Hello!

Happy 2012 everyone!

It's a bright shiny new year, full of promise and opportunity. I don't usually make resolutions, per se, but I do like to set goals for myself. My goal for this year is to try to find balance in the different aspects of my life - family, spiritual, creative, community and personal enrichment. But I'm going to do it through baby steps. And by trying to not let setbacks stop me cold.

And to each of you who visit here, I wish you a soul-satisfying success in whatever goals you choose to pursue this year.

Once again I've got some great guests lined up for my Spotlight Interviews.

My spotlight author this month is Janet Dean. Janet is a fellow Love Inspired Historical author and a wonderful person as well as a great writer. I'm sure you're going to enjoy reading what she has to share with us. For a look at her interview, click on over to my AUTHOR VIP page.
And Janet has generously agreed to give away a copy of her book An Inconvenient Match to one of my newsletter subscribers at the end of the month. So if you're not already subscribed, be sure to click on the newsletter button over on the left side of this page.

Lori Wilde, editor for Entangled Publishing, is stepping into my Industry Spotlight this month and you'll want to check out what she has to say about what she's actively seeking. Look for her interview on my INDUSTRY VIP page.

Congratulations to Tessa, the winner of my December giveaway of an autographed copy of Deborah Hale's The Wedding Season.
To see what's being given away next, click on over to my Contest Page .

And last but not least, here's my quote for the month, one that's particularly appropriate for the new year.
"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." ~Edith Lovejoy Pierce

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