Please welcome this weeks guest Anne Mateer for The Journey. She answers the question: How have you seen God work in your writing journey? My writing journey began way back in middle school, when I dreamed of someday writing historical fiction. I was quite prolific through my teenaged years. However, through college, marriage and early motherhood, my writing declined to fits and starts. But in 2000, when my youngest child went to kindergarden, I embarked on the writing life with a new … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
Featured Book: Secrets of Willow Shade
Secrets of Willow Shade is written by Jean Kinsey. About the Book: Secrets of Willow Shade released August 21, 2012 in e-book format by Desert Breeze Publishing. It is the first in a series set in Logan County, KY, the county where the author was born. Logan County has a lot of history and even more folklore. Secrets is a warm romance mixed with suspense, filled with family bonds, a failed marriage and inspiration to forge ahead. Maddy Kennedy sets out on a journey to find her … [Read more...]
The Journey with Linda Samaritoni
Please welcome this weeks guest Linda Samaritoni for The Journey. She answers the question: How have you seen God work in your writing journey? 1977. That was the year Living Water rushed over me like a dam break; its torrent carried off the debris of my sins and deposited a new, pure me in the calm, clear pool of Christ’s love. That was the year I consciously began my journey with Jesus. Having attended church all my life, worship took on new meaning. Instead of walking out of the service … [Read more...]
Featured Book: Tapestry of Trust
Tapestry of Trust is written by Mary Annslee Urban. Book Description: Burned once, school teacher Isabelle Crafton vows to stay from Charlie Hamilton. He let her down once and she isn’t willing to trust her heart again. Trust has never come easy for Isabelle. She never knew her father and was abandoned by her mother at eight. Raised by her great-aunt, Isabelle always tried to make good choices, for fear of losing her aunt’s love as well. But, at eighteen her greatest fear is realized when … [Read more...]
Memory, the good, the bad, and the bittersweet
Memory. What’s in a memory? For some it can make them relish in the excitement of looking back on a day that brought them great happiness such as the day someone gets married or the birth of a child. For others, it can make them cower to the horrific images they are left with over a terrible event. For others, their memories are neither good nor are they bad. They view themselves as having a boring life and not much to think back on. And then for some their memories are bittersweet as they … [Read more...]
The Journey with JoAnn Durgin
Please welcome this weeks guest JoAnn Durgin for The Journey. She answers the question: How have you seen God work in your writing journey? Have I always known I wanted to be a writer? No, but I’ve been a voracious reader my entire life. Nothing thrilled me more than getting those Scholastic leaflets in elementary school. I poured over them, studied them and had a ball choosing which books to get. The days the books arrived were great. I’m really not a strange person, but even the smell of … [Read more...]
Featured Book: Just a Little Faith
Just a LIttle Faith is written by Amy J. Norris. Back Cover Blurb from “Just a Little Faith” Paxson Taylor’s recent relocation to St. Louis leads her to a life different from what she’s experienced in the past. Through her work with a small charity, she meets and attracts the attention of professional baseball player, Sebastian Quinn. Flattered, Pax tempers her desire for the handsome playboy with her need to serve her God—a God Seb doesn’t believe exists. Through unspeakable tragedy, they … [Read more...]
The Journey with Paula Moldenhauer (Part 2 of 2)
This week I have a two part series for The Journey. Today is part two of The Journey with Paula Moldenhauer. Please welcome her as she answers the question: How have you seen God work in your writing journey? (Click here to read part 1 with Kathleen Kovach from yesterday) Sometimes Trusting Means Not Writing By Paula Moldenhauer It’s the first time my fingers have touched my computer keyboard in many days. I’m taking a chance typing this, hoping it won’t trigger another round of … [Read more...]
The Journey with Kathleen Kovach (Part 1 of 2)
This week I have a two part series for The Journey. Today is part one of The Journey with Kathleen E. Kovach. Please welcome her as she answers the question: How have you seen God work in your writing journey? I have told stories all my life. Before I could form letters, I would chatter in the backseat of the family car, spinning yarns that would make my older sister roll her eyes and declare, “Mom! Make her stop!” Once I learned how to write, my stories filled notebooks. Psalm 139:13 says … [Read more...]
Featured Book: Victoria and the Ghost
Victoria and the Ghost is written by Janet K. Brown. From the words of Jane, here is a little bit of background info on the story and what her book is about: The title of my book is Victoria and the Ghost. In North Texas where I live, a historic Texas ghost town by the name of Clara caught my interest. A German man started the town. Colonel Hermann Specht loved his adopted nation. He purchased the area, cut streets through named for Texans, and planted trees not native to the state. He … [Read more...]
