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Publishing milestones are fun things! I’m so happy to share that Revell kept my working title for this next release once again. Titling a book can be tricky & many of my novels have simple names starting with my debut, The Frontiersman’s Daughter. This portrait-like image above hints of the setting & shows the two character templates I had in …
Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #15 Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! The hunt BEGINS on 3/19 at noon Mountain with Stop #1 …
March is nearly here along with a spring forward adjustment to the clock which steals an hour of reading away! I’m dreaming of planting a little colonial garden but it’s too soon here in the Pacific Northwest. We’ve experienced one of the mildest winters on record. Rhododendron bushes were actually blooming in December! I missed our usual, beautiful snow, since …
Another novel is on shelves! This year is such a historic milestone. 1776-2026. I’m so grateful to be American born that I wrote a book about it! A tale of courtship & marriage, duty versus desire, faith & forgiveness. In the spirit of 1776, happy reading!
Dear readers, I invite you to step back in time with me and explore the drama and danger of the 18th-century when George III became the last king of America. The Belle of Chatham began with my own ancestry and those Patriots and Loyalists in my family line who fought against each other. What must it have been like to choose sides …
Thank you to PW for your review of The Belle of Chatham!
A tale of courtship & marriage, duty versus desire, faith & forgiveness. Releases January 2026 from Revell Books *Preorder from your favorite bookseller
Ever so often you meet a secondary character in a novel that steals your heart & you need to write a novella to give him his own happy ending. I have a special love for Bleu Galant from The Seamstress of Acadie & this new title reflects the gist of his 220 plus page story. I always wondered who would …
Ready for not one but 2 cover reveals? Here’s an update: ♥Expecting galleys soon for Bleu Galant’s 224 page novella out 7/25 Expecting galleys for the Revolutionary War novel out 1/26 Just saw Revell’s cover comps for that novel & ohmyword ©Half-finished w/ a novel set in 18th-century London Working on a novel set in London now, half finished first …
A Writer’s Prayer on Beginning a New Project | written by Bob Hostetler Abba, Father, thank you for the work you have given me to do, for what I am about to write. I begin in fear and trembling, not at all sure that I can start well, let alone finish well. But your grace is sufficient for me, in …