PAGES OF CHILDHOOD GRIEF A CHILD’S STORY ROOTS: I held glimmers of childhood memories—memories filled with sorrow and grief—and some were buried deep enough I can’t always know why I hurt. [ Read More ]
A Reader’s Guide to Cozy Fiction Everything is cozier in autumn, don’t you think? Even if you live in warmer climates, when the ‘ber months begin, there’s an innate desire to wear scarves, [ Read More ]
Christmas is still two and a half months away, but Christmas releases have hit the shelves. This always amazes me. It seems so early. I’ve never understood why publishers release their Christmas [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – Jane Bayly Vaughan
Of all the Genres in the World—Why Historical Fiction? History has always fascinated me, even when I was a child. I remember when my third-grade class visited the library in our school; I would g [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – A.C. Williams
How to Interpret Your Author’s Bizarre Behaviors Authors are weird. It’s okay. We know. No need to beat around the bush. Author brains are wired to interpret reality differently from people who [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – Lynn U. Watson
Nancy Drew Clues Did you gobble up all the Nancy Drew stories as a child? Did you have favorites you returned to again and again? Many of my friends did. I’ve always been a voracious reader, but [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – Jennifer Wake
When a Bestseller Surprises You Can I be honest? Many times, the books I read fall into two categories. The first is made up of personal favorites, the books I reread when I want to escape, relax, [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – by Jamie Hulker
I love to read. Somewhere between ministry, writing, teaching, traveling, and just life, the stack of books I want to read seems to grow much faster than the stack I’ve actually finished. But [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – Helena Smrcek
Finding Hope in the Small Things Have you ever noticed that the biggest moments in life often begin with something very small? A kind word from a stranger. A handwritten note tucked into a mailbox. [ Read More ]
Pages of My Life – Barb Britton
The early pages of my life were void of God. I grew up in a wonderful family, a moral family, but we didn’t own a Bible or go to church. I didn’t have a concept of a Creator, or that my sins we [ Read More ]