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You're Invited!! It's hard to believe that in just a few short days, I will be in Dallas for the 2015 RT Booklover's Conven...

Christmas is coming. It’s a great time to share a cherished recipe. This recipe won’t replace green bean casserole or orange cranberry reli...

I love a good retelling, so much so that my entire series, The Courtships of Lancaster County, is inspired by four of Shakespeare’s plays. ...

Sadly, God did not issue us with a Do Over Button, but don’t you just wish He had? A nice big one like a giant red Smartie on your desk tha...

“Home to Chicory Lane” , written by Deborah Raney, is the first in her series of Chicory Inn novels. With the last of Audrey Whitman’s five...

Click to Purchase Kindle Version “How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?” The folk song asks this rhetorical que...

There are lists for everything: the best, the worst, the most, the least. I wonder if there’s a list of characteristics or qualifications f...

I never realized when I started out writing historical romance that I would need to develop an archeologist’s skill when combing the intern...

College…a time of big dreams, of crushed dreams, of readjusted dreams, of surprising dreams. I finished my first inspirational historical r...

I thought I’d talk to you today about “taking care of the writer.”  We talk a lot about formatting, scene and sequence, characterization,...

Karen Witemeyer   is "kindling" the excitement for   Stealing the Preacher (Bethany House)  with a Kindle Fire Giveaway and conn...

Deborah is celebrating with a fun "Date Night" Giveaway (win a $200 Visa Cash Card!) and an Author Chat Party on Facebook! {5/30} ...

As I watched the presidential campaign last year, I was struck by how much I could identify with the candidates. Oftentimes, I feel like I...