Lyn Cote welcomes other authors to her "Strong Women, Brave Stories" blog to share stories of women who triumph over the challenges common to all women.
Here’s Author Margaret Brownley’s reply to the question: What does it mean to me to final in the RITA?Here’s Margaret:I’m a RITA finalist? Wow! I thought I was dreaming. Seriously, the day I received “the call” that A Lady Like … Continue reading →
Trumpets Sound-Announcing with pleasure the— 2010 RITA for Inspirational Romance Finalists The Inheritance by Tamera AlexanderThomas Nelson, Inc., Women of Faith FictionEditors: Ami McConnell and Natalie HanemannISBN: 978-1-59554-632-6 A Lady Like Sarah by Margaret BrownleyThomas Nelson, Inc.Editor: Natalie HanemannISBN: 978-0-59554-809-2The … Continue reading →
Leaving Carolina by Author Tamara Leigh First Page Family is rarely convenient. Case in point: Uncle Obadiah Horace pickwick. Despite his summons to discuss his will, likely brought on by hospitalization for chest pains, I won’t be flying to Pickwick, … Continue reading →
The RITA Award is the most prominent award given throughout the genre of romance novel and some other romantic fiction. It is presented by Romance Writers of America (RWA). It is named for the RWA’s first president, Rita Clay Estrada.(and … Continue reading →
Today my guest is Author Linda Ford who speaks about rejection from experience. Here’s Linda: “Love in the face of rejection requires incredible strength. Rejection comes in so many forms from outright hatefulness to subtle things like being constantly overlooked … Continue reading →
Today my guest is Author Patricia Hickman, who shares her experience with The Miracle Refrigerator. Here’s Patricia: “Over a decade ago, my daughter Jessica and I organized a gift for some children we heard were often passed over during Christmas. … Continue reading →
AGAINST ALL ODDS by Irene Hannon Book 1—Heroes of Quantico series Prologue “Sir? I think you need to hear this.” With a preoccupied frown, David Callahan looked up from the security briefing in his hand. His aide, Salam Farah, stood … Continue reading →
Simple Secrets by Nancy Mehl My rating: 4 of 5 starsI truly enjoyed Nancy Mehl’s Simple Secrets, the first in her “Harmony” series. Her heroine was a believable, complex character. Her hero was a man any woman would fall for. … Continue reading →
Today’s book is Cowboy for a Rainy Afternoon by Award-winning Author Stephen Bly. “A 10-year-old boy with red straw cowboy hat, cap gun, and silver-painted wooden bullets. Six story-telling, cribbage playing old cowboys. A ’49 Plymouth with open trunk. A … Continue reading →
Way back in February, I announced that anyone who sent me a family love story to post on my blog would be entered in a drawing to win a copy of my June release, Her Abundant Joy. The winner of … Continue reading →