History, Real Life and Faith
The Dogtrot Christmas appears in Barbour Publishing’s A Log Cabin Christmas Collection, which will re-release on September 1, 2013. Here’s the opening chapter of my novella. If you’re interested in possibly winning the entire book, check out our Goodreads contest starting Monday, August 19 and running through August 26: Log Cabin Christmas Collection Goodreads contest If you want to know…
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It’s moving week for me, and I’ve spent it providing the backstory–first three chapters–to my novella The Dogtrot Christmas–which is part of The New York Times best-selling A Log Cabin Christmas Collection. I wrote the original three chapters on a warm summer day three years ago. I haven’t looked at them since. Rereading these chapters has been surprising–the sad story line…
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As this is a moving week for me, I’m providing the original three chapters for my novella “The Dogtrot Christmas” soon to be re-released in Barbour Publishing’s A Log Cabin Christmas Collection. Chapter one ran on Monday and can be read here: Chapter One. Chapter Two takes us to a more dramatic moment where it puts Molly’s emotional response to her…
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Two summers ago, I worked hard to get myself organized for the launch of my first novella, “The Dogtrot Christmas,” which appeared in Barbour Publishing’s A Log Cabin Christmas Collection. It felt like a dream come true and when it went on to make the New York Times October 2, 2011 best-seller’s list, I was simply stunned. (And really, given this tiny last…
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I’m moving this week, so I’ve been rummaging through the cellars and attic to find all my possessions. In honor of that, I’ve unearthed the original opening chapter for my The Dogtrot Christmas. When I was given the opportunity to “audition” a story for the collection, I sat down that afternoon and put together my proposal and three chapters. I…
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I’m moving this week, so I’ve been rummaging through the cellars and attic to find all my possessions. In honor of that, I’ve unearthed the original opening chapter for my The Dogtrot Christmas. When I was given the opportunity to “audition” a story for the collection, I sat down that afternoon and put together my proposal and three chapters. I…
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