The blessing of a good book…photo!

Laura FrantzUncategorized

One of the joys of book publishing is receiving photos from reading friends who are excited about the book and decide to share the joy with you. I love any sort of photos related to a new release and would be so happy to post them to Pinterest, on my Facebook author page, and here. Don’t be camera shy! Just …

Pin of the week

Laura FrantzUncategorized

The Squire’s Arrival Mary Harding (1880-1903) This historic painting gives a wonderful glimpse of the era Love’s Awakening is set in. The artist happens to be a woman which is extra delightful but her artistic life was so short! Nevertheless she has left us a beautiful image. I can only imagine who the squire might be…

Blessed mail day!

Laura FrantzUncategorized

Just received my copy of Love’s Awakening fresh from the printers! Do I look like a happy parent?! Books really are like babies to me. The series thus far… Book 3 is being titled and cover design started as we speak! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Establish thou the work of our hands. ~Psalm 91:16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Would love to know what you’re looking forward to …

Generations

Laura FrantzUncategorized

I’m currently reading book 3 in The Ballantyne Legacy aloud. All 97,000 words, my shortest novel to date! I can nearly hear my editors sigh with relief! My longest was The Frontiersman’s Daughter which weighed in at a whopping 124,000 words. This next story is due to my publisher September 1. I’ve been editing and rewriting and polishing madly since I finished …

A piece of pie, please

Laura FrantzUncategorized

This weekend I spent time in the kitchen taking a writing break. I finally pressure-cooked green beans from the garden, made deviled eggs and a batch of wild blackberry jam, and squeezed in the coconut meringue pie I’ve been promising my men. Our raspberries are ripe so I couldn’t resist picking a few of those, too. But I did miss working on that book! …

10,000 Pins Giveaway Winner…

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Our giveaway winner for the ARC of Love’s Awakening and a bookmark is… Mary B.! Heartfelt thanks to all who entered. I only wish I had a book for each of you! This is just the first of many giveaways to celebrate the release of Love’s Awakening so please stay tuned. Have a wonderful weekend!

10,000 pins giveaway!

Laura FrantzUncategorized

To celebrate 10,000 pins of historic dress on Pinterest, I’m giving away an ARC (advanced reader copy) of Love’s Awakening and a bookmark! If you’d like to enter, please join in by… *Tweeting about it *Sharing on Facebook *Leaving a comment here *If you’re not on Twitter or Facebook, just leave a comment anyway! Winner announced this Friday, August 2 Happy …