How DL Wood’s Love of Reading Spurred Her to Write Her Own (Episode 78)
“As a child, I wanted to be a teacher, and I ended up being a lawyer, but what has been consistent throughout my life is my love of books and my love of story,” D said. “I read a lot as a kid. … I think I really had a dream of having one of my books in the library one day.”
How the Settings of Sara Blackard and Dani Pettrey Define Their Books (Episode 77)
“I picked Alaska because I love it up here,” Sara said about where she lives and writes. “There’s a lot of adventure that happens just out my front door. … I like writing from an Alaskan point of view.”
This series “is spread out through North Carolina, from the Outer Banks all the way down to Wilmington,” Dani said. “We actually vacation in [that area … ], and I just think the area is so beautiful.”
Linda Wood Rondeau’s “Ghostly” Writing (Episode 76)
“I used the term ghosts for several reasons,” Linda explained. “My hero … calls these disturbances [in a house] ghosts because he doesn’t know what else to call them. … I choose the ghosts for the title because I think it’s important for us to understand as Christians that Satan will use any means to deter or deflect our relationship with the Lord.”
How the Past Impacts the Future in the Books of Lori Altebaumer and Wendy Wilson Spooner (Episode 75)
“The repeat pattern of my [book] themes is taking a woman who has been broken … and walking her through the steps of forgiveness, things like that, to show her that her past doesn’t take away her future,” Lori said.
“My books are dual timeline,” Wendy said. “This is a wonderful, rags-to-riches immigration story that has God woven through all of it and how he carries us through so many things.”
Getting to Know Hallee Bridgeman
USA Today bestselling author Hallee Bridgeman recently stopped to share some about her writing life. Why did you start writing romantic suspense novels? I wrote my first romantic suspense between January and March 2000. I actually had a dream New Year’s Eve and woke up from that dream about 2 a.m. and started writing. The […]
How The Dark Guest Got Its Title
One of the questions I often get is why did I call book one in The Cold War Legacy series The Dark Guest? It came from a very unlikely source. As a reformed Presbyterian (PCA), I’ve become more acquainted with the Puritans and their writings. Titles like The Mystery of Providence and The Rare Jewel […]
October 2022 New Releases in Christian Fiction
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Amish Romance: The Story of Love by Beth Wiseman — With little left to tie her to her home state of Texas and yearning for a slower life, Yvonne Wilson jumps at the chance to shake things up with a […]
September 2022 New Releases in Christian Fiction
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: A Heart to Trust by Judith McNees — Can two broken hearts learn to trust each other…and God? Grace Morgan has a closely guarded secret. One that also makes her good at guarding her heart. After all, she […]