Phyllis, Oh, I’m so delighted to continue sharing these if you like them – thank you for saying so! I do think visuals of characters make them more than one dimensional even if everyone has different ideas while reading the book. You’re a gem for stopping by. I’m already looking for images for novel 11 🙂

Oh, that Poldark! I know just what you mean, Meghan! Standalone novels are wonderful in that each is its own little world with very different characters and plot lines, thankfully. This next frontier heroine is VERY different. In fact, you could say I have 2 heroines! And I need to sprinkle in a villain for Jamestown which means going back to the beginning and threading that through the novel. But that’s the kind of writing I love and so hope you do, too. So happy you’re here, a true bright spot 🙂

Dear Beth, Oh, thank you for the gift of your words here! I do try to write as beautifully and well as I can so your appreciation of that means more than words can say. Heartfelt thanks! It is a gift and I’m so happy the Lord is reaching readers like you who find worth and meaning in edifying fiction. Now if I could just write faster 🙂 Thank you for keeping up with the novels I have out there! I can promise you a new novel every January from here till 2022 or so, thanks to Revell. My books used to release in late summer or early fall as you probably already remember but I’ve been changed to a different calendar. Next up is another frontier novel (January 2020) and then I step back a century to set a story in Jamestown, VA 1600s (Jan 2021). Am still pondering what’s after that. Thank you for being here. You inspire me to keep writing!

Dear Marta, You really are the very reader I write for! I’m so thankful for your heart for every one of my novels. Love how you can picture yourself sitting on the bank of that river with Lark. My highest hopes realized. Thank you! I pray I can continue to create novels that spring to life for you. I’m very excited about this next frontier novel which we should have a title for any day now. Cover art is just beginning, too. A long process till it releases in January 2020. Thank you for being there and for your time and heart. You inspire me to keep going!

Oh, love that ocean wave and wind soundtrack, Mary Kay! Music and audio like that enhance creativity so much. Reminds me of the nature soundtrack – Woodland Harp – I love, especially for frontier novels. My husband cracks up at all that birdsong but I find it quite charming 🙂 Really appreciate your gracious words about Larkin and ABH. I knew a baby would complicate yet enrich her life greatly. Infants were such a part of the indenture picture back then but often sadly so. Wonderful to start the weekend off with your comments. Hugs and thanks!

‘Twas fascinating to learn wee Larkin didn’t appear originally. You certainly adjusted marvelously; he seems to be such an integral part of the story.

Like you, I’m quite visual and usually have character and setting photos around as I write. For my first (set mostly at a cottage on an ocean beach) I also had an ocean wave and wind soundtrack that played many an hour. Love playing with our imaginary worlds. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your photos!