COTT: Unveiling a NEW Annual Literary Contest

Get Ready to Spar!   Clash of the Titles Unveils a NEW annual literary contest,  THE OLYMPIA and it’s strictly for unpublished writers! Also, you will no longer need to be a previous Clash Champion in order to compete for the crown.   Submissions open September 14, 2012, As always at COTT, the outcome of the contest is in the hands of readers,  not industry professionals. You’ve written the book of your dreams, now what Read more

Book Review: For Such a Time as This by Ginny Aiken

Review week continues! And to go along with today’s “Bible story inspired” book review, catch Sixty Acres and a Bride by Regina Jennings – free TODAY ONLY! [also free on Nook etc, but that’s an Amazon link] Loved that book! Ms. Aiken’s book Priced to Move is also currently free on Kindle. Now… on to today’s review! Drought has forced farmers around the small town of Bountiful in the Hope region of Oregon to mortgage their Read more

Book Review: The Scent of Rain by Kristin Billerbeck

  Hey look! More review week! Coming up later this week… Dee Henderson’s long awaited Full Disclosure and a couple others you’ll have to wait to find out ;). Could it be that the life Daphne’s always wanted is right under her nose? Daphne Sweeten left Paris—and a job she loved—to marry the man of her dreams in the U.S. But when he stands her up on their wedding day, she’s left reeling and senseless. Literally. She’s Read more

Book Review: A Path Toward Love by Cara Lynn James

  So it’s been a while since I posted… More on that another day but in the meantime… it’s REVIEW WEEK! Katherine came home to forget her past. The last thing she expected was to find her future. Young widow Katherine Osborne returns to her family’s rustic camp on Raquette Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. She’s determined to live a quiet life, but her socialite mother is equally determined to push her into a new Read more

Book Review: This Scarlet Cord by Joan Wolf

Within one of the Old Testament’s most famous battles lies one of the most tender love stories. Hidden within the battle of Jericho is the story of Rahab, a beautiful and brave young Canaanite woman who aided the Israelites by hanging a piece of scarlet cord from a window. This act of faith changed her life by placing her in the genealogy of Christ. Rahab is the youngest daughter of a Canaanite farmer, taken to Read more

Book Review: Proof by Jordyn Redwood

Dr. Lilly Reeves is a young, accomplished ER physician with her whole life ahead of her. But that life instantly changes when she becomes the fifth victim of a serial rapist. Believing it’s the only way to recover her reputation and secure peace for herself, Lilly sets out to find–and punish–her assailant. Sporting a mysterious tattoo and unusually colored eyes, the rapist should be easy to identify. He even leaves what police would consider solid Read more

Review: The Guest Book by Marybeth Whalen

When Macy Dillon was five years old her father encouraged her to draw a picture in the guestbook of a Carolina beach house. The next year, Macy returned to discover a drawing by an unidentified little boy on the facing page. Over the next eleven years the children continue to exchange drawings … until tragedy ends visits to the beach house altogether. During her final trip to Sunset, Macy asks her anonymous friend to draw Read more

Book Review: Love in Disguise by Carol Cox

Can she solve the crime before they uncover her true identity? Jobless and down to her last dime, Ellie Moore hears about a position with the Pinkerton Detective Agency and believes it’s the perfect chance to put her acting skills and costumes to use. Reluctantly, the agency agrees to give her one assignment, one chance to prove herself. Disguised as Lavinia Stewart, a middle-aged widow, Ellie travels to Arizona to begin her investigation. When the Read more

Book Review: The Doctor’s Devotion by Cheryl Wyatt

When he fled Eagle Point years ago, former air force trauma surgeon Mitch Wellington left only broken dreams behind. Now he’s back with a new dream—opening a trauma center in the rural area and saving lives. He hopes to hire the quick-thinking nurse who impressed him during an emergency. But Lauren Bates lost her faith and doesn’t believe she deserves to help anyone. Mitch knows firsthand what loss feels like. And it’ll take all his Read more

One-Sheet Links

I’m breaking no new ground here, because why reinvent the wheel? Instead, I’m compiling some links to good information about “one-sheets” you may want to take with you to a conference [such as the ACFW Conference in September]. Minds much more brilliant than mine have put together blog posts that I’ll share here. If you have additional links, I’d love to post them! Let me know! Dineen Miller on the ACFW blog [2008, note: the Read more