Welcome to Mountain Brook Ink’s 2018 Holiday Blog Tour! We’re so excited you’ve decided to join us on this journey of family, friends, traditions, and memories over the next month. You as our reader have done so much to pour into our lives, and this season we want to give back to you with insights … Continue reading Time to Live (2018 Holiday Blog Tour Stop #20)
Do you recall the vivid dreams you had in childhood? My favorite was the one where I got to fly. Some dreams happened with my eyes open, usually in school while I gazed out the window. There’s nothing quite so surprising as the teacher interrupting your foray into an imaginary world. It’s my job to dream now, … Continue reading Escape into a Story Dream
There’s nothing quite like losing yourself in a good book. Walking into a story world feels a lot like navigating a dream. Your feet might keep to the path, unless they wander. Magic sings in the trees. Others have passed this way or will follow, but only you will see this world in just this way. It … Continue reading Walking into a Story World
There’s never a good time to be exposed to a cold, but this had to be one of the worst. A serious illness had left my body weakened and my immune system compromised. I was just at that vulnerable point where the illness is gone and you’re at the beginning of the climb back to … Continue reading Cold Remedies That Worked for Me
The Feasts of Christmas Celebrating the feasts of Christmas has added richness to my family’s holiday season and centered us around the birth of the Christ child. In celebrating each feast, we consider different aspects of Jesus’s character. If you are searching for a way to bring more meaning into your Christmas and enjoy feeling … Continue reading The Feasts of Christmas
I threaded a needle, snipped and knotted, then rummaged in my mending basket for the shirt in need of buttons. A glance through the doorway beside my bench revealed the red light was still on in the three washing machines containing my laundry while back home, our washer waited for repair. I was stuck at … Continue reading Mending Your Clothes (Frugal Luxuries)
Epic Fantasy Books I’ve completed the first round of self-editing for Sojourner, book three of Tales of Faeraven, my epic fantasy series. I’ll now read back through the manuscript, looking for consistency. Also under the epic fantasy category, I expect to complete Elf Seeyer, the story that morphed into a novella, this month. Romantic Suspense/Romantic Mystery … Continue reading My Life in Books (April 2015 Edition)
