Congratulations to Susan Alverson for winning Terri Reed’s Her Christmas Protector! Susan, contact me with your snail mail addres. Beth

Beth: Tell us about your life, where you grew up, your interests and hobbies. Kathleen: I was an Army brat, lived in Germany twice as a child, plus Louisiana, Maryland, Texas, California, Florida, Virginia, Alabama, and, of course, now Colorado. Joined the Army on a 4 yr. nursing scholarship, put in 15 years active duty and 7 in the Reserves,

Virginia Smith left her job as a corporate director to become a full time writer and speaker in the summer of 2005. Since then she has contracted eight novels and numerous articles and short stories. She writes contemporary humorous novels for the Christian market, including her debut, Just As I Am (Kregel Publications, March 2006) and her new release, Murder

Terri Reed grew up in a small town nestled in the foothills of the Sierra-Nevada Mountains. To entertain herself, she created stories in her head and when she put those stories to paper her teachers in grade school, high school and college encouraged her imagination. Living in Italy as an exchange student whetted her appetite for travel and modeling in

Two writers share about their writing journey, an interview about rejections and perseverance over at Deborah Vogts blog. Deborah interviews both me and Jill Eileen Smith. This week I’m hosting two author interviews. A few questions with Terri Reed should be up this afternoon and later this week, I’ll interview Virginia Smith. Be sure to post comments to be entered

I’m interviewing LeAnne Hardy, author of Glastonbury Tor, over at Favorite Pastimes this week. Here’s an excerpt: What is the message you hope to get across in the story? I needed a character who was strongly motivated to stay at the monastery until the bitter end, even though any young person at the time would be able to see there