ACFW: What a Difference a Year Makes!

It’s amazing the difference a year can make in a writing career. Last year at this time I was counting down the days to conference, fretting over one sheets and pitches and which agents I’d be talking to. This year I haven’t had much time to think about the conference, though I’ve helped plan the…

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A Note of Encouragement

  What do you find most often when you go to your mailbox these days? Probably the same things I find – sales flyers, bills and magazines along with a bunch of junk mail. Occasionally though while leafing through the stack, my eyes will fall on an envelope different from all the rest, a handwritten…

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Fireproof: From the Makers of Facing the Giants

During ICRS, I had the privilege of attending the Fireproof screening and dinner with Kirk Cameron, Erin Bethea and many of the people who worked on the movie. It’s so hard to put the experience into words. The evening was filled with awe of what God could do with a church with a desire to…

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My Compassion International Sons

We decided to become Compassion International sponsors about ten years ago. My husband and I had both been on missions to Africa and fell in love with the people we visited. It just felt natural to get a child from there. But we left the details up to God. He sent us Samuel from Rawanda!…

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ACFW conference/booksigning

This week is the American Christian Fiction Writers’ annual conference in Minneapolis. I will be attending and actually this year presenting a workshop on how to write an inspirational romance. Talk about an interruption in my writing schedule!!! But a welcome one. I can’t wait to see everyone, and if you are attending, please stop…

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ACFW: What a Difference a Year Makes!

It’s amazing the difference a year can make in a writing career. Last year at this time I was counting down the days to conference, fretting over one sheets and pitches and which agents I’d be talking to. This year I haven’t had much time to think about the conference, though I’ve helped plan the…

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Divine Appointments

While checking my Google Alerts I can across a blog that caught my interest. I clicked over, read about Kathy’s faith, and her five children whom she homeschools. Seemed like I was on the right track to finding a new online friend. Then I found out she and her family were vacationing in my hometown…

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Shine Like a Star

by Guest Author Mike Dellosso Did you ever go outside on a cloudless evening in an area devoid of light pollution and look up at the night sky? Sometimes, if you catch it just right and if everything is just so, it looks like God sprinkled the heavens with diamonds. It’s beautiful, majestic, glorious. And…

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DiAnn Mills Interview

  Tell us about your family and your call to write: I have four adult sons. I didn’t start writing until ‘96. My husband looked at me and told me someday you’ll write a book—quit your job and I’ll give you one year to get anything published. I said “Okay, I will. I’m working on…

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Generation Hex

Generation Hex: Understanding the Subtle Dangers of Wicca: What they Say: Wicca is America’s fastest growing religion. By the year 2012, it’s projected to be the third largest religion in the United States.In Generation Hex, Marla Alupoaicei and Dillon Burroughs explore the history, culture, and practices of Wicca. As part of their research, they interviewed…

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