Home for the holidays!

Laura FrantzEvents, Inspiration, Novel News, Reading, Reading Friends, The Christy Award, Uncategorized

Home from Chicago, the Christy Awards gala & the inspiring Art of Writing conference, JustReadRendezvous, & time with extended family – my cup overfloweth ahead of Thanksgiving! While I’m not a fan of flying, the trip went well, I didn’t get airsick, stayed well throughout, & enjoyed being with people who understand the author life. Here is a picture of …

Return from Mississippi River Readers Retreat

Laura FrantzAuthors, Events, Historical Fiction, Inspiration, Reading Friends, Travel, Uncategorized

Last month I made a whirlwind trip to Minnesota, my first visit to the Land of 10,000 Lakes! I was just one of many authors attending the Mississippi River Readers Retreat hosted by author Gabrielle Meyer who writes wonderful books. She has a dream team of organizers/planners in the Heffron family who also live in the storybook, historic town of …

Independence Day Giveaway!

Laura FrantzAuthors, Books, Events, faith, Frontier, Giveaways, Heroes and Heroines, Historical Fiction, History, Reading Friends, Uncategorized

Our Independence Day Giveaway is now open! If you’ve read my novels, our country’s founding in the 18th-century is a major theme, thus July 4th or Independence Day is a beloved holiday for me & many. In light of this, four author friends & I have teamed up to host a giveaway with some fun perks! Just enter to win …

Colonial Culinary Workshop

Laura FrantzEvents, Frontier, History, History in the Making, History in the Tasting, Inspiration, My Kentucky Kitchen, Uncategorized

Daniel Boone would have chuckled to see us frontier fans concoct a meal in the leanness of late winter that they only dreamed about. And at Fort Boonesborough, to boot. While I longed to eat with a pewter fork on a pewter plate, modern paper reigned. Water, so often spoiled back then, took the place of their usual small beer …

Out on a ramble…

Laura FrantzBooks, Daughters of the American Revolution, Events, faith, Frontier, History, Home, Inspiration, Reading, Uncategorized, Writing

Spring has nearly sprung! After a very snowy season out west during which I felt I was living in a snowglobe, March is nearly here and I’m packing for some fun events and also family time. Kentucky in spring is such a beautiful place {all those dogwoods} and I’m so happy to call it home.   I’ll be spending time …

The History of the Christy Award

Laura FrantzAuthors, Books, Events, History, Inspiration, Novel News, Reading, The Christy Award, Uncategorized, Writing News

Since 1999, The Christy Awards™ have honored Christian novels of excellence, imagination, and creativity. The Christy Award™ is designed to nurture and encourage creativity and quality in the writing and publishing of fiction written from a Christian worldview and showcase the diversity of genres. The Award is named for Catherine Marshall’s enduring bestselling novel, Christy, published in 1967. When I …