Chapter 4 of The Rose Garden is now up! If you are new to the story, you can start at the beginning. If you just need a refresher from last time, you can re-read chapter 3. “You must hate me,” I somehow manage to squeak out. I can’t bring myself…
Tag: Fiction
Book Review: The Lighthouse Baby
It’s time for another book review! This book is the second of three books inLaura Thomas’ Christian romantic suspense series, Flight to Freedom. From the very first word of Laura Thomas’ new novel, The Lighthouse Baby, I was on edge. My heart was pumping fast, and I was immediately drawn…
The Missed Putt
“Nice shot.” That was the last phrase my dad would ever speak. He and my brother-in-law had taken advantage of a warm, sunny, Sunday afternoon after church to play a round of golf at dad’s favorite 9-hole golf course in the town where he resided. They walked up to the…
What’s So Good About Friday?
4 families, 1 day. And all they want to know is, “What’s so good about Friday?”
Tales From an Active Imagination: Part 3
Chapter 3 of The Rose Garden is here! If you are new to this story or need a refresher, you can read the beginning, or chapter 2, before moving on to the post below. “Y-you’re the other driver?” I can’t believe what I’m hearing. I thought something awful had happened…
Book Review: We Hope for Better Things
We Hope for Better Things, by Erin Bartels, was published in January, but I didn’t purchase it until March when I published my post: Hot Off the Press: 5 Fiction Books on My ‘To Read’ List for 2019. According to Goodreads, I started reading this book on March 13th. I…
Tales From an Active Imagination: Part 2
I’m in the rose garden again. How did I get back here? It’s still so beautiful, still smells so sweet. But there’s another smell I hadn’t noticed before. Are there Crown Imperials somewhere around here? The odor of sulfur starts to overtake the sweet smell of the rose. It’s almost more…
Hot Off the Press: 5 Fiction Books on My ‘To Read’ List for 2019
Okay, so 2019 started two months ago, so I’m a little behind, but here are 5 books that I plan on reading that are brand new this year.
Tales From an Active Imagination
Everything is a blur. The only thing in focus is the other car; the car I hit. No, the car I smashed into. Stupid. I’m so stupid. What was I thinking?
Fiction Fridays: Excerpts from a Very Rough Draft
This excerpt is from a book that I started working on almost 10 years ago. At the moment I call the book ‘A Work of Heart.’ Perhaps that title will remain, perhaps not. It still has a lot of love to go into it before it is done, but it…