COVER REVEAL: FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE VOLUME ONE!

Today’s the daaay! While I’ve been hard at work retyping, reformatting, and...all the ick stuff that happens after you’ve written a book, something much more exciting has been in the works! First off, I want to give a huge THANK YOU to every single person who signed up to share the cover reveal. Y…

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NEW BEGINNINGS: Reviving the Faith, Hope, and Love Collection?!

Hey everyone!  So...remember my first trilogy, the Faith, Hope, and Love collection?  Well, I'm getting rid of it. And polishing the books, having a proofreader check it out (a spectacular gal, Kara Linaburg, whose services you should check out HERE ), putting the three books into ONE volume, wit…

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"Welcome Home" is Three!

Hey everyone!  I just realized today that Welcome Home - the first book I self-published and the first book in the Faith, Hope, and Love Collection, is turning three years old on July 4th.  Whoop-whoop! So what does that mean for...everyone?  Well, while I'm offering all of my e-books for 0.99…

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"Behind The Blogger" Tag!

Rules: 1.  Thank the person who nominated you  Thanks so much, Hannah! 2.  Answer all the questions down below! 3.  Pingback to the creator of the tag: Ellyn@AllonsyThornaxx 4.  Nominate 5+ bloggers who you'd like to know more about to do this tag! There are a lot of folks I'd like to know mo…

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A New Story Arises...Faith, Hope, And Love: Guide Me Home

Mark your calendars (...ish) - Guide Me Home should be making an appearance sometime this summer!  This will be the third installment of the Faith, Hope, and Love collection.  What's going on in #3? "Cortland may as well have been turned upside-down. Morgan Barnes is watching her cousins …

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Week In Review + G I V E A W A Y !

Hey everyone! I'm baaack -- I hope!  With school on hiatus and the yearly Christmas play finished, I'm ready to annoy y'all again.  But I have some fun announcements to compensate for that, so continue on, dear readers! The play went surprisingly well this year, although it was one that…

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Blog Tour: HUGE Black Friday Sale - 150+ Books!

GUYS.   I'm super excited about this: Victoria Lynn and Perry Elisabeth Kirkpatrick partnered to host a Black Friday sale by authors for readers.  There are over 150 titles available and ALL of the e-books  are either $0.99 or free .  There is also a list of paperback books that are on sale at pr…

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Week In Review: Ides of...Summer?

Hey everyone!  It's been a slow, rainy week: work, school, animal chores, create a tissue army against this cold of mine -- and repeat. Currently reading:  The  Bonnie  series by Barbara Van Tuyl.  It's a book series from the '70s about thoroughbreds and it has been a favorite of mine since…

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The Road to "My Compass Home" : Cast Interviews

Hey everyone!  In case you missed it, I published My Compass Home last Wednesday, and it can be found on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats.  You can also click HERE to enter a giveaway I'm holding, in which one winner will received a signed paperback copy of My Compass Home.  (Details incl…

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The Road to "My Compass Home" : The Final Stages

Exciting news, everyone:  I'm in the last stages of editing and the preparation period for sending it to CreateSpace for approval has begun as well.  Of course, this might be the most hectic period of time, even more hectic than actually writing it!  Now that I'm in the last leg of working o…

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The Road to "My Compass Home" : In the Details

One of the hardest things for me as a writer? Picking and choosing details. I am a very detail-oriented person and love describing things with flair and uniqueness...however, oftentimes readers just want to get to the point or maybe don't even understand what I'm getting at.  This is the st…

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The Road to "My Compass Home": Timing is Everything

I am excited to announce that as of 12:40 AM this morning (or last night, depending on how you look at it), I am halfway through typing the second draft of My Compass Home.  I intend to publish it the first week of July during the two-year anniversary of Welcome Home' s publication, but we'l…

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The Road to "My Compass Home": Archetypal Casting

When you're writing anything, it's important to know your characters to a certain extent.  In addition to that, knowing how your characters work together may very well save your work!  While writing the Faith, Hope, and Love collection books, I knew that the supporting cast would be almost …

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The Road to "My Compass Home": Finding Home Base

Every story needs a setting, obviously.  It needs a tangible world that the reader can comprehend and see in their mind's eye -- otherwise, the characters are just existing...somewhere.  This can also make or break a story, especially depending on your genre.  No pressure, right? When I began wr…

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The Road to "My Compass Home" : 1 Corinthians 13

As you already know, the Faith, Hope, and Love collection is inspired by the Bible chapter 1 Corinthians 13, also known as the "love chapter."  I attempted to  mirror and incorporate the ideals of this chapter in Welcome Home , and My Compass Home will be no different.  Here are some theme…

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The Road to "My Compass Home" : Meet Ellie

First off, I want to say something:  what?!  Seventy-five views on my last post and counting?  What happened?!  Either way, thank you so much, guys!  That's awesome.  I'm so pumped.  Anyway--on to the post! Finding the perfect lady for Levi proved to be a little difficult. He has such a s…

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Week In Review: From Zero to Sixty

I wish I would have thought about taking a picture of my class to-do list this week before I started crossing things off, because it totally filled an entire copy page...with small handwriting. But the important thing is that it's done with.  Mostly. For another week.  Anyway. Currently readi…

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The Road to "My Compass Home": The Playlist

Every time I write a book, I compile a playlist that, for one reason or another, inspires me or puts me in the specific mood needed for scenes in whichever book I'm working on.  I'll share the playlist for My Compass Home with you today, in no specific order: Times - Tenth Avenue North Braver…

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The Road to "My Compass Home": Meet Levi

Originally, I considered ditching the idea of writing more books for the "Faith, Hope, and Love" collection if they weren't about Spencer and Lucy.  However, those who have read Welcome Home said they really wanted to learn more about Morgan and Levi.  With some plot work, I've de…

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The Road to "My Compass Home": Lucy's Colorful Quirks

Perhaps one of my favorite aspects of writing this series is Lucy's quirk of associating colors with moods.  It was inspired by the psychological synesthesia , in which the senses are intertwined for some folks.  Hearing colors, especially among musicians, is one of many traits in this condition…

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