Interested in random facts about Oregon? Oregon is #1 in the country for unemployment. Oregon is #1 in the country in terms of homeless. Medford, OR is #2 in the state for homeless children. They can’t stay in shelters until they’re 18 or older. There aren’t any shelters for children. AND Grants Pass is #1 in the world for coffee

I recently joined CAN (Christian Authors Network) and am looking forward to membership and networking with many of the authors there while learning to market my books better.  Speaking of which, I signed the contract for the second book in a series for Barbour’s Romancing America last week. Exposing Amber is set in the North Dakota badlands in a museum and

I love what Robin Lee Hatcher had to say today in her blog about brilliant blog posts. You see, I’ve struggled with this for a long time. She mentioned after seeing the movie Julie and Julia: The other thing this movie made me want to do was to start writing brilliant and meaningful posts on my blogs. Not sure I

Welcome back!  Today I continue with my thoughts on The Enclave regarding Dr. Reinhardt, science geek turned alpha hero. I’ve included a few short excerpts–scenes to show brief snippets of the transformation. In the opening paragraphs:  Cameron Reinhardt is an idiot! Yes, he had a PhD from Standford. Yes, he was widely acknowledged as a brilliant geneticist. Yes, Director Swain

Welcome to the CSFF Blog tour for The Enclave by Karen Hancock. I was in the middle of reading another book when I received The Enclave in the mail. A tingle spread over my arms when I opened the Bethany House package. Literally. I was THAT thrilled to read yet another book by Karen Hancock. I have a mental list

Undoubtedly you’ve seen this list already somewhere, but at the time of this posting, I couldn’t find it on the Christy Award website. So, I’m going off memory as I list the winners. Hopefully, I have them listed correctly.  Congrats to all of the winners, and especially to those whom I know personally.  CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE BEYOND THE NIGHT by Maelo