How The Pandemic Saved My Marriage
Bet that grabbed your attention. No? Well, if you follow me on social media, you’ll realize we weren’t exactly on the brink of divorce. I’m grateful to this pandemic because our marriage has been strengthened and has even thrived during this otherwise horrible year....
Author Interview with Barbara Britton
Welcome to my blog, Barbara! Please, tell us a little bit about yourself: I’m a wife and a mom who enjoys bringing little-known Bible characters to light in her stories. I also enjoy history. My first Historical released over the summer. I live in Wisconsin, but my...
Saturday Book Review – Against All Fierce Hostility by Donna Fletcher Crowe
The Monastery Murders moves to Canada when Antony is invited to lecture on the British saints who inspired the founding of Toronto and Felicity couriers an ancient manuscript connected with Saint Patrick to monasteries in Montreal and Vancouver. A spectacular train journey across the breadth of the continent carries them even further away from the murder Felicity witnessed in England. Or does it?
Author Interview with Andrea Jo Rodgers
Welcome, Andrea Jo! Tell us a little bit about yourself: I’m happily married and the mother of teenage twins as well as two “fur babies” (Dachshund and Shih Tzu rescues). I love working part-time as a physical therapist in a hospital-based rehabilitation center....
Interview with Author and Speaker Julie Arduini – and a Giveaway!
One glimpse at the sprawling Boardman Valley High School campus and my throat starts to close up. It’s a fortress. So many windows. Multiple parking lots. More than one athletic field. There’s even an attached brick circular amphitheater to house the enormous drama and musical talent the Youngstown suburb is known for.
The morning crowd travels to the main entrance. I’m trapped in the middle of the swarm, moving with the wave of peers, my anxiety escalating with each step. Even if I wanted to yell for help, the buzz of first day chit-chat fills the lobby.
What am I doing here? Oh, right. My parents moved and this is the closest school district. Where I know no one.
Author Interview with Lynne Tagawa
Someone sobbed near his feet. James blinked, trying to emerge from the fog. There was no moon, that’s why it was so dark. A miasma of sulfuric gunpowder, metallic blood, and stale sweat filled his nose. Rustling, moans, and curses marked the presence of soldiers not far away. The army was on the march—at night? The trail was difficult even during the day.
Where was Russell? The last thing he remembered was McKee’s dead face. James’s stomach cramped just thinking of it. Losing Mac was one thing; he was convinced the man had peace with God. But McKee? It didn’t bear thinking about.
Author Interview with Meghann Whistler
I'm excited to have you here today, Meghann, to talk about your debut book! Tell us a little bit about yourself: I’m a wife, a mom and a Christian romance novelist who loves writing sweet, happy stories that won’t make your grandmother blush! Before settling down with...
Author Interview with Susan Fischer
It's wonderful to have you here today, Susan. Tell us a little bit about yourself. I was born in Louisville, Kentucky and raised in the Detroit metro area. Sick of winter, I moved to the Southwest coast of Florida and haven’t regretted it. We have the best beaches...
Cover Reveal…
I love supporting my fellow Anaiah Press authors and we have a debut author about to release her book DEAR MADDIE next month. SO...are you ready? Here it is...I LOVE this cover! The public turns to her with their relationship woes, but does she really know anything...
NORTHERN HEARTS – and the real Churchill, Manitoba
Last July, my husband and I flew up to Churchill, Manitoba so I could research my second main book in my Heroes of the Tundra series. I wanted to see what the town and surrounding area were like in the summertime, as well as interview the local Royal Canadian...
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