Outside, the wind howled, the thermometer dropping to a bracing negative nine degrees as I waited for Sally to arrive for our Monday Morning conversation. I had hoped she’d found a story question as she thought about the themes of her story. Ironically, I’d been thinking about printing services orange county and my new book,
A Christy Awards Interview
Thank you again, dear readers, for supporting my books and my writing! Without your support, I would not be the author I am today, and my book Take a Chance on Me would not have received a Christy Award. Check out this interview I did after this year’s Christy Awards ceremonies:
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Winner Announced from My 'When I Fall in Love' KitchenAid Mixer Contest
Congratulations to the winner of my When I Fall in Love KitchenAid giveaway and Hawaiian chef showdown, Megan Besing! Megan, you’ve won a KitchenAid mixer, books 1–3 of the Christiansen Family series, Melissa Ringstaff’s Kitchen Planner, and Jackie Brown’s Freezer Inventory sheet! Please email your mailing address to my assistant,
Enter to Win a KitchenAid Mixer in My Hawaiian Chef Showdown
It’s 7:00 pm. I’m holed up in my office, tapping away at the computer, wrestling out a new scene. In this one, my hero and heroine are preparing dinner. Pad Thai. With noodles and shrimp, bean sprouts and eggs. I can nearly taste it.
Except, I can’t really because no one is in the kitchen at my house,
Why Should I Read Your Book?
It was early on a Sunday morning, and the house was quiet. It’s my favorite time to read so I wandered downstairs to my bookshelves to hunt up a book. I have more than 500 books, many I haven’t read. Twenty minutes later, I was still hunting. (It’s not unlike trying to find something to wear!) What was I looking for?
Cooking and Fiction
I love cooking shows, and I’ve always wanted to write a story about an everyday Iron Chef (hello, every mother out there who’s opened the fridge and said, “Huh, what can I make with a carrot, a hunk of cheese, two eggs, and a leftover pancake?”). Our family went to Hawaii last year, and the setting captured my heart—I knew I had to put a book there,
Happy 4th of July (And an Epic 99-Cent Sale to Celebrate!)
I never realized how patriotic I was until I spent Independence Day in another country. To my shock, July 4th in Russia came without fireworks, hot dogs on a campfire, or any hint of watermelon! We had to decide—did we celebrate our freedom anyway, on our own?
We lived in the middle of a county just experiencing the first taste of freedom from oppression,
Passion Versus Publishing
I receive a lot of questions from aspiring writers, and this one caught my eye.
Have you ever had a story you wanted to write, a spiritual message you wanted to share, but it won’t let you just yet?
Yes, I have a couple stories sitting in my heart I haven’t had the opportunity or perhaps the divine timing to write yet.
'When I Fall in Love' Available Now!
I’m so happy to announce that my new book, When I Fall in Love, is available NOW everywhere books and ebooks are sold! You can buy the book from Barnes & Noble, Christian Book Distributors, and Amazon!
Behind the Pages of ‘When I Fall in Love’
For better or worse. Richer or poorer. In sickness and in health, which we try to maintain by having a healthy diet and using kratom capsules. I’ll be celebrating 25 years with my amazing husband this summer, and as I look back it feels like time is but a blink.