Books that are COMING SOON!

I am so excited about some books that are on the horizon and due out in the coming months! I've had the pleasure of "meeting" several of the authors and like them and enjoy their blogs so much that I'm chomping at the bit to read their debut books!

Interview with Dana Pratola

I'm so pleased to be able to interview author, Dana Pratola today. I've met Dana through a group of authors and bloggers called Grace and Faith Author Connection. Her newest book, The Covering, is intriguing!

Marji - What inspired you to become a writer?

Dana - God put the desire to write in me from the start. I can't remember a time BEFORE wanting to write.

Marji - So the Father would have something to do with your ultimate goal for writing in general?
Dana - The goal is always to bring glory to God, not just by not wasting the gift He's given me, but by using it to lead others to Him.

Marji - How does The Covering satisfy that goal?
Dana - The Covering shows a man's quest for God in a real light. He's loaded with anger, bitterness and unforgiveness

Karen Baney - Interview

I've gotten involved with a group of Christian authors at a Facebook site called Grace and Faith Authors. They're also on Twitter. It's been such a joy to interact with these gals and guys. I've learned about their books and their journeys, and I've tweeted about several of the new releases. 

One of the founders of the group, Karen Baney, is my guest today and her new book, Nickels, comes out next week! As with most of the authors I interview, I'm intrigued about their motivation, to write in general and how their current book came into being.

Marji: What inspired you to become a writer?

Karen: In early 2010, I went through some tough health issues.  Through that process, I re-learned to depend on God.  It was then that I asked Him one simple question:  I know you haven’t called me to be a mom, so what have you called me to do?

Do You Need Protection?

Perhaps you can hire new body guard, Tessa Lancaster. After years of working as a strong arm for her uncle, a leader of the Japanese mafia, she's become an expert in reading people, as well as several forms of martial arts.

Camy Tang has created a great new character for book one of her new series. Tessa is downright scary in the prologue, and though I committed to reading the book, I didn't identify with her at all. That is, until I reached the first page of Chapter One, where she led a game of

Introducing a New Release - Book Two of The Cambell Creek Mysteries

In this fast-paced follow-up to Wendy L. Young's debut novel, Come the Shadows, the mystery deepens...

Will and Laura Harmon are trying to get on with their lives but are left reeling when a vicious hit-and-run sends Laura to the hospital. With all the recent changes in Campbell Creek Will has a long list of suspects - and few leads.

One thing is clear: Someone wants Laura dead and Will has to stop them in time.


But who from Campbell Creek's shadowy past is behind the

Book Release - New Suspense Series!

How did I ever miss the buzz on this new book? It has everything I LOVE:

• Inspiration
• Suspense
• Romance
• NASCAR

Could anything be more perfect?

So glad I heard about it NOW! Cause TODAY'S THE DAY!

Review: Reinventing Leona

Last week I got the opportunity to interview Lynne Gentry about her new e-book from Tyndale House Publishing called Reinventing Leona. That interview is HERE! The book is available for FREE on Kindle at Amazon and also available for the Nook and other e-readers at Barnes and Noble, or you can click through to order through Lynne's own site and give her a bit of extra support!

I happened to be at the DFW Ready Writers meeting the day she announced