This morning, I was honored to wake up to the news that Devil in the Dust had been nominated for an RT Review Award! To have been chosen by the reviewers from the bazillions of books they read every year more »
Today, I came across an article from Lifeway Pastors, discussing how pastors and people in the church should be reading more. This seems like a “duh” for a group of people who base their entire belief system on a book. more »
Three Prize Packages!!! Welcome to the WhiteFire Publishing Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to go back to stop #1 and collect all the clues in order (scroll down for a full list). Once you have more »
Today, my fifth novel releases. It might be easier to start off with why I don’t write. I don’t write to teach a lesson. I don’t write to spread a message. I don’t write to sprinkle hope or joy or more »
The moment you realize how subtle racism can be. As someone of Northern European ancestry, I approach this topic with caution and with the knowledge that I can never fully understand racism in America from a personal perspective. That being more »
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I think I learned more from my students in my first semester as a college composition instructor than I taught them. One of the first lessons was to create a banned paper list. Over the years, the list has evolved, more »
Why I wrote Devil in the Dust. One Sunday after church, we decided to go to lunch with another family. We hadn’t had the opportunity to get to know this couple well, but the conversation was amazing, we laughed until more »
MTL Article Nov. 1, 2016
I love to read. Everything. I read mystery, literary, historical, contemporary, sci-fi, biographies, academic…pretty much anything I can get my hands on. And even though I am currently writing a series, I typically prefer not to read in a series because more »