Living Our Faith Out Loud

I had to justify publishing with a secular publisher. Very secular. Just added glbt line right about the time I signed. Pretty much all the other christians who pubbed with them dropped out. Did I just want to be published so badly that I'd do anything? WWJD?
Cheap shot, I know, but honestly: who do you wa… Continue

My latest release is now available for pre-order from the publisher's book store. The publisher is a secular one with several imprints. The editor is categorizing my book as inspirational, for which I'm thankful.
http://shop.zumayapublications.com/category.sc?categoryId=11

“I write stories about Christian people who struggle with their faith, but still depend on God.”
**Welcome, Robin Shope. Robin is offering a copy of her latest book, Wildcard. To enter, please leave a comment here or at… Continue

The second book I wrote, back in 2003, is coming out in May. The guy who interviewed me for our local newspaper had read parts of it whe we were in a writing group together, and, with the bio and story on my cozy release, The Gold Standard last month, called my forthcoming book, Healing Grace, a parnormal. I've been calling it an intrigue so as not to scare my readers. I ripped off miracles from the Bible, so how paranormal can it be?

Depends.

I intially thought… Continue

I reached the third paragraph of the first chapter and closed my eyes and rememberd to breathe. Thank God beautiful language isn't dead. Lovely, earthy, incandescent words tumble hand in hand across a page, pulling me into the world fresh made. Thank you, Tosca, for not giving in to the tired old sales numbers that say intelligent women don't buy enough literate works to justify publishing them (yes, one of my former agents said that, and I still have the note), and thanks to NavPress for going… Continue