Please welcome back our lady of the hour, author Keli Gwyn. All week long we’ve dished about A Bride Opens Shop in El Dorado, California. On Monday, I reviewed Keli’s debut novel. Wednesday we “chatted” with mercantile owner Miles Rutledge. Today, Keli will be ending our week with a surprise guest post. Take it away, Keli! ****** Finding the Balance Between Fact …
Meet Miles Rutledge
Party week is continuing for début author Keli Gwyn today! On Monday, I reviewed A Bride Opens Shop in El Dorado, California. Today, I’ve invited a gentleman from the pages of Keli’s wonderful story to step into my parlor for a moment to chat. (Not to worry. This isn’t an etiquette faux pas, as you’re here with me!) Please accept this cup of …
It’s Party Week for Keli Gwyn!
This week at my cyber home, I’ve officially proclaimed it to be “Love on Keli Gwyn week.” (I’ve planned this for a long time, so I’m super excited that you stopped by!) If you like parties, prizes, and books, then you’ll want to be sure and join in the fun today, Wednesday, and Friday. And don’t forget to stop by the refreshment …
Some Delicious Tidbits #2
I hope everyone’s had a great week! I wanted to let you know about some exciting posts I have planned for next week’s blog: Beginning Monday, July 23rd, is Blitz Keli Gwyn week! (And I have some super fun giveaways planned on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of next week so you’ll want to be sure and stop by to be entered.) …
Why Write Faith-based Romance?
I’m a hopeless romantic. I adore gallantry. I swoon over Hallmark commercials. I’m fond of roses, chocolates, sentimental cards, and handwritten notes. When a heart-melting moment catches me off-guard, I’m completely undone. I’ll usually say something like, “Oh, that’s sooo romantic!” And my husband will just grin like he completely doesn’t “get it,” but indeed, he does. Since I’m a writer, …
Spreading Joy
I’m taking a blogging break today. In the meantime, I’d like to spread the joy and steer you to a few of my favorite sites: Keli Gwyn Sarah Forgrave Loree Huebner Jessica Patch Patti Jarrett Candace Calvert Michael K. Reynolds Jody Hedlund Have a great Monday! ****** What’s your favorite thing about Monday? How do …
2011 ACFW Conference
Since I am thoroughly (but blissfully) exhausted, today I’m going to just share a few photographs from the amazing 2011 ACFW conference. In short, the recent American Christian Fiction Writers’ conference was everything I dreamed it would be and more! I’ll be dishing all about it in future posts. Stay tuned! Friend, agency mate, and fab writer Sarah Forgrave. The amazing Keli …
Writing Conferences: Catching the Vision
While preparing for writing conferences, it can be an exhilarating, albeit busy, time. Smaller, local conferences may be one to two-day events, while national writing conferences can number several hundreds of attendees or more and last over the course of five days to a full week. For any type of writing conference, there’s often much planning, preparation, and schedule crunching that …