On October 1, 2024, Hubby Roy and I had so much fun celebrating the release of Brave: The Story of Ahinoam with the FB LIVE BRAVE BASH! For those who joined us that night or watched the live video later, thank you so much for your fun comments and fabulous questions! Below are some of the questions y’all submitted for me …
Release Day Prophets & Kings: Prequel Collection!
Release Day: November 15, 2022! Prophets and Kings: Prequel Collection Releases TOMORROW in both Kindle (Unlimited) and Paperback (As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.) A compilation of backstories on key characters from my full-length novels: Isaiah’s Daughter Isaiah’s Legacy Of Fire and Lions Why Group Prequels From These 3 Books? I wrote the Prophets and Kings series because …
Potiphar’s Wife Q&A – Part III (On Writing)
Today, we tackle the third category of great questions submitted during release week of Potiphar’s Wife. We’ll span writing topics from general practices to the specific challenges of forming real-life biblical characters with fact and fiction. Will today’s article have anything to inspire or challenge those who aren’t interested in writing? I think so…I hope so. Here’s why. One of the questions …
Working With Editors – Pt 2
When I saw the “Evel Pie” sign on our recent “first timer’s” tour of Las Vegas, I thought: Those folks needed a better editor! Then I discovered the place was named after the motorcycle stunt driver, Evel Knievel. Very clever–and very good pizza (though in our taste comparison, Good Pie was better, IMO). 😉 Have you ever seen a road sign …
Was Assyria’s King Sennacherib Married to a Hebrew?
The bronze (originally gold-plated) relief above commemorates the restoration of Babylon by Esarhaddon, ca. 681-669 BC. Some scholars believe his mama was Hebrew. Can you see the short, chubby mama (center of pic) standing behind her strapping young son? Yep, that’s Naqi’a-Zakutu (called simply Naqia in Isaiah’s Legacy). Why was she important enough to etch into a relief found in the temple of …
3 Ways King Manasseh Was Toughest & Best
See the gal in the picture on the right? We’ve been best friends since 6th grade. See that cute little lady in the middle? That’s my mama. We celebrated her 90th birthday a couple of months ago. Want to know what these two special ladies have in common? They’re the toughest women I know–and they’d do anything for those they …