Did You Know? ~ 1800s Coroner Files With a Dash of Fiction

I hope nobody minds me writing about a morbid topic this week. As usual I've been scavenging the internet for interesting things. This week I found a bunch of coroner’s reports from the 1800s, which made my mind whirl with mystery plots. (I’ve also been doing some reading about herbs—good and bad.) So. . .I thought I’d share three of the coroner’s reports, along with some made up story plots (in italics) that would make good cozy mysteries. I’ve...

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Author Jim Kraus Sells His Secrets (to successful writing!)

I’m a writer with a terrible secret. I’ve written more than 20 books and I have never shared this shameful fact with anyone. That secret? I can’t type. Really. If only I had taken Mr. Duffy’s Business Education/Typing Class at Hempfield Area Senior High School in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. But I didn’t—and have since been condemned to write all those hundreds of thousands...

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YA Book Spotlight ~ Songstone

Lena Goldfinch (my cover designer and self-publishing mentor) has just released a new YA fantasy romance novel! I had the pleasure of being one of the book's editors and putting the blog tour together. Read on to learn more about this captivating story and the tour... About the Book "Kita can meld song into stone. In a world with no written word, storytelling—the ability...

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Sunday Devotional: Army strong

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Winners!!

Happy Saturday, BB fans! Thanks to everyone who participated in our "puzzling" Friday giveaway! Keep all those facebook and Twitter notifications, coming! This week's winner is:   Sheri - The Quarryman's Bride by Tracie Peterson. Congratulations, Sheri! Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Book....

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Weekly Drawing

It's Fun Friday at The Borrowed Book! To enter: Leave the time it took you to complete the puzzle in the comments section as well as your email address for notifying you if you've won. Winners will be drawn from ALL of the times, so the person with the fastest time may not be the actual winner, but by leaving your time, you double your chances. Want another entry?...

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Researching and Writing Quarryman's Bride, by Tracie Peterson

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Did You Know? ~ The Washburn A Mill Explosion

On May 2, 1878, at 7:10 p.m., a spark ignited flour dust in the Washburn A Mill in Minneapolis, causing an explosion that blew the concrete roof hundreds of feet in the air and leveled the seven and a-half story limestone building. Fourteen workers died instantly. The nearby Humboldt and Diamond Mills were flattened. Four more people were killed by the fire that engulfed one third of the city’s business district. The explosion broke windows as...

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Tracie Peterson introduces The Quarryman's Bride

I’m excited to share with you the release of Quarryman’s Bride.  I had so much fun researching for this series of independent books set in Minnesota during the late 1800’s and Quarryman’s Bride was definitely a favorite.  Minnesota is so diverse in cultural heritages that I wanted each book to share a flavor of that blessing.  Quarryman’s Bride takes advantage...

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Historical Romance Book Review ~ The Quarryman's Bride

About the Book (from Bethany House) "Emmalyne Knox has always loved Tavin MacLachlan. But when tragedy strikes her family, Emmalyne's father declares she can no longer marry. Despite Tavin's pleas to defy the decision, Emmalyne refuses. In her act of obedience, she gives up the future she'd always dreamed of. When Emmalyne's father returns to the quarry business years...

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Sunday Devotional: Accountability and Freedom

My thanks for this guest post to Ian McNear, student at the University of South Carolina, recently elected to chaplain of his fraternity. Pain and regret. We live in America, and we have plenty of time in our lives to devote hours to playing or watching media, play sports, and pursue our hobbies. Yet amongst the riches of our country and the world, people live in a state of depression, regret and pain. Sin is killing us. Christians, the very...

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Winners!!

Happy Saturday, BB fans! Thanks to everyone who participated in our "puzzling" Friday giveaway! Keep all those facebook and Twitter notifications, coming! This week's winner is: Jenny A - Stealing the Preacher by Karen Witemeyr. Congratulations, Jenny A! Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Book....

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Weekly Drawing

It's Fun Friday at The Borrowed Book! To enter: Leave the time it took you to complete the puzzle in the comments section as well as your email address for notifying you if you've won. Winners will be drawn from ALL of the times, so the person with the fastest time may not be the actual winner, but by leaving your time, you double your chances. Want another entry? Tweet your puzzle time and mention The Borrowed Book, get another entry....

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Being Karen (Witemeyer, That Is)

Today, The Borrowed Book interviews historical romance author Karen Witemeyer about what it's like to be Karen. 1)    Thank you for taking the time to speak with us. You've been at this writing thing for a little while, and, based on your track record, you're pretty good at it! Have you always wanted to be an author? If not, what made you decide to write,...

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