My books
Cover Reveal! Hidden in Amish Country
Good evening, friends! I hope this post finds you well. I woke up this morning to a very pleasant– and exciting– surprise. My finalized cover for my October release was just waiting there in my inbox, ready to be shared with my readers! I know that we authors tend to fall in love with all…
Read MoreMy Word for 2019
Hello, friends! It has been quite a long time since I sat down to write a blog post. 2018 was a very busy year full of challenges. I have to admit, I am very happy to have gotten through it. Last winter, I was diagnosed with diabetes. I had no idea how much that disease…
Read MoreStepping into the New Year with a Plan
Hi friends! I hope y’all are enjoying 2018. So far, it has brought lots of snow and cold to my house in Pennsylvania. While I am not a huge fan of extreme cold, I do love to snuggle up in front of my fireplace. Just give me my hot tea or coffee, my heated throw…
Read MoreHow to Write and Sell Your Romantic Suspense
Dana: I am so excited to introduce my good friend and fellow author, Angela Ruth Strong, today. Angela might look like the girl next door, but she writes chilling suspense. She’s here to give y’all some advice on how to sell to Love Inspired Suspense. Welcome, Angela! Angela: I have three friends here in Idaho who…
Read MoreA Writer’s Dream…Literally
I have many author friends who lament the fact that their characters sometimes hijack their story. They’ll have the entire thing meticulously plotted out, then BAM!- the characters have taken over. I have felt this way myself. In fact, I have had to explain to my daughter why one character in a previous book had…
Read MorePlain Target Cover Reveal
I am so excited to share with you the cover for my April, 2017 Love Inspired Suspense novel, Plain Target. This is the first story of my new series, Amish Country Justice. Books two and three will release in August and December of 2017. So….tada! What do you think? I love it. Oh wait…here’s…
Read MoreWhen a Loss is a Win
My family is very involved in horse shows. My daughter in particular. She spends hours a week riding and training horses. She even has been given the honor of having her own student and being an apprentice judge at an event. To say she is dedicated would be putting it mildly. Something happened recently that…
Read MoreA Good Change
Have you ever felt like you were stuck? That no matter how hard you tried, all you ever managed to do was to dig yourself in deeper? I was feeling that way recently. When I started writing with the goal of publication, I would sit at my dining room table. It was the only available space in…
Read MoreKeeping Up with Life and Deadlines
Life gets crazy busy sometimes. You might know the feeling. Sometimes I have so many things on my to-do list it’s overwhelming. Except, it’s not. Because I know that most items on that list, well, they’re really not that important. If I don’t do them today, they will still be there tomorrow. And you know…
Read MoreWeaving It All Together
If you’re anything like me, other worlds and time periods have always held a special fascination. I was the kid who would go into the public library and walk out two hours later with a dozen or more books. I would roam through every genre in the fiction section: romance (contemporary and historical), young adult,…
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