Longview Asylum
A look at the real-life setting from Sung in the Shadows, including an article detailing a walking tour of Longview Asylum for the Insane near Cincinnati, OH.
RCR: Love in the Castle Library by Ann Swindell
It's another month of our Tackle Your TBR Pile reading challenge. So dig through that stack of books you've been meaning to read that's taller than you and start reading! Don't forget to comment at the bottom of the post for your chance to win a book off my prize...
Meet Kelly Goshorn
I am so blessed to get to introduce you to my dear friend and fellow historical romance author, Kelly J. Goshorn. I've known her since almost the beginning of my writing journey, and I am truly blessed by how she has helped me grow as a writer. I'm a fan of her...
12 Historical Christian Fiction Books that Feature Mental Health/Illness
Mental Health has become a common topic of conversation in society, while mental illness still lives in the shadows of the taboo. However, Christian Fiction has long been wrestling with how faith, mental health/illness, and the Christian community should interact....
RCR: Waterfall by Lisa T. Bergren
It's another month of our Tackle Your TBR Pile reading challenge. So dig through that stack of books you've been meaning to read that's taller than you and start reading! Don't forget to comment at the bottom of the post for your chance to win a book off my prize...
The Book that Broke Me & The Songs that Encouraged Me
Have you ever had a book just absolutely wreck you? Me too . . . only it was the book I was writing. However, it didn't just wreck me. It broke me--and God used the writing of it to restore me. The theme of Sung in Shadows, the book that broke me, is mental illness...
Meet Isabella Ruth Pearson from In Books & Battlefields by Heather Taber
*One thing you're going to notice this year is fewer posts. I've decided to only do one interview and the reading challenge post per month. I might have some months where more pop up, but in order to provide myself more time for writing and other pursuits, I'm...
RCR: The Gilded Age by Mark Twain
It's the LAST month of our challenge: Tackle Your TBR Pile. (HAPPY NEW YEAR, by the way!!!! So go dig through that stack taller than you of books you've been meaning to read and start reading away. Reading Challenge 2025: Tackle the TBR Pile If you're anything like...
2026 TBR Reading Challenge Announcments
It's time to announce the 2026 reading challenge, and I'm sticking with the TBR pile. Who knows? Maybe that will be the overarching theme from now on. I don't know about you, but I have a TBR pile that will outlive me. Without further ado (and thank you for your...
Meet Alexandra Romanova from Line of Fire by Taylor Newport
'Tis the season for character interviews! LOL This week, I get to introduce you to action thriller heroine, Alexandra Romanova, from Taylor Newport's Line of Fire, book one of the Dauntless Defenders. Taylor is generously giving away an e-book to one person (U.S....
