Hi friends,I've got great news for my deal-loving readers. If you haven't had a chance to read the 6-book Aftermath series Steph and I wrote last year, now's the time.Our publisher just combined them into two boxsets of three books each. Even better,...

Hi friends,Thank you so much for all your well wishes as I recovered from covid! They were very encouraging and made me smile. You're the best!I'm pretty much recovered from everything but a bit of lingering tiredness that is getting better every day...

Hi friends,This is a weak-ish hello from the nest of pillows I've spent most of this week curled up in.With multiple friends having covid, I was exposed on Saturday morning. Most everyone had been reported mild-ish symptoms. By Tuesday, my 7-year-old...

Hi friends,I'm glad you enjoyed the fire-starting tips last week. Thank you, Karl, for writing and letting me know that steel wool is also a simple and flammable item to help get a fire started.Today I went outside to snap a few pictures of garden we...

Hi friends,Thanks so much for your feedback on how you're enjoying our Escaping the Virus series! The books are 99c each for a couple more days before going back to full price. Enjoy! :D Since we authors often sit alone at a computer wondering if any...

Hi friends,I don't mean to bug you, but I mentioned the upcoming 99c sale on our Escaping the Virus trilogy in my last email and a few of you were thinking it had already started. Sorry for confusing things - I was just excited. I guess I should have...

Hi friends,First, for those of you who haven't had a chance to read our Escaping the Virus trilogy, we're putting it on sale next week for the first time since launch. Each book is 99c starting on Monday, so grab all three for $2.99.Escaping the Viru...

Hi friends,I really enjoy getting emails from you. A couple of you had some great suggestions in response to my newsletter about depression last week. Sam suggested something that might sound counter-intuitive: Say, "I want to be depressed" over and...

Hi friends,I love sunshine! At least before we reach the super-hot, muggy days of summer. I'm sitting here in front of a sunny window in my role as an 'adult supervisor' while my teenage son runs a Dungeons & Dragons class at our local homeschool...

Hi friends,Do you occasionally have crazy weather in your neck of the woods? We do almost every spring here. Sometimes, we've had hail, rain, snow and sunshine all in the same day.Check out our unseasonable snow this week during what should be sunny...