I thought I was done with my rough draft on Miriam—book #6 on Moses’s sister. It was 9pm on a Saturday night, and I had typed the last sentence: Yahweh, in His infinite wonder, would undoubtedly keep stretching her ________________ …I couldn’t think of the right words to end that sentence. I’d written almost 100,000 words, and I only needed …
‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,’ so says Shakespeare. I wonder though. Words have power and name words even more so. Our names define us to some degree, they tell who we are, and where we came from. On another level, the meaning of our names can even hint toward a deeper meaning. Personally, I have …
Have you ever tried to cry? I remember as a little girl, a friend and I challenged each other to see who could cry first. The plan was to think sad thoughts and squeeze out a few tears. Only little girls would think of such a challenge, right? Little boys test each other’s skill to run and jump. But girls…we …
In November, WBM and my marketing director, Amy Haddock, set up a fun evening for our BFF team to chat through a video livestream. Y’all submitted your questions, and I tried to answer as many as possible in the hour we had together. The following questions and answers may or may not have been touched on in the video. I …
How many of you play cards? Anyone know how to play euchre? I gotta tell you—a kid couldn’t make it through MY high school if he/she didn’t play euchre. If the teacher finished the lesson five minutes early, we students shoved our chair-desks together in groups of four and started dealing out cards. Give me a break—it was the 80’s—no …
“A child, more than all other gifts that earth can offer to declining man, brings hope with it, and forward-looking thoughts.” ~William Wordsworth~ So begins Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, a classic novel I read with my 10th graders every year. It’s a beautiful story of a broken man’s redemption. In the first pages of the book, Silas is …
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A Noble First Love is a captivating prequel novella in the King David’s Brides series, offering a tender, heart-wrenching glimpse into the early life of Maakah, Princess of Geshur. Before she ever meets David—the future king of Israel—Maakah is bound by duty, trained for diplomacy, and caught in the web of her father Talmai’s political ambitions. When she is promised to a charming Aramean prince from a rival kingdom, Maakah dares to dream that love and loyalty can coexist in a world ruled by power. But as alliances shift and betrayal lurks beneath royal vows, Maakah must choose between her heart and her homeland.
