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[Angela Ruth Strong] My Movie’s Highlight Reel

Apr 14, 2022Tim Pietz2 CommentsAngela Ruth Strong, Author Posts, Encouragement, The Stories We Live, Uncategorizedangela ruth strong, Book to Movie, contemporary romance, dreams, Montana, Movie

Having a movie based on one of my books is a dream come true. The experience felt as surreal as an actual dream. Here are the highlights.

[Angela Ruth Strong] Save the Pets

Jun 12, 2020Angela StrongAngela Ruth Strong, Author Posts, Personal Stories, Story Behind the Story, The Stories We Livedogs, pets, The CafFUNated Mysteries, writing with pets

I have to admit I was a little surprised when a reviewer said Ranger was her favorite character in A Latte Difficulty since, you know, Ranger is a dog. But this made me think of all the pets I’ve written into books. Honestly, I added dogs to my CafFUNAted Mysteries for two reasons: 1.) I…

[Angela Ruth Strong] Pink Like Hope

Nov 28, 2019Alyssa Roat1 CommentAngela Ruth Strong, Author Posts, Personal StoriesBreast Cancer Warrior, Fighting Cancer, Go Pink

I fought tears and asked questions. What did all this mean? Would my hair fall out in chemo? Would I need a mastectomy? Would I lose a lot of weight? (This last one, I’d be okay with.) No answers yet. Jim was in the driveway when I pulled into the garage. Since our marriage, he’s been…

[Angela Ruth Strong] Romance, Love Stories & Falling in Like

Jul 4, 2019Nikki WrightAngela Ruth Strong, Real Life RomanceDating, LustLoveLike, marriage, romance

Do you know the difference between a romance and a love story? A romance is fun and formulaic. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy wins girl back. They live happily ever after. A love story can go a lot deeper. Maybe the couple is already married. Maybe someone dies. Whether or not there is…

Reader Appreciation: Cheers, Angela Ruth Strong + Live Chat

Mar 13, 2019Nikki WrightAngela Ruth Strong, Appreciation Letters, Events, Five Year AnniversaryCarla Wood, Cassandra Steiner, resort to love, The CafFUNated Mysteries

Live Chat w/ Carla Wood on A Caffeine Conundrum Dear Readers, Writing would not be nearly as fun without you. I love it when you help me brainstorm ideas, and give me feedback on my book covers, and especially when you join my inside joke about how male characters aren’t supposed to put hands on…

[Angela Ruth Strong] A Love Letter to the Lonely

Aug 7, 2017MiraleeFerrell1 CommentAngela Ruth Strong, Encouragement, Real Life RomanceGod's Love Letters, grace, Psalms, real life romance, redemption, second chances

Guest Post by Angela Ruth Strong This month I’m celebrating my six year anniversary to Mr. Strong. He makes writing romance novels so easy. But there was actually a time when I quit writing romance. I didn’t believe in it anymore. It hurt too much to read about people in love when nobody loved me.…

[Angela Ruth Strong] Writing Real

Apr 7, 2017MiraleeFerrell3 CommentsAngela Ruth Strong, Story Behind the Storycontemporary romance, Finding Love In, Love Finds You, love in the mountains, movies

By Angela Ruth Strong Finding Love in Park City, Utah might have been the easiest novel I’ve ever written. And the hardest. It was easy to write because the story is so similar to my own experience. I wrote 30,000 words in three days. If you’re not an author, what that means is if I…

[Angela Ruth Strong] My Book Voyage

Jan 16, 2017MiraleeFerrell2 CommentsAngela Ruth Strong, Story Behind the Story

By Angela Ruth Strong One year ago I attended the Sundance Film Festival to research for Finding Love in Park City, Utah. I like to use real life settings, but this was the first time I actually got to travel to the location before writing the book. In fact, my novel Finding Love in Sun…