Author Posts – Page 20 – Mountain Brook Ink

[Christa MacDonald] Sharing Stories

Sep 25, 2017Christa MacDonaldChrista MacDonald, Thoughts & Thingscompassion, Culture war, diversity, empathy, grace, reading, stories, truth

[Guest Post by Christa MacDonald] In the last few months I’ve been thinking about what a privilege it is to have folks read my books. All writing is personal to some degree, but novels are different. They only start with the writer. They’re really finished, so to speak, by the reader. As an author I…

[Annette M. Irby] Why I Wrote Finding Love in Friday Harbor, Washington

Aug 21, 2017Nikki Wright3 CommentsAnnette M. Irby, Story Behind the Story

[Guest Post by Annette M. Irby] Have you ever walked into a bookstore and known the type of book you wanted to read but not a title? I did that about ten years ago. It was early summer, and I was interested in reading a compilation of four novels in one set on the Pacific…

[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.…

[Kimberly Rose Johnson] No Pain No Gain

Jul 21, 2017MiraleeFerrell1 CommentEncouragement, Kimberly Rose Johnsonfaith, faithfulness, grace, hope, never give up, no pain no gain, perseverance, trials

Guest Post By Kimberly Rose Johnson It’s an old saying, but it still rings true. Not all pain is healthy or profitable, however, there are exceptions. For example, a painful experience can bring growth to our lives. I can’t tell you how many book proposal rejections I received early on in my career as a…

[Patricia Lee] The Story Behind “An Anchor on Her Heart”

Jul 17, 2017MiraleeFerrell2 CommentsPatricia Lee, Story Behind the Storyautism awareness, disability, faith, fidelity, fishing, loneliness, real life, redemption, trust, vulnerability

“Why I Wrote An Anchor on Her Heart” Guest Post by Patricia Lee When my son graduated from college with a degree in biology, coupled with the required extra units for a marine science certification, my heart swelled with pride. After he was hired by a Seattle-based company as an observer biologist for the National Marine…

[Lisa Phillips] Finding Love in…God’s Timing

Jul 7, 2017MiraleeFerrell1 CommentLisa Phillips, Story Behind the Storygod's timing, marriage, oregon coast, romance, stories, wedding

Guest Post by Lisa Phillips. One girl falls in love young, and gets married early. An older lady, widowed, finds love for a second time. A gal, single into her forties, finds love what seems like “finally.” We all have different stories, threads of a tapestry God is weaving in our lives—sometimes dark colors, and…

[Heather Woodhaven] Favorite Place in the World

Jul 5, 2017MiraleeFerrellHeather Woodhaven, The Stories We Liveadventures, grace, love, magic, ocean, oregon coast

Guest Post by Heather Woodhaven Ask me where my favorite place in the world is and I don’t even need to think about it. The Oregon Coast! Why? Nine years ago, when my three children all qualified as “little,” we went on our very first family vacation. It would only be a couple of days,…

[Heather L.L. FitzGerald] Christian Fantasy is Not an Oxymoron

Jun 26, 2017MiraleeFerrell5 CommentsHeather L.L. FitzGerald, Thoughts & Thingschronicles of narnia, fantasy, harry potter, legalism, magic, parable, simile, the tethered world

Guest Post by Heather L.L. FitzGerald I have a confession to make. I’m a fantasy writer who did not grow up reading the stuff. In fact, as a child raised in a Christian home, I was taught to shun anything to do with magic. This was in the 80s, when we were also taught that…

[Christina Coryell] Music & Finding Love in Cannon Beach

Jun 9, 2017MiraleeFerrell2 CommentsChristina Coryell, Personal Stories, Story Behind the Story, The Stories We Livemusic, oregon coast, romance

Guest Post by Christina Coryell One of my favorite parts of writing Finding Love in Cannon Beach was giving Kadence and Foster a passion for the piano. Many of the characters I’ve written have loved music, but these two were my first characters who were wild about keys. This was a special topic for me,…

[Janalyn Voigt] Lockets in the Victorian Era + Giveaway

May 26, 2017MiraleeFerrell1 CommentHistorical Sidenotes, Janalyn Voigtgiveaway, historical fiction, old west, redemption, romance

Lockets have a certain mystique. They hold memories and sometimes secrets. Wearing the picture of your beloved close to your heart is the epitome of romance, one of the reasons lockets have been around since at least the 16th century. During the Victorian era, lockets reached new heights of popularity. Prince Albert bestowed on his…