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2018 Holiday Blog Tour!

Oct 23, 2018Nikki Wright7 Comments2018 Holiday Blog Tour, Announcementschristmas, free kindle, giveaway, guest posts, halloween, holiday, memories, seasonal, thanksgiving, traditions

Congratulations to our giveaway winners Bn100, Sara Z, and Trixie!!! Good day to all of our readers! Mountain Brook Ink is proud to announce our 2018 Holiday Blog Tour. Have you been wanting a chance to get the know the people behind the authors of our books? Now’s your chance. This holiday season we’re having…

[Richard Spillman] October 1st is a Special Day for Me…

Sep 30, 2018MiraleeFerrell2 CommentsRichard Spillman, Story Behind the Story

Tomorrow, October 1, is a special day for me. Tomorrow a life long dream becomes a reality. Tomorrow the first book of my trilogy will be officially released, traditionally published, generally available. So today as I sit at this threshold I ask myself why did God wait until now to answer my prayer? Why did…

[Taylor Bennett] The Little Writer That Could

Aug 2, 2018Nikki WrightStory Behind the Story, Taylor Bennettcontemporary romance, growing up, Porch Swing Girl, publishing, querying, Taylor Bennett, Tradewinds, writing, writing journey, young adult, young writer

Guest post by Taylor Bennett In the months since the release of Porch Swing Girl, I’ve done a lot of interviews. More than I ever could have imagined doing in my LIFE, as a matter of fact! I never expected to answer so many questions, to chat with so many lovely bloggers and reporters. Interestingly…

[Anna Zogg] God’s Desert at the Oregon Coast

Jul 18, 2018Nikki Wright4 CommentsAnna Zogg, DevotionalConstruction, God's promises, hope, Intergalaxia, Life Change, new beginnings, New House, Sci-Fi, spiritual desert, spiritual thirst

Celebrating a Year of Discomfort Guest Post by Anna Zogg On July 8, 2018, we celebrated the anniversary of our move to Oregon. In one year, a lot has happened and a lot has not happened. We purchased land, mapped out the boundaries of the wetlands, paid thousands of dollars for permits, lined up surveyors-architects-builders-excavators-plumbers-electricians,…

[Heather L.L. FitzGerald] Once Upon a Time

May 28, 2018Nikki Wright1 CommentHeather L.L. FitzGerald, Thoughts & ThingsDirection, Encouragement, Gifting, God, Purpose, The Church, witty invention, writing

“I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.” –Proverbs 8:12 (KJV) Once upon a time there was a little girl with big dreams. She was reading her King James Bible back in the day when that was the only version available. When she came across Proverbs 8:12 she knew—just knew—that her…

[Annette M. Irby] The Story Behind my Bainbridge Island Novel

May 2, 2018Nikki Wright1 CommentAnnette M. Irby, Story Behind the Storycontemporary, contemporary romance, island, mental health, northwest, ptsd, puget sound, seattle, washington island romance

Don’t miss book one in this series, FREE through May 6th, 2018! Finding Love in Friday Harbor, Washington. Finding Love on Bainbridge Island, Washington is the second book in my Washington Island Romance series. I love writing about the Puget Sound and the Salish Sea because the views are exquisite. Let me show you what…

[Linda Thompson] The Three Sentences That Made Me a Writer

Apr 18, 2018Nikki Wright1 CommentHistorical Sidenotes, Linda ThompsonDoolittle Raid, History, Linda Thompson, Pearl Harbor, Plum Blooms in Winter, WWII

“Eventually, the woman confessed—her fiancé had been killed during the war, and she’d first gone to the rally for revenge. She was going to assassinate him. His words, remarkably, had touched her deeply, and… now she was a Christian.” The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid by Craig Nelson (New York: Penguin…

Romantic Reads Blog Tour: WINNERS!

Mar 9, 2018Nikki WrightAnnouncements

Thank you everyone for your participation and support of Mountain Brook Ink’s Romantic Reads Blog Tour! This was our second ever blog tour, but we did it a bit differently this time…and while we hit a few snags, we were blown away at the support in helping us make notes for next time! Now, without…

[Janalyn Voigt] God Binds the Broken

Mar 5, 2018Nikki Wright4 CommentsDevotional, Janalyn Voigtcheyenne sunrise, God's love, god's timing, hills of nevermore, historical fiction, historical romance, janalyn voigt, miscarriage, montana gold, pregnancy

Guest Post by Janalyn Voigt Some authors write effervescent books, light as a flowing stream in summer. I admire them and sometimes wish I could write so easily. Like deep rivers, my own stories well up from an underground spring. They ask tough questions that I’d rather not tackle. Does God hate us when we…

[Richard Spillman] What a Dog Taught Me About Life

Jan 22, 2018Nikki Wright2 CommentsDevotional, Richard Spillmandeath, dogs, eternity, hope, life, perseverance, redemption

[Let’s welcome back Richard Spillman for his guest post on living life outside of the shadow of death. This 2018 we want to remember the beauty of the Christian’s redemption through Jesus Christ’s sacrifice. With this redemption, we no longer live in the shadow of an inevitable end, and instead live in the light of…