I have just been through the most torturous experience of my life. I've just read 20+ AH-MAY-ZING stories that were so unique, so heartfelt, so beautiful...and I've had to only pick a few. Naturally, I couldn't pick only six out of twenty-two...I've selected twelve for the anthology and four to post on my blog (with the authors' permission, of course). After I announce the lucky winners here, I'll proceed to email the authors and begin editing their stories (for which I will

Before we get into things (of which there are many, of course), I have several announcements to make! Drum roll, if you will… Dum. Da-da-dum. Da-da-dum-dum-dum-dum. Dum-dum-dum-dum. DUUUUUUM!!!! *clears throat* First, submissions for Tell Me You Love Me, my Christian romance anthology celebrating the beauty of the words “I love you” and Who they reflect, are STILL OPEN!! Yes, there is still time, because submissions close on the 31st of this month! If you’re ready to submit,

Boy, have I got news for you!! First off, I am calling all my fellow authors with books and newsletter out there to join my newsletter swap!! What is a newsletter swap, you ask? Gooood question! Well, it can work in multiple ways, but for this one, I'll be accepting participants until March 14th, and then I'll pair up the authors by their genre, audience, etc. The authors will then swap newsletters - which means Author 1 will share about Author 2's book and newsletter, while

What's this? Someone's putting together an anthology? All about love and romance? And submissions are open now? Sounds interesting, doesn't it? Well, what if I told you that I was the one putting together a romance anthology? And that anyone is allowed to submit their romance short story of up to 5k words between now and March 31st for a chance to be one of SIX stories selected to be published this coming June? I dunno about y'all, but I'd be pretty excited if that were so. A

The contest has ended, dear writers and readers. And, y'all, I am so full of gratitude right now that I could just cri, as my friend says. I received a total of ten entries. That means ten fantastic writers took time out of their month, their week, their day, the time they should be sleeping...to write a short story for little more than some recognition in my eensy weensy community here. That means ten amazing stories have been written... And I can only share one. Seriously,