Feed

Book: Broken TogetherAuthors: Brenda S. Anderson & Sarah S AndersonGenre: Christian Women’s FictionRelease date: December 1, 2021How do you persevere when you have no more will to fight?Jennifer and Chad Taylor had dreamed of opening a coffee and cocoa shop since before they said, “I do.” When Chad is sent to prison for murder despite claiming innocence, that dream—along with their family—is shattered.After years of fighting for Chad’s release, Jennifer finally breaks free from her shame, anger, and hopelessness, and forges ahead with the dream the two of them once shared. With the help of their college-aged twins, she begins to move forward.Without...

  As you head into a new year with Omicron cases rising — literally — exponentially, you may be wondering how to start it off with a blast. Or at least do something novel and exciting with your family. And you have every reason to want to. There’s no doubt that a highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variant is not the way you ever imagined 2022 would begin. But here we are. How many more precautions can we reasonably take, and expect our little ones to accept without either shutting down completely or rebelling? As if Covid-19 isn’t enough to deal with...

 Linking up with Anne in Residence for her currently series. This month we are sharing what we are currently anticipating, organizing, reading, resolving, and scheduling. anticipating | some home projects! We hope to build a deck off the side of our porch! Right now we have a make-shift porch from extra bricks from our house. It has served its purpose, but we are now ready for a deck. We spend so much time outside and know we'll get much use out of a deck. We also want to paint the exterior of our home. Painting is Nathan's least favorite thing on earth,...

There comes a time in each quilter's life when she needs to face up to the UFO situation. Are you organized? Do you even know what unfinished projects are hidden away in your sewing room? If you went back in time, how many years old are some of your abandoned projects? 2012 was the oldest one I found that I was still interested in.  Pat Sloan had a YouTube video this week where she talked about UFOs and how to organize them. We tend to stash them away out of sight and ignore them for years on end. She urged...

Hello Mixed-Up Filers! Today, I’m pleased to welcome Diane Telgen, Jay Whistler, Jenn Bailey, and Jules Heller to Mixed-Up Files. These authors share their experience of writing work-for-hire spooky stories for the middle grade audience. Welcome to Mixed-Up Files, Diane, Jay, Jenn, and Jules!      Suma:  Could you tell us what your Haunted series book/books are about? Diane: The “Spooky America” series explores local legends about haunted places and famous ghosts. It takes volumes originally published for Arcadia’s adult “Haunted America” series and reworks them for a middle-grade audience. In The Ghostly Tales of West Michigan and The Ghostly...