Peering Through Life's Window

While reminiscing about how long we’ve known each other, June Foster and I decided to tell the story of our chance face to face meeting. And we’re giving away a couple of e-Books to one winner chosen at random. June will give away Dreams Deferred , her latest romance novel, and I’ll give away Stopped Cold , my young adult sports mystery. To enter to win answer the following question in the comment section below and leave an email address. QUESTION: Do you think God sets up appointments or encounters? Optional: If you like, tell us if you’ve had one, perhaps when you met your husband, a close friend or a neighbor. June and I met online when we joined American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) about six years ago. We literally ran into each other as we registered at a recent ACFW Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Going inside the hotel to register, I was stepping off the escalator and June was about to get on the other side. We recognized each other from our photos. I was so ...

Send a positive message into the stress-filled lives of teens living in a society that expects them to win! There's a huge difference in "be the best" and "do your best." Sometimes those who always win lose. Then what? You don't have to be #1 for God to love you. He's given each of us a gift or gifts to use for Him. About Stopped Cold, a Grace Awards Finalist Things aren't what they seem in peaceful Mistville, North Carolina. Margaret McWhorter enjoys a laid-back Freshman year in high school swimming and hanging out with friends—until the day her brother, Sean, suffers a stroke from taking steroids. Now he's lying unconscious in a hospital. Anger sets a fire for retribution inside her, and Margaret vows to make the criminals pay. Even the cop on the case can't stop her from investigating. Looking for justice, she convinces two friends, Jimmy and Emily to join her in a quest that takes them through a twisted, drug-fille...

In honor of the Olympic Games, we're celebrating sports and athletes. I'm giving away an e-book, a print copy (U.S. residents only) and my publisher's giving away a Smashwords code for  Stopped Cold.  To enter to win leave a comment and an e-mail address below. The Olympic Games are underway! What a wonderful time of competition, excellence and togetherness. The results of hard work, gifts used, and obstacles overcome pay off. Possibilities for shining futures fill the air. One one-hundredths of a second can separate number one and number two. On the edges of their seats, spectators escape life’s difficulties and differences and marvel at the best of the best. It’s a great time to sink into the pages of Stopped Cold , a teen sports mystery, and meet high school swimmer Maggie Butterfly. Stopped Cold   finished 4th in the 16th Annual Preditors and Editors Readers’ Poll and was a 2013 Grace Awards Finalist. Below find The Thrill of Victory , Chapter One and Y...

A Warm Welcome to Candee Fick   Candee will give away either a mobi or pdf file of Catch of a Lifetime First, tell us a little about yourself . I’ve been married to a high school football coach for almost 20 years and we have three kids, including a recently-turned-adult daughter with special needs, a high school senior, and the “baby” in middle school. I’m a former chemistry teacher and cross country coach who now works from home summarizing work histories in asbestos cases. In my free time, I savor the escape of fiction through both reading and writing! Lots of writers loved to read when they were young. Were you an avid reader as a child? If so, what did you read? I learned to read at age four and haven’t been far from a book since. Some of my early favorites were the Little House on the Prairie series, Chronicles of Narnia, The Borrowers , Black Stallion, Jannette Oke’s Love Comes Softly, and Watership Down. Let's talk about your writing. Why do yo...

Football is on television tonight. Once right after we married my husband, Rick, turned on the T V at 2:00 a.m., to watch two high school teams I’d never heard of. I’m not sure everyone is that huge of a fan, but college games bring out fierce loyalties among their alumnae, and followers of professional football will often travel hundreds of miles to support their favorite teams. During the first five years of our marriage we had season tickets to a college team on Saturday and a professional team on Sunday. I grew to appreciate the skilled players and the execution of well designed plays. I still abhor those who must commit a flagrant foul with the intent of injuring a talented player to gain an advantage. But, desperate behavior shows up in all walks of life. In many ways a football game with its set-backs, momentary glories and determined players resembles a snip-it of life. Possibly, that’s what fuels the sadness over a loss and the ecstasy of a win. When our team wins, we feel tha...