by Johnnie Alexander | Sep 24, 2015 | Authors, Books, Story Spark, Writing
Tyndale authors Diana Lesire Brandmeyer, Pam Hillman, and I joined Bethany Jett on the first Writers Chat Blab yesterday. We talked about finding the inspiration for our stories, our favorite writing tips, handling writers block and so much more. Here’s the...
by Johnnie Alexander | Sep 22, 2015 | Authors, Books, Story Spark
Trust Me is book 2 in the West Virginia Mountains Series. Readers may be familiar with the Story Spark for this series of sweet Southern historical romance novels: while in college I went home with a girlfriend from West Virginia for the weekend. She lived in a coal...
by Johnnie Alexander | Sep 15, 2015 | Authors, Books, Story Spark
While my mother-in-law was living on the Panhandle of Florida, my husband and I would visit her for several weeks each year. During one of those trips we ventured west to New Orleans for a long weekend. We both fell in love with the three-hundred-year-old city and...
by Johnnie Alexander | Sep 8, 2015 | Authors, Books, Story Spark
The Bishop’s Son was conceived from a discussion that occurred several years ago when I told my writers’ group I planned to switch from writing romantic suspense to Amish romances. My friends, who admitted to not knowing a great deal about how the Amish practice their...
by Johnnie Alexander | Aug 25, 2015 | Authors, Books, Story Spark, Writing
Diana Lesire Brandmeyer and I “met” when Tyndale released our novels at the same time as ebooks. Now we’re celebrating the print releases. Details for the book giveaway are below. Please welcome Diana! They say art imitates life. Who said it, I’m not...
by Johnnie Alexander | Aug 11, 2015 | Authors, Books, Story Spark, Writing
Pam Hillman and I “met” when her second novel, Claiming Mariah, was released as an ebook with Tyndale at the same time as my novel. On today’s post, Pam talks about the inspiration behind her debut novel which has just been released into print....