Previously published years ago on my @littleblossomsforjesus Instagram account. It’s o.k. to be bad. I see the raised eyebrows. Before you throw me over the coals, let me explain. One of my favourite TV shows as a kid was “Franklin the Turtle.” In th...

This post was originally published as a guest post on Cate VanNostrand’s blog, Southern Story Scribbler. Thank you, Cate! When you pick up the average Christian YA novel, you tend to expect there’ll be romance. Especially when there’s a male and a fe...

Ah, July. Goodness, what happened in July? I know this update is fearfully late, but hey, at least it’s being written! || Highlights & Lowlights // I’m gonna put this at the top so everyone can see it even if they don’t scroll: That’s right!! The...

Although I made it a hard rule only to buy books that I’ve already read, that doesn’t mean I stick to that rule. If a book is free, all rules are off. And if a book is super old, or is by an author I really love, or if it’s a book I want toContinue r...

This paper is the one I wrote for my English exam this March, and I decided to share it here. Hope you enjoy! Let me know your thoughts 🙂 Introduction Libraries have been around for thousands of years. But there are those who believe that libraries...

Greetings, Bookworm Readers! As the author of semi-biographical fiction, I often find discrepancies between real life and what constitutes “good storytelling” in writing. Since I keep to the truth of the history as faithfully as I can, my books fail...

My cover is available for voting in the Clean Fiction Magazine Cover Art Contest. The contest runs till August 9, and you can vote daily (and for free). The cover with the most votes wins. If you’d like to vote for my cover you can do so here: https:...

Welp, June feels like it was a long, long time ago… and yet I don’t seem to have much to share… *shrugs* || Highlights & Lowlights // The Once Upon a Pen awards are open! I’m really hoping to get my book nominated. I need 5 nominations to get my...

I wanted Goodreads for so long and I was thrilled when I was finally allowed to get it in 2020. I spent almost all summer copy and pasting my thousands of reviews into the system and tagging it meticulously. For a time, I kept my shelves scrupulously...