Welcome, Tosca Lee! Tosca’s book, Havah, is one of my all-time favorite biblical novels, and I was so anxious to read Iscariot because she’s tackled such a difficult character! I’ve reviewed Iscariot in my April 1st Newsletter, but we wanted to give a preview of Tosca’s writing process and a few other tidbits… Mesu: Why do you write biblical novels? Tosca: I actually kind of fell …
Meet Obadiah–In the Shadow of Jezebel
Picture it with me… It’s 12:03am on Monday, March 3rd, and my rough draft was due to arrive in my new editor’s inbox in nine hours. I’d just written the last sentence of my 111,655-word Pharaoh’s Daughter manuscript, and I emailed the final two chapters to my sweet husband for proofreading. This was my third straight night of after-midnight, 20-hour-a-day …
Abba’s Help With Release Week
Have you ever written a book? Or climbed a mountain? Or lost 40+ pounds? Maybe you’ve survived a divorce. Perhaps your spouse died—and your heart kept beating. Have you ever accomplished something, stepped back, and thought—“Wow! I can’t believe I did that!” And then you realize—it wasn’t you at all. You’re filled with the overwhelming realization that if God hadn’t …
Scavenger Hunt Blog Hop
Welcome to our BFF Scavenger Hunt! We are having a scavenger hunt! Wanna play? I must confess this, this is my first-ever scavenger hunt blog hop… But I’m so excited!!! One of our coordinators, Tina, has done ALL the work–and has done a FABULOUS job! Read the rules and then jump right in! Somewhere in my article below, there is a single word in …
Meet the Villain—In the Shadow of Jezebel
Heroes are good; villains are bad. It’s the nature of story. But some villains are worse than bad. They’re evil. Some villains are worse than evil—that’s Queen Athaliah. Meet the Parents The Books of 1 & 2 Kings describe Athaliah’s family tree like this: “Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of the Lord than any of …
Meet the Hottie—In the Shadow of Jezebel
On Valentine’s Day, we gotta talk about a hunky guy, right? And—oooh, girls—have I got a charmer for you! Hunky Prince Hazi His name is Ahaziah—Hazi, for short. He’s a prince! No, I mean, really—he’s Prince Hazi of Judah. The youngest son of King Jehoram and Queen Athaliah, Hazi is the queen’s favorite. He and our heroine, Sheba, grow up …
