How Joanna White Writes So Much (Episode 36)
“I’m a full-time author and I write all the time,” Joanna said. “My goal for 2020 was to write a million words just with my novels that hit at least 50,000 words. I had a lot of books or series that I wanted to start or complete or work on. … January 1, 2020, I started the challenge, and by July 23, I had completed the challenge. I’ve written 15 books and since then, I’ve written two more.”
Debby Giusti’s Care & Treatment of Villains (Episode 35)
“I don’t know if I could write a book if I couldn’t kill somebody,” Debby said. “There’s a lot of elements to a suspense story that need to be woven together. I’m a plotter, so beforehand, I want to get a fairly good idea of how the story’s going to progress. We have our red herrings, and there’s a lot of foreshadowing that has to go in there. And of course our villain has to be a somewhat complex person. He has to have goals and motivations and conflict, and he has to change through the story as well.”
Lynn Blackburn’s Room of Her Own (Episode 34)
“A few years ago, we turned an attic storage area off of our bonus room into an office for me,” Lynn said. “Half of the ceiling is angled to the floor because it’s the roofline, but it’s a room of my own for writing. My kids are used to me saying, ‘This is the part where you pretend Mommy has left the house.’”
How Dana Mentink Fills Her Closet (Episode 33)
“I think time is like a closet,” Dana said. “If you have a small closet, you fill it up. If you suddenly gotten yourself a big closet, you fill it up. No matter the how much space or time you have, you’re going to fill it up.”
Christmas in July Reader Giveaway: Dangerous Christmas Memories
Happy Christmas in July! Welcome to the first blog in this Christmas in July Reader Giveaway, which runs July 12-23, 2021. At the bottom of each author’s blog post, you will find the secret words. Write them all down and provide the provide the entire answer on this Google form. See below for a list […]
Getting to Know Laura Scott
Laura Scott is a RN by day and an author by night. She has written over 70 books and has more ideas than time to write! Laura lives in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin with her husband of 36 years and helps take care of her grandpuppy, a red fox English lab retriever named Otis Why did you […]
June 2021 New Releases in Christian Fiction
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website. Contemporary Romance: A Chance for the Newcomer by Lisa Carter — She’s stirring things up…A big-city chef. A small-town single dad. And matchmakers with marriage in mind… Chef Kara Lockwood didn’t think changing a small-town diner’s menu would cause a […]
Getting to Know Kimberly Rose Johnson
Award-winning author Kimberly Rose Johnson recently stopped by my blog to share some about her writing life. Why did you start writing romantic suspense novels? Kimberly: I started writing romantic suspense because I love the genre. It’s so much fun! What’s the hardest part of writing romantic suspense? Kimberly: For me the hardest part is […]