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Available for Pre-order! Refresh: Spiritual Nourishment for Parents of Children with Special Needs
Refresh: Spiritual Nourishment for Parents of Children with Special Needs is now available to pre-order! This devotional book near and dear to my heart. A special thank you to all of you who have been part of this project, whether you prayed for us as we were working on it, or whether you were one of the many parents I had the privilege of interviewing for the book! My co-author Kimberly Drew and I are so excited about this upcoming release, we are going to offer some FREE bonuses to those who pre-order at Amazon, ...
A Prayer for Veterans
Heavenly Father, I lift up to you all the Veterans of the Armed Forces. The men and women who gave unselfishly Serving 24/7 365 days a year For the freedoms this country holds dearly. I pray you fill their minds with peace When there is turmoil and confusion. Replace the anger from the evil they’ve seen With the righteous anger of your children. When they feel lost and completely alone, I pray they sense your presence always near. In the nights when anxiety and nightmares linger, Help them remember they have nothing to fear. If they start to question why they’re still alive, Gently guide...
#Give-aways for #MilitaryFamilyMonth!
Most of you know I'm a former military wife, so my heart remains tender to the special joys and challenges our military families experience. In honor of Military Family Appreciation Month this November, I am so pleased to partner with Cru Military to offer these FIVE BUNDLES of books to those of you who are active duty, reserves, or National Guard families! To enter the drawing, simply leave a comment telling which bundle you'd like most, along with your second choice.
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Get Ready for #NaNoWriMo!
Since November is National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) I thought I'd pull together some blog posts from the archives that may help those of you who are participating. Or, if you're not going to do NaNoWriMo but are still interested in writing, feel free to bookmark these posts for future reference. Happy Writing!
On Terrible Advice from Really Successful People
Recently I sat down with a really, really successful publishing editor who gave me some advice for my writing career. It was terrible advice. The worst ever. If I didn't already have ten books published and several national awards, I would have been crushed. As it was, however, I was just stunned. So stunned in fact, she cocked her head at me and said, "Are you OK?"
I wasn't, at the moment. What she had told me to do went against my entire purpose, and against my nature, and against my integrity. She told me in no uncertain terms that I...
151 Years Ago: Sherman Defends Forced Evacuation of Atlanta
After the siege of and battle for Atlanta, Gen. William T. Sherman ordered the evacuation of all remaining civilians from the city (September 1864). Mayor James Calhoun and two city councilmen urged the Union general to rescind the forced evacuation. Some residents were sick, poor, pregnant, the city fathers said, and the South was already overcrowded as it was, resulting in homelessness for those without family to take them in. Sherman’s response to the men was widely published by newspapers both North and South, and passages from it came to be recognized as readily as the Gettysburg...
Remembering the Heroes on 9-11
Because I lived in DC during the 9-11-01 terrorist attacks, the anniversary holds special meaning for me. It was my great honor to gather several stories from others who experienced that day in a personal way and include them in Stories of Faith and Courage from the Home Front. Today I’d like to share with you a short but profound excerpt....
Author Interview + American Patriot Book Giveaway!
Well friends, it's my absolute pleasure to have author J.M. Hochstetler with us on the blog today in honor of her new release, Valley of the Shadow, which is book 5 in The American Patriot series. (Book 5! Swoon! I thought writing four historical novels in one series was hard!) I had...
Large Print Now Available: Wedded to War and Widow of Gettysburg
Just a quick note today to let you know that hardcover, large-print editions (AKA library binding, so tell your library!) of both Wedded to War and Widow of Gettysburg are now available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and ChristianBook. It looks like Yankee in Atlanta will be the next to appear...
Give-away: Civil War novel Patriot Heart
Today I'm delighted to share with you a brand new Civil War-era novel by Diane Kalas: Patriot Heart. Here's the blurb:
May 1865. All Dan Goodman wants is to marry an uncomplicated girl and have a family, but the war interfered and he became a POW who now believes he’s losing his mind and unfit for marriage. He dreams of Oregon to put the memories behind him. The problem is he owes a debt of gratitude to the beautiful songstress. In addition, Clara Barton wants him to be a witness for the prosecution in the first trial for war crimes in American history. Letty...
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