Goddesses Anonymous
Fiction Friday: Meet Taylor from No River Too Wide
Last week I promised sneak peeks at three major characters from No River Too Wide, which arrives at your local bookstore at the end of this month. Since Taylor Martin is featured so prominently on this cover–that’s Taylor standing on the riverbank–we’ll start with her. Do you remember Taylor, Charlotte Hale and Ethan Martin’s daughter from…
Read MoreFiction Friday: No River Too Wide
In less than a month No River Too Wide, book three of the Goddesses Anonymous series, will be at bookstores everywhere. Between now and then I want to introduce you to characters and story, just a peek at a time–because we only have so much room here. If you’ve read the other Goddesses books you…
Read MoreReaching Out To Help, Even When It’s Not Comfortable
Recently CBS News had a particularly thought-provoking story, and I’ve included the video here for you to see. There’s a short commercial at the beginning, but it is short. Three years ago members of a gym in Nashville, Tennessee, began to talk among themselves about the slowly disappearing body of another member, a college student named…
Read MoreThe Essence of Goddesses Anonymous
This week when I saw this moving Thai commercial on Facebook, I thought wow, this is exactly what I’m trying to say in my Goddesses books–except for the ending, because I promise I don’t sell insurance. Then I realized that I’ve tried to say these things from the beginning of my career, although perhaps not…
Read MoreWatering the Newly Planted Seeds of a Novel
Next to “where do you get your ideas?” the question I am most asked is how long it takes me to write a book. That question is asked a variety of ways. Some people, when learning I’ve published more than seventy novels, seem to believe I walk into my study every morning, press a button and…
Read MoreA Goddesses Anonymous Christmas
This time of year I love to reflect on the past twelve months. A little soul-searching is usually in order, and the holiday season is a wonderful time to do it. After all, with the hustle and commercial bustle surrounding us, either we need spiritual sustenance more than usual, or we’re already more receptive to…
Read MoreCharm Bracelets: Road Map to a Life
There I was in a shop on State Street in Santa Barbara, wandering through stacks of items old and new. In a display case I noticed a charm bracelet, replete with dozens of charms, so thick with them, in fact, that I felt I was looking at the story of someone’s life. Why was the…
Read MoreSomewhere Between Luck and Trust: Cristy Haviland
On Thursday I introduced you to Georgia Ferguson, one of two major characters in Somewhere Between Luck and Trust. Georgia was familiar because she was a minor character in One Mountain Away, the previous book. Now, enter Cristy Haviland, a fresh face in the series and a young woman fresh out of prison whose own…
Read MoreSomewhere Between Luck and Trust: Georgia Ferguson
For an author, part of the fun of a series is choosing which characters to feature in upcoming books. With the Goddesses Anonymous series (debuting in 2012 with One Mountain Away) a handful of women are introduced in book one, each to theoretically have her own story as time passes. Almost immediately after One Mountain…
Read MoreSomewhere Between Luck and Trust: Lucas Ramsey’s Pasta e Fagioli with Shrimp
Lucas Ramsey, a major character in Somewhere Between Luck and Trust, is a gourmet cook and the author of a mystery series featuring Zenzo, a police detective whose cooking rivals Lucas’s own. Lucas invites Georgia to share a simple meal, pasta e fagioli with shrimp, which he has devised and hopes to use in a…
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