These are perilous times. The world as we know it is up for grabs, the whole Western Civilization thing hangs by a hangnail, and we are angry. Very angry. Anyone who doesn’t hav [ Read More ]
“How do you possibly find time to write?” If I had a dollar for each time I’ve heard this question, I just might be able to buy that under-the-desk walking pad I’ve had my eye on. When peop [ Read More ]
About two weeks before Career Day at my granddaughter’s school, she had asked me if I could come and talk to the students about being an author. She’s ten, and she told me she thought I’d be [ Read More ]
I love writing about Bible stories and how God works in the lives of His people. If you had asked me back in elementary school if I would become a Biblical Fiction author, I would have asked you, [ Read More ]
I Wish You a Bookish Christmas by Penny Frost McGinnis In December, like many of you, I tend to read Christmas books. Since I was a child and heard the stories about St. Nicholas, I’ve been fasci [ Read More ]
Have you ever heard of the Icelandic tradition of Jolabokaflod (the Christmas Book Flood)? This tradition of buying books for Christmas presents began in Iceland during WWII. Supply chains were cut [ Read More ]
I confessed in my last My Reading Life post that I’m a fickle reader when it comes to fiction and that I was finding it difficult to make it a priority in my reading life. That was back in June a [ Read More ]
Dear Blue Ridge Reader Connections—thank you for having me! I believe this is the third time I’ve done this blog topic, but that’s okay—I read a lot! I’m on Book 126 for my GoodReads Chal [ Read More ]
by @HelenaSmrcek Here comes a confession. I grew up hating reading. Ironic as it may sound, coming from an author, I had a good reason for it. Although never formally diagnosed, I had a mild form [ Read More ]
By Maryann Landers My husband and I are traveling north from southern Utah to our home in Alaska in a forty foot bus conversion. This grand adventure will take us through Idaho, Montana and up into [ Read More ]