Author Posts – Page 20 – Mountain Brook Ink

[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…

[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…

[Richard Spillman] My Plans, God’s Plans

Dec 25, 2017Nikki WrightRichard Spillman, Story Behind the StoryDo What Jesus Did, god's sovereignty, international, loving like Jesus, ministry, Mozambique, nonfiction, Philippines, relationships, Speculative fiction author, Spiritual warfare author

In celebration of Christmas, we would like to introduce you to our newest author, Richard Spillman, who is here to discuss the difference between our plans and God’s plans. Merry Christmas to our entire Mountain Brook Ink family. May 2018 bring you the peace of God’s direction and provision, even if it doesn’t turn out…

[Mary Davis] 5 Reasons I Shouldn’t Be an Author

Dec 11, 2017Nikki Wright2 CommentsMary Davis, The Stories We Livecreative writing, donita kathleen paul, dyslexia, historical romance, imaginary friends, mary davis, romance

Introducing one of Mountain Brook Ink’s newest authors, Mary Davis! Mary will be debuting her first series with Mountain Brook Ink, THE QUIILTING CIRCLE series with The Widow’s Plight, releasing July 1, 2018. I had this stereotype of what made up an author. 5 Attributes of an Author: An author must have read veraciously when they…

[Linda Hanna] An Evening in Paris

Oct 30, 2017Nikki Wright3 CommentsLinda Hanna, Personal Stories, The Stories We Liveadventures, Flash Gordon, growing up, ladylike classiness, writing

People always ask when I first became interested in writing. That’s an easy question for me to answer. It was just after Easter when I was four-years-old. Mom worked in a hospital and my preacher dad became my evening caregiver. This meant long hours of trying to entertain myself while he prepared sermons or studied.…

[Gayla K. Hiss] Our Summer RV Blowout

Oct 2, 2017Nikki Wright4 CommentsGayla K. Hiss, The Stories We Liveadventures, Providence, Road Trip, RVing

[Guest Post by Gayla K. Hiss] During the summer of 2016, my husband Jeff and I embarked on our first cross-country road trip with our new truck and RV to attend his sister’s wedding in Florida. In retrospect, I should have suspected something was up when, after mentioning that we would be gone for 40…

[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.…