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Gail Gaymer Martin
July 9 - 12 - Thurs to Sunday - ChiLibris Retreat in Denver, Colorado.

August 1- Saturday - Texas Christian Writers Conference, Houston, Texas. Presenting workshops on writing fiction.

September 17-20 Thur - Sun. American Christian Fiction Writers Conference - Denver, Colorado.

September 25-26 Fri & Sat - Third Annual Women on the Water Retreat, Bruce Bay Cottages, Bruce Mines, Ontario, Canada.


Allie Pleiter
Sunday, July 12 – Wednesday, July 15 International Christian Retail Show, Denver, CO

Wednesday, July 15 – Saturday, July 19 Romance Writers of America, Washington DC

Thursday, September 17 – Sunday, September 20American Christian Fiction Writers, Denver, CO

Susan Page Davis
Susan Page Davis is on the critiquing staff for the ACFW conference, to be held in Denver Sept. 17 to 20. Sign up for a critique with Susan when you register for the conference at www.acfw.com.


August 7- Belfast, Maine Maine Fellowship for Christian Writers Conference. Workshop on creating 3-D characters. Email her at susan@susanpagedavis.com for more information.





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Free Online Read: Fireworks by Valerie Hansen


Fireworks by Valerie Hansen.

Without a Trace: Can you solve the mystery?

Join us for a special Scavenger Hunt for clues in the latest Love Inspired Suspense Continuity.

Each month will feature a new hunt where you can win prizes from our Love Inspired Suspense authors.

This month's prize is a special book and prize package from author Robin Caroll.

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Steeple Hill Books Camy Tang shares her publishing advice and gives insight into how she got her first contract with Love Inspired Suspense. http://community.eharlequin.com/content/pubbing-10-how-i-did-it-camy-tang

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I’ve been reading Steeple Hill books since the 1990s, so when I first started writing seriously, I targeted Steeple Hill as a publisher. I eventually discovered that my humorous women’s fiction romances weren’t a good fit with Steeple Hill, and was lucky enough to be contracted by Zondervan.
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Steeple Hill Books Have you been through a natural disaster? Our latest miniseries, After the Storm, features a Kansas community uniting to rebuild after a tornado. http://community.eharlequin.com/content/after-storm

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The latest miniseries from Love Inspired books, After the Storm, features a Kansas community uniting to rebuild after a tornado. For many of the authors participating in this miniseries, writing the books touched on experiences from their own lives. ...
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Funny you should ask. I am writing about my experience of the Big Thompson Flood in 1976. It will be on http://ladiesofsuspense.blogspot.com/ on July 30th. I also live near Windsor, Colorado and had several University associates who were effected. Life is never boring!
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Steeple Hill Books Last day to decipher the clues from Roxanne Rustand's Deadly Competition. Can you solve the mystery? http://community.eharlequin.com/forums/steeple-hill/without-trace-can-you-solve-mystery

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Last month, we had a great time searching for the clues in Patricia Davids' book, Cloud of Suspicion. Congratulations to Hope for winning that prize! This month, we're looking at the release from Roxanne Rustand, Deadly Competition, and clues from that book. ...
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Creating strong transitions is something I've been striving to do better in my work. Transitions are the passage from one scene (or chapter) to the next. Most often, you can link the two by one hooky sentence out and one hooky sentence in.Strong transitions need to contain hooks in my opinion. ...
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Steeple Hill Books Virginia Smith shares an interview with the heroine from her latest release, A Scent of Murder: http://community.eharlequin.com/content/heroine-interview-scent-murder-virginia-smith

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Today we're welcoming Caitlin, the heroine of Scent of Murder, by Virginia Smith,which was just released earlier this month. Wow, you've just had quite an adventure.
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Steeple Hill Books New! Free online read by Valerie Hansen, Fireworks. Read a new chapter each weekday. http://www.eharlequin.com/article.html?articleId=1421

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Bethany Brown can’t blame her old pal Stan Ellison for avoiding her the past year. After all, Bethany’s sister, Amy, did break his heart by jilting him to pursue her dream of Hollywood fame and fortune. ...
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Steeple Hill Books Missy Tippens shares an interview with the hero from her latest release:

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1. Bill, tell me the most interesting thing about you.Well, most people seem interested in the fact that I’m a physicist—at least until I get carried away talking about particle physics. Then their eyes tend to glaze over. ...
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Steeple Hill Books Going to be chatting soon with our authors and fans. Hope you'll join us! 8pm Eastern: http://chat.eharlequin.com/

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Julie Jones

Julie Jones I just love all Love Inspired books. I just feel good about them. Unlike some other romances that I feel guilty about if I read one. Great morals, great stories!!

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Thanks so much Julie!
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Steeple Hill Books Cheryl St. John shares the process of writing The Preacher's Wife, her newest release from Love Inspired Historical: http://community.eharlequin.com/content/story-behind-story-preachers-wife-cheryl-st-john

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Every book of mine begins in a three ring binder. Well, actually, it starts out as a couple of hand-written pages, which then go into my binder and, depending on the complexity and research involved, develops into a fat binder. ...
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Steeple Hill Books Want to know how Terri Reed writes such great books? Check out her advice! http://community.eharlequin.com/content/pubbing-20-how-i-do-it-terri-reed

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That it doesn’t get any easier after you’ve sold that first manuscript. There is so much more to being a writer than writing.
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Steeple Hill Books Learn more about the heroine from Lois Richer's latest release, A Ring and a Promise: http://community.eharlequin.com/content/heroine-interview-ring-and-promise-lois-richer

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FUN? WHO HAS TIME FOR FUN? I CAN BARELY GET MY JEWELRY DESIGNING WORK DONE AND TAKE CARE OF MY PARENTS. THEY’VE MOVED INTO A NEW PLACE BECAUSE MY DAD HAS ALZHEIMER’S AND MY MOM WANTED A SMALLER PLACE. IF I HAD TIME, THOUGH, I’D LOVE TO LEARN HOW TO SAIL. I LOVE THE WATER.
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Steeple Hill Books Valerie Hansen shares the fascinating story behind her latest release, No Alibi: http://community.eharlequin.com/content/story-behind-story-no-alibi-valerie-hansen

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I have often written about life in the rural section of the Arkansas Ozarks where I live. This time, my editors weren’t sure I knew what I was talking about because this book dealt with moonshine. That’s right. ...
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Steeple Hill Books Winnie Griggs is having a special contest to celebrate the launch of her new website. Check it out: http://www.winniegriggs.com/contest.php

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To celebrate the rollout of my new website I'm going to be awarding two lucky individuals from my newsletter subscriber list not one but two books each, to be selected by the winner from the list of available Love Inspired Historical titles. ...
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Steeple Hill Books Did you know Love Inspired books now has a Twitter page? Follow us @loveinspiredbks

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Today we're welcoming, Julie Ann Jones the heroine of NO ALIBI, a Love Inspired Suspense by Valerie Hansen for June 2009. Wow, you've just had quite an adventure.
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Steeple Hill Books Missy Tippens shares her publishing advice:

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1. How long have you been writing for Steeple Hill?After 10+ years of pursuing publication, I had my dream-come-true phone call January 30, 2007! And my first book, Her Unlikely Family, came out in February 2008.2. ...
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Thanks, Terri! I love the cover, too. It's right out of a scene in the book.
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Steeple Hill Books This week's story behind the story: The Accidental Lawman was no accident by Jill Marie Landis.

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When I sat down to write my first single title release for Steeple Hill a couple of years ago (HOMECOMING, June 2008), I decided I'd make sure that the book set up future stories. The setting, Glory, Texas, ...
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Today we're welcoming Leah Farley, the heroine of Her Last Chance: Book six of the Without A Trace continuity series, by Terri Reed . Wow, you've just had quite an adventure.
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Steeple Hill Books Jillian Hart shares an interview with the heroine from her latest release, Blind-Date Bride: http://community.eharlequin.com/content/heroine-interview-blind-date-bride-jillian-hart

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Kelly Kiggins-Lund

Kelly Kiggins-Lund My latest interview starts with an introduction to the Steeple Hill Love Inspired line of books. The last portion of the interview focuses upon several of the authors who write for the Love Inspired line. The rest of this week, I will be featuring reviews of the books from Love Inspired authors.

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-12030-Richmond-Christian-Books-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Interview-Love-Inspired-Book-Authors

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Steeple Hill Books What's Janet Dean's favorite writing book? Read her blog to find out: http://community.eharlequin.com/content/pubbing-20-how-i-do-it-janet-dean

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Enjoyed the interview! I'm reading Courting the Doctor's Daughter now and am almost done. Enjoying it! I loved Courting Miss Adelaide.
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Steeple Hill Books New blog post from Debby Giusti sharing the story behind her latest release, Protecting Her Child: http://community.eharlequin.com/content/story-behind-story-protecting-her-child-debby-giusti

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Wealthy heiress Eve Townsend is close to death. But before she dies, she has to know: what happened to the daughter she gave up for adoption twenty-four years before? Did she inherit her mother’s life-threatening ...
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A few years ago, a drunk driver took my family away from me—my husband and my son. I didn’t know if I’d ever recover. God intervened and led me here. I think because of that loss, I’ve become a bit of a wildcat where the rights of families are concerned, especially moms. ...
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Steeple Hill Books Win a prize from author Patricia Davids! The next clue in the Without a Trace Scavenger Hunt has been released: http://community.eharlequin.com/forums/steeple-hill/without-trace-can-you-solve-mystery

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Last month, we had a great time searching for the clues in Shirlee McCoy's book, Cold Case Murder. Congratulations to Jessiecue for winning that prize! This month, we're looking at the release from Patricia Davids, Cloud of Suspicion, and clues from that book. ...
Kelly Kiggins-Lund

Kelly Kiggins-Lund It is my pleasure to announce my new position as the Richmond Christian Book Review Examiner. I have already submitted my first article and am busy preparing others. If you are a lover of christian books, please feel free to stop by my site and read about new releases. I will be including my reviews on Steeple Hill books as well. If you are an author, please feel free to contact me about conducting a review of your book. Blessings! Kelly

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1. How long have you been writing for Steeple Hill? My first book, TRUSTING HIM, came out in August 2007. I got the call for that book the summer of 2006.2. What’s something you wish you’d known when you ...
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Steeple Hill Books Brenda Minton shares an interview with the heroine from her latest release, The Cowboy Next Door: http://community.eharlequin.com/content/heroine-interview-cowboy-next-door-brenda-minton

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1. Lacey Gould, tell me the most interesting thing about you. I don’t know if I’m a very interesting person. I’m a waitress at the Hash-it-Out Diner. I grew up in St. Louis in a family that was pretty dysfunctional. Living in Gibson, Missouri is my dream. Oh, I do have a police record.
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Steeple Hill Books Irene shares the inspiration behind her latest release, Tides of Hope: http://community.eharlequin.com/content/story-behind-story-tides-hope-irene-hannon

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Readers often ask me about the inspiration for my books, and in general my answer is, “A character appears and keeps bugging me until I write his or her story!” That was certainly the case with my RITA-winning book in 2003, NEVER SAY GOODBYE. ...
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