Courage and Change

Hello All! As with many of you, I’ve had a ton of life changes over the past few years. Family moving out, family moving in, shifts in work and community responsibilities, discovering new passions (painting! […]

Our Publishing Journey: Forbidden Faith

What a whirlwind the last few months have been. Between edits, meetings, marketing, working my other jobs and raising my fantastic kids (2 graduated this spring!), I’ve barely had a chance to catch my breath. […]

Quotes and Tidbits from the Life of Winston Churchill, an Unlikely Hero

By the time Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of England, he was 65 years old and taking on the governance of a country under dire threat of invasion by Adolph Hitler. Many people at age […]

Savor the Moment

We all need to slow down, take a deep breath, and enjoy the small moments of our lives. Otherwise, they simply pass us by in a numbing flood of color, noise, and sensation, and are […]

You Have More Faith Than You Think

Today I’ll be talking about faith – what it is, why it matters, and why you may have a lot more faith than you realize. This post is part of my Life Insights blog series. […]

Writing Update and NEW video and blog series!

Quick Writing Update Our author bios and pics for Forbidden Faith are submitted! Mechel and I have turned in ideas and themes for the cover blurb and are anxiously waiting to see what the marketing team […]

Title announcement and how it happened!

Many of you may know that my upcoming book just received it’s official title — Forbidden Faith. But you may be wondering how novels end up with their titles and who gets to decide. When […]

Press Release: New Book Coming out for R. H. Roberts and Mechel Wall!

So…I received some fabulous news recently. I was on a trip to Hawaii with my husband’s brothers and sisters and their spouses. Plus Grandma came along with one of her friends. We had a great […]

Seven Scene Purposes You Don’t Wan’t To Miss

Part of the How to Craft Killer Scenes series Every scene must have a purpose. Otherwise, the story will wander and feel as if it is not building (because it’s not). Purpose drives your story’s momentum and […]

How to Craft Killer Scenes – 10 Essential Tools

Sometimes reading can be dead boring. We’ve all been there, wondering why in the world someone recommended a book that makes us want to gouge our eyes out. Sure there’s a great underlying story or some […]