I was getting ready to go to the ACFW Conference in Minneapolis. “Getting ready to go” for me includes making sure all the laundry is done, everything is clean, and the freezer is stocked with pizza rolls, burritos, fish sticks and a few things that actually require thought and preparation for cooking,  just in case my husband or teenage daughter

I’m so excited and pleased to announce that Christmas Homecoming released this week! Writing this story was a highlight of my life, especially since I dedicated it to my daughter Rachel who, at the time of proposal, was on her way back from a missionary trip from South Africa. I put as many of her experiences as I could into

This is a gentle reminder to post a comment, letting me know if you’d like to be included in the drawing for Love Finds You In Revenge, Ohio, by Lisa Harris.  Also, I’ll be blogging over at the CAN blog on the second Monday of each month. My topic will be on organization–believe me, I’m learning as I write the

I learned after I was married that one of my husband’s prerequisites for deciding if I was the ONE, was whether or not I could bait a hook. I answered yes, of course, because when he asked, I thought back to the time when I was twelve and actually put crickets on hooks for catching brim. Have I  baited a

The only thing worse than being a spinster is being a twice-jilted spinster. At twenty-five, Catherine Morgan is hardly an old maid, but she’s given up on marriage and instead manages the family’s general store in the small town of Revenge, Ohio. Bound by a promise to care for her three sisters until they marry, she’ll do anything it takes to

Fear or procrastination? I’ve discovered the two are related.  There’s a book I’m trying to write between books, if that makes sense. I turned in a manuscript then signed a contract last week for the second book in the series and plan to begin writing on that in September. So, I had a month–A MONTH–to work on my big project.