Meet author Abbey Downey

Abbey Downey started writing inspirational romance stories during naptime when her kids were babies and found she couldn’t stop. A life-long Midwestern girl, Abbey lives in central Indiana with her husband, two kids, and one rather enthusiastic beagle…. Read More

Faith, Hope, and Love in all my stories

As with all of my stories, faith, hope, and love are reoccurring themes. In Julia’s Joy, the overarching message is one of hope—a theme that resonates throughout all thirteen stories in my Thousand Islands stories. This hope is multi-faceted,… Read More

Researching Julia’s Joy

The creation of Julia’s Joy was not only a labor of love but also a meticulous research endeavor that blended personal experience with extensive investigation. I drew from a variety of sources to construct a rich and authentic narrative that… Read More

Meet author Johnnie Alexander

Johnnie Alexander is a bestselling, award-winning novelist of more than thirty works of fiction. She is a Mosaic Collection author, co-hosts a weekly online show called Writers Chat, serves on the Mid-South Christian Writers Conference Executive Board, and… Read More

Christmas gift ideas

Thanks for being a faithful subscriber/reader to my blog. I often feature author friends and their work, but I thought you’d like a peek at mine this week. I have eleven so far. Which is your favorite? I’d… Read More

The Columbian Hotel Disaster

The Columbian Hotel, along with the Wellesley Hotel that still exists today, sat in the center of the Thousand Island Park on Wellesley Island, a charming Victorian summer community in the heart of the Thousand Islands. It was… Read More

Thousand Island Park

Thousand Island Park has been on my list of places to write about, and I’ve finally checked off this wonderful story in Mary’s Moment. Here’s a little about TI Park, the setting for this fiery novel.  Tell us… Read More

Thousand Island Park’s Mary’s Moment is out!

My long awaited Thousand Island Park story is out! Here’s a little bit about my tenth and newest novel, Mary’s Moment: It’s the Summer 1912, and Thousand Island Park’s switchboard operator ​Mary Flynn is christened the community heroine for her… Read More

Meet author Linda Shenton Matchett

Linda Shenton Matchett writes about ordinary people who did extraordi nary things in days gone by. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she was born a stone’s throw from Fort McHenry (of Star-Spangled Banner fame) and has lived in… Read More

Fiction by Susan G Mathis

Thanks for being a faithful subscriber/reader to my blog. I often feature author friends and their work, but I thought you’d like a peek at mine this week. I have eleven so far. Which is your favorite? I’d… Read More