• Nov. 6th, 2014 Six Things To Do BEFORE You Sign Your First Book Contract

    Today’s post is for the writer’s out there… You’ve been writing for a while now.  You’ve got a book or two written. You’ve entered a few contests, pitched to a few agents, even attended a few conferences.  You’ve been doing this writing thing long enough to know you want to keep doing it. You know [ read more ]

  • Nov. 4th, 2014 Coming In Last

    Coming in last. I hate it. Really hate it. Maybe you do, too? Have you ever thought about why you hate it? I have and I’ve boiled it down to a simple statement. I’m afraid. Ick. It’s safer to say that we hate to come in last. It doesn’t sound quite as pitiful as admitting [ read more ]

  • Oct. 23rd, 2014 Run to Him

    Hello! Hellooo! Anyone still here?! Please forgive my lengthy blog absence. Re-writing half of my book turned into a very lengthy process and there just haven’t been enough hours in the day. But the revisions were accepted and the book is headed out to a copy editor in the next week or so. For the [ read more ]

  • Sep. 15th, 2014 The Title Is…

    Hi there! I’m taking a quick break from my revisions to share some exciting news. My book has a title and an official release date! Covert Justice  available June 2015 When undercover FBI Agent Heidi Zimmerman enlists  Blake Harrison’s help to bring a ruthless crime family to justice,  she’s prepared to lose her life,  not her [ read more ]

  • Jul. 31st, 2014 Rite of Passage

    The rising 3rd-5th grade kids in our church left for camp today. Look Up Lodge is a rite of passage and my Facebook feed is full of pictures of happy campers. I’m excited for all of them. I truly am. But a little part of me is crying. The little part that every now and [ read more ]

  • Jul. 29th, 2014 The Call

    In my last post, I mentioned that the jury was still out on my 2nd novel. Well, it isn’t any more! To bring you all up to speed… Earlier this year I entered a contest. The Search for the Next Killer Voice was a four stage contest held by the editors of Love Inspired Suspense. [ read more ]

  • Jul. 22nd, 2014 Time to Start Over

    My son loves playing games on my phone. He has one that he’s been playing for a while now. He’s completed so many levels that he has begged me not to let his little brother play, for fear that he’ll mess things up.  So I was surprised yesterday when he asked me to download the [ read more ]

  • Jul. 14th, 2014 I Blame the Kale

    I blame the kale. All pre-chopped and bagged. It’s why I took the kids into the store in the first place. Have you ever been to Trader Joe’s ? It’s—interesting. The layout is odd, it’s significantly smaller than I thought it would be, and the shopping carts are tiny. On this morning, I plopped my three-year-old into [ read more ]

  • Jun. 9th, 2014 Beneath A Navajo Moon by Lisa Carter

    Hi Everyone!! I’ve missed you! I’ve been writing non-stop, but none of it has been for the blog. I entered a contest and to my utter shock, I made it into the final round. Last night at 9:30 p.m., I hit “send” and a full manuscript is now in an editor’s hands. I may be [ read more ]

  • May. 19th, 2014 Silenced by Dani Pettrey

    I’m so excited about today’s post. We’ve got a great book, an opportunity to win a FREE copy from Bethany House publishers, and a fun sweepstakes you can enter. All of these great opportunities are in celebration of the release of Silenced, the fourth book in Dani Pettrey ‘s Alaskan Courage series. The Alaskan Courage series follows [ read more ]