If We Make it Home – Cover Reveal!

If We Make it Home – Cover Reveal!

by | Feb 23, 2017 | writing

My new business cards arrived today with my book cover printed on one side. I think that means it’s time to let the world see the cover. But first…A book blurb. In college, they were as close as sisters, but in adult life, they’ve drifted so far they’ve...

What I’m Working On: Marketing and a New Book

by | Oct 11, 2016 | writing

    This week, the marketing department from Kregel sent me a few pages of questions regarding my upcoming book. You may not realize that the publisher decides on both the title and the book’s cover. I have no problem admitting that I’m terrible...
Big News!

Big News!

by | Aug 11, 2016 | writing

 Time to Celebrate! After waiting for what felt like eternity, I’m finally able to tell you the big news. I’ve signed a contract with Kregel Publications. They will be publishing my novel, The Lost. Like just about every up and down in my writing career, this didn’t...

My View on the Farm

by | Jul 6, 2016 | Farm Intros

I’ve decided to write a series of blog posts about our life on the farm. Today I’m writing about the view. I sat down at the table in our yard, a place I do much of my writing during the warm months, but today there were distractions.   The stench of smoke...
100 Bowls

100 Bowls

by | Jul 1, 2016 | writing

  Before I was a writer…I was a potter.   I picked up the clay habit on a whim by taking a ceramics class just for fun. Soon it was a craft I spent every extra minute honing.   No one sits down at a potter’s wheel one day and starts producing perfectly...