Category: A Bunch of Books
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In the Name of Love—or research—or why My Family Rocks
Upcoming Booksignings for Captive Heart Saturday April 9th, 9-10:30 Spanish Fork Seagull Saturday April 23rd, 11-12:30 Springville Seagull Saturday April 30th, 11-12:30 Orem State Street Seagull Tuesday May 3rd, 7:00 pm, Provo City Library (with authors Sarah Eden and Jennifer Clark) Saturday May 14th, 11-12:30 American Fork Seagull It’s after midnight, and I’m just getting…
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Captive Heart
Emmalyne Madsen sends a desperate plea heavenward as a band of lawless men makes their way up the aisle of the railcar. When one hauls her roughly from the seat, threatening and cursing, Emmalyne fears her adventure out West has just turned into a nightmare. Thayne Kendrich has an urgent need for a school teacher,…
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Help My Hook
Last week Nathan Bransford held his annual first paragraph contest. On a whim I entered the first paragraph of one of my novels in progress. Today I learned that it . . . is not a finalist. Considering there were 1500 entries, that was to be expected. But it was a fun exercise, and it…
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That’s a wrap!
As I mentioned in a previous post, I love all things having to do with fall and the holdays. I feel a little giddy when September arrives and I notice the first color changes on the mountains. But by the time December and Christmas are upon us, I’m exhausted, positively wiped out from all this…
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If You’re Bored Tomorrow
If you need a break from the kids, the heat, the rain—or all three—consider heading out to Seagull Book this weekend or next. Tomorrow I’ll be at the Spanish Fork Seagull from noon until two. Next Saturday, June 27th, I’ll be at the Provo East Bay Seagull from 12-2 as well. So if you’re in…
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A contest winner, thank you’s, a book review, and the prologue—oh my.
As usual, I am behind on life. This time I’ll blame it on my son’s first ear infection 🙁 and bronchitis. He needs to be held a lot right now, which means everything else must wait—and rightly so. As all mothers know, the stage where our children want to be held goes all too fast.…
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Young at Heart
Saturday afternoon I received this letter in the mail. As it is only the second fan mail I’ve ever received via the postal service (reader emails are equally thrilling, I assure you), it was a very big deal. It arrived at the end of a couple of hectic, stressful days—days I had literally no time…
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Line upon Line
Since the birth of our son about five months ago (five months already!! Why does time have to go so fast?), I’ve had very little time to write. It isn’t just that having a baby again—after so long— has thrown me for a loop. Though yes, it certainly has. Rather, it’s the combination of all…
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Surprise! All the Stars in Heaven . . . is here.
A few days ago my middle daughter hollered up the stairs to me that we had a package on our porch. Assuming it was church related (we get everything from bulk tithing slips to sacrament cups delivered to our home), I told her to put it on her dad’s side of our bedroom (which, I’ve…
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When Hearts Conjoin
Those of you who write (whether you are published yet or not) know it’s all about perseverance. No writer knows this better than my good friend, Lu Ann Staheli. When I first met Lu Ann, I was a terrible writer. I had a million great ideas rolling around in my brain and absolutely no clue…