by Laura Frantz | Dec 31, 2019 | Authors, Books, Heroes and Heroines, History, how readers help, Inspiration, Novel News, Reading, Reading Friends, Uncategorized, Writing
Recently I ‘sat’ down with readers for a day in December and invited their questions. We talked Christmas and books! I’ll be doing these chats once a month on my Facebook author page and would love for you to join me next time in January. Here are a...
by Laura Frantz | Dec 1, 2019 | christmas, My Kentucky Kitchen, Recipes, Uncategorized
I’ve eaten a lot of sugar cookies in my lifetime and these are, hands down, my favorite. I’ve been baking these for over 25 years now and this is the tried and true recipe. I don’t frost them as prettily as these shown here. Honestly, we eat them too...
by Laura Frantz | Nov 30, 2019 | Authors, Books, christmas, Uncategorized
There are so many reasons I love Christian fiction. This image by my publisher, Revell, captures it beautifully. UNWRAP HOPE & LOVE THIS HOLIDAY. So much of what the world offers fails in this, especially fiction. I recently asked readers on my Facebook author...
by Laura Frantz | Nov 24, 2019 | Home, Inspiration, Memoir, My Kentucky Kitchen, Recipes, Uncategorized
I have rich memories of Kentucky Thanksgivings at my granny’s house. She’d cook for days beforehand, hardly taking her apron off till she went to bed. One magical happening was going onto the back porch and opening what she called the back closet. There,...
by Laura Frantz | Nov 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Recently a reader asked where I draw inspiration for my characters. Such a thought-provoking question deserves a worthy answer! Here’s a collage of novel faces {I also have a Pinterest board devoted to the same} that inspires me to create the characters in my...
by Laura Frantz | Oct 8, 2019 | Books, First Lines, History, how readers help, Inspiration, Novel News, Uncategorized, Writing
So I’m about to begin another novel. Years ago, when the publishing door opened, I felt I’d be blessed to publish one book. Now, ten years later, I thought it might be fun to revisit those first lines of past novels if for no other reason than I...
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