MAGNOLIA BLUFFCRIME CHRONICLESSeasons 1 & 2byThe Underground Authors Scroll down for a giveaway! Each stand-alone book in this multi-author crime novel series is set in the fictitious, beautiful little Texas Hill Country town of Magnolia Bluff. Each author writes in their preferred sub-genre to allow readers to experience humor, dark dilemmas, suspense, romance, thrills, and …
This essay was written in 2010, and sadly it is still relevant. As anyone in retail can attest to, the day after Thanksgiving is like a zoo that has had all the cages opened. I remember a time when shopping the day after Thanksgiving was fun. A lot of people were doing the same thing, …
For all of my American readers, I send out a heartfelt Happy Thanksgiving. I hope your day is blessed by the love of family, good food, and all the things that make lasting memories. Enjoy this picture I colored. The following was first a column for the Plano Star Courier back when I wrote a …
Since the news is filled with distressing reports from parts of the world where wars are raging. Not to mention the mess in Washington D.C. that is pretending to be governing us here in the States, I thought some levity would lift all our spirits. So here are some jokes that a friend recently sent …
THE OXYGEN FARMER byColin HolmesScience Fiction / Space MysteryPublisher: CamCat BooksDate of Publication: December 5, 2023Number of Pages: 338 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! After 35 years of living on the Moon, cranky old oxygen farmer Millennium Harrison has stumbled onto a hidden facility in the shadows of the Slayton Ridge Exclusion Zone with a …
THE THIRD DAWN: FROM BETHLEHEM TO GOLGOTHA byThomas J. NicholsInspirational Religious Fiction / Historical FictionPublisher: Nicholson BooksPage Count: 212 pagesPublication Date: September 14, 2023Updated version with new dialogue and more detailed descriptions Scroll down for a giveaway! Nichols turns his award-winning writing career to the greatest mystery of all time in The Third Dawn: From …
On Twitter I saw this photo of the Vietnam Memorial and it is amazing in so many ways. A picture is worth a thousand words, so I won’t try to compete. Just look at this image and think of all the lives lost in that war. Then think of all the lives lost in wars …
COURTING MISS EMMA The Hangman’s Daughters, Book 2byLinda BrodayWestern / Clean & Wholesome / Sweet Romance / Historical FictionPublisher: Severn HouseDate of Publication: November 7, 2023Number of Pages: 203 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Texas, 1868. Emma Taggart has finally found a place to belong – setting up Heaven’s Door orphanage with her sister Maura …
When trying to decide what to write about for today’s blog, I decided to bypass all of the horrors of the war between Israel and Hamas. We see and hear enough about that on the news, and I can only say that my heart goes out to all the innocent civilians caught up in the …
FINDING COMFORT Comfort and Joy Trilogy, Book TwobyKimberly FishWomen’s Fiction / Contemporary / Cozy MysteryPublisher: Fish Tales PublishingDate of Publication: September 1, 2023Number of Pages: 312 pages Scroll down for Giveaway! Even with all her experience, Gloria Bachman, retired banker and candy entrepreneur, didn’t see this coming. Sweeties, the beloved Comfort chocolate shop, was ready …