few months ago, by Julie @ Moonlight Wanderer, whom I don’t know. Rules: Questions: 1. What’s a book you read with summer vibes? My first thought was The Torch...

Hi folks! Brief note from Katja here. I’ve asked the lovely Kate @ Once Upon an Ordinary to share about her writing process for her newly released WWII novel, Letters for Victory. Take it away, Kate! I grew up steeped in vintage stories—family storie...

I almost never do devotionals anymore (they get written into my books, I think, lol) but today I was mind-blown by a passage I’ve read five quintillion times and had to share. I don’t know about you, but I’ve struggled with prayer my whole life. It’s...

I found this on Martha Abilene’s blog, Beyond the Literary Horizon, but apparently she got it from Once Upon an Ordinary’s Kate Willis, who tried to find the creator and failed 😉 1. How Many Books is Too Many in a Series? No number. I wrote this dow...

It is May 1/May 2 as I write this, which is the closest I’ve gotten to the month I recapped for the last couple years. I’d like to get the wrap-up down throughout the month, in the future. But anyhow, today my memory is fresh, so let’s see what April...

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...