If you’re following my daily writing diary blog , you know that lately I’ve had a TON of health issues, mostly revolving around my IBS, which has made it difficult for me to write regularly, especially once I finished outlining my Lady Wynwood’s Spies series . Apart from the discomfort and pain, I’ve also been struggling with real feelings of guilt and shame because I haven’t been able to be productive at my work for days at a time. I personally think a lot of the health issues might be spiritual warfare since they only popped up so persistently once I was about to start writing volume 2 in the series, but only recently did I realize that the guilt and shame could also be spiritual warfare. If I need to take care of myself, then I need to take care of myself. There’s no point in trying to struggle through and write when I’m not feeling well, because the writing will definitely reflect that. So I’m learning to forgive myself for not being super-productive and efficient. I’m also l...

I’ve been studying the book of Acts lately, using Search the Scriptures: A Three-Year Daily Devotional Guide to the Whole Bible for my daily quiet time. I like Search the Scriptures because each day’s passage is usually pretty short and manageable, and there are only 2-3 questions to answer, so it doesn’t take a huge amount of time. The questions and sometimes the additional reference verses are usually targeted really well for study and application, so I get a lot out of it. I’m almost at the end of Acts, and Paul has finally gotten to Rome. He’d been talking about it before he even went to Jerusalem for the last time, and God had even appeared in a vision and spoken to him to tell him that he would testify about Christ in Rome. Search the Scriptures also gave some good reference verses from Paul’s letter to the Romans, and for the first time I was able to match the letter to the time Paul wrote it. What was curious was that Paul originally intended simply to stop in Rome on hi...

Photo credit: lalalime.blogspot.com Lord, I lift up every heart that’s hurting and ask that You provide comfort and a very real sense of Your presence with them. Amen How can I pray for you today? Prayer requests can sometimes be private things, so to keep your privacy, I’ve made a form you can fill out that will keep your requests just between you and me. Also please be sure to fill out the form again to update me if you sent me a prayer request in the past. I’d love to hear how you’re doing. Loading…

Just a reminder, prices go up on August 1st, which is this coming Saturday! Necessary Proof and Unshakeable Pursuit now in print and on sale! Two novellas in my romantic suspense Sonoma series,  Necessary Proof  and  Unshakeable Pursuit , are now available in a  two-in-one print book  for the first time! Previously, they were only available as ebooks. For a limited time, this two-in-one print book is only $8.99! The price will go up on August 1st.  Buy  Necessary Proof and Unshakeable Pursuit  print book on Amazon. In celebration of the print book release, I'm also reducing the price of  Unshakeable Pursuit  ebook to only $0.99. The price will go back up on August 1st.  Buy  Unshakeable Pursuit  in  Kindle ,  iBooks , and  Kobo  ebook formats. Necessary Proof  is still available as a FREE ebook on Kobo, Nook, and iBooks (I'm working on getting Kindle to price match). You can als...

There are 30 clean and Christian romances in this ebook sale, including my book, The Spinster’s Christmas , which is only 99 cents! But hurry because the sale ends July 30th! A Regency romantic suspense Spinster Miranda Belmoore has become a poor relation in her cousin’s house. She determines to escape a life of drudgery and disdain from her own family members, who are embarrassed by her straightforward speech and unconventional behavior that does not match with proper society. She is beginning to believe what they tell her—that she doesn’t matter to anyone, not even to God. Former naval captain Gerard Foremont is having difficulty adjusting to life back on land, bitter that his career has been cut short by his severely injured knee. A Christmastide houseparty with the Belmoores reunites him with his childhood friend, Miranda, but he is appalled at the verbal abuse she endures and wants to help her. The festivities are disrupted when a cloaked intruder attacks Gerard, with Mi...

I was walking today and this song was on my playlist. It’s a favorite song of mine, but it really spoke to me today, and I thought it might lend some comfort to people who might be feeling a lot of pain because of the current world situation. My prayer for you is that God will hold you, also. And feel free to leave me a prayer request , spoken or unspoken, so I can pray for you.

I’ve been reading more marketing books lately. The self-publishing market has changed so much in the few years since I first started self-publishing, and I haven’t released anything in several years because of those bad bouts of writer’s block ,so I wanted a refresher course on ebook marketing. I’m not very good at marketing AT ALL, and quite frankly I don’t like it very much, but I know I have to do at least some marketing for my books. But I started feeling overwhelmed and stressed about the thought of all the advance marketing I will need to start doing. God was watching out for me, because I had previously arranged to call an author friend of mine, MaryLu Tyndall , in order to ask some advice about target audience. So we talked, and she heard all my fears and stressing about marketing, and she basically talked me down from the rafters. She reminded me that God is in control of my marketing and book sales, and I should pray and do only the marketing I feel God telling me to do...