Author name: linda

Pick Me!   It had been a wonderful night. The awards banquet was exciting, the magician who entertained held everyone’s attention, and the league director was bringing everything to a close. In doing so, he reminded those there that the purpose in this baseball league was to have fun but also to introduce others to

It was time for spring fair. The teachers had worked hard to line the halls with the artwork and projects of three- to five-year-old creative minds. As I walked down the hall and through the door with my husband John, we were amazed at the quantity of work displayed. “Wow,” I said, “if this is

I have heard most readers spend eight to ten seconds looking at the outside of a book before they decide to move on or look inside. Have you ever stopped to think what draws you to one book over another? Perhaps it is your personality. As a strong melancholy purposeful personality, my preference often gravitates

Now that school is back in session, we don’t have as much time with our children. But we can join them in spirit through our prayers. Here are a few prayer suggestions for when your children head out to school. Dear God, Bless my little preschooler.  She seems so tiny. Why, that backpack seems as

This weekend was a fun time interacting with writers and publishers at the Write2Ignite conference. I hadn’t been to a conference in several months and had forgotten what an encouragement and inspiration it was to be with other writers. The conference team did a great job of organizing and providing a wonderful conference. I enjoyed

   In the last post I passed along a plea from a fellow writer to locate the identity of the homeless man, Willard Parker, on the front of her book, Unexpected Christmas Hero. After only a couple of months, someone showed the picture to a lady who did not know where her father was, asking,

The article below is a plea for help to find the family of the man on the cover of this book. Won’t you join Kathi Macias, author, and others to help give this Christmas Hero an unexpected blessing this Christmas? This is the cover for my (Kathi Macias)  2012 Christmas novel, Unexpected Christmas Hero, releasing