Truth, Fact, & Fiction in Treasures of His Love – Part 2 (Love’s Sacred Song)

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January’s blog post detailed what was Truth, Fact, and Fiction from my debut novel, Love Amid the Ashes (LATA). Today’s post gives fun tidbits about book #2 in the Treasures of His Love series: Love’s Sacred Song (LSS). CLICK HERE to receive directly to your inbox the final two Truth/Fact/Fiction articles! Love In a Broken Vessel (LBV–coming 2/24/25 to my …

Truth, Facts, & Fiction in Treasures of His Love Series

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Many of you already know that my writing career didn’t begin with fiction. I started writing Bible studies and devotionals, but–like many other non-fiction hopefuls–no traditional publisher would contract them. Why? Because I didn’t have what the industry calls a “platform.” I wasn’t a recognized expert who could sell lots of “expert-opinion” books. I really only wanted to sell one …

Author Life–the Good, the Hard, the Glorious!

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In 1999, I was determined to turn a Bible study on Song of Solomon into a hybrid novel/study and take the publishing industry by storm. It didn’t matter that I knew nothing about publishing, writing (fiction or non-fiction), and had no idea what a published author actually DID–besides write. So I bought a book to teach me: You Can Write a …

Potiphar’s Wife Q&A – Part III (On Writing)

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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 …

Was Potiphar a Eunuch?

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Well, here’s a topic no male of our species every wants to discuss. But according to the original Hebrew language of Scripture, Potiphar was, in fact, a eunuch. But Maybe Not THAT Kind of Eunuch… According to the Jewish Encyclopedia (online), not all “eunuchs” are created equal: The term “saris” is commonly used in the Old Testament of eunuchs; but …

Working With Editors – Pt 2

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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 …