by Carol James | Dec 7, 2018
Christmas is a time of joyous surprises. Surrounded by those I hoped would be part of my family one day, I sat on the floor of my boyfriend’s parents’ house as he offered me a stack of four wrapped Christmas gifts. “Open the smallest one last,”...
by Lisa Lickel | Dec 1, 2018
Maybe it’s been a long time since you’ve had to find love. Maybe it’s a fresh or unnerving concept for you to consider. We’re vulnerable creatures, we humans. We’re fragile, anxious, deeply passionate people who tend to forget that we are...
by PBG Blog Admin | Nov 28, 2018
I’m hooked on holidays. Even the ones you don’t send cards for, like Flag Day. So when I saw (on April 1) that my publisher was accepting submissions for Christmas novellas (due May 1), I set my face away from my spring decorations, turned on...
by PBG Blog Admin | Nov 13, 2018
Tell us your name and a little bit about yourself Hi. I’m Werner Wright. I’m a mechanic and held one job following tech training in Seattle. Then my parents were suddenly killed and I lost that job during my leave of absence. I...
by PBG Blog Admin | Nov 12, 2018
What does it take to write a cozy mystery? Naturally, all of the above. The crime, often a murder, is offstage, meaning it happened before the book began, or happens outside of the reader’s purview. It’s usually bloodless, or at least not too graphic. The...
by Regina Smeltzer | Oct 1, 2018
By Regina Smeltzer I fell in love with Mr. Charlie the day he arrived in my mind. Old and blind, he sat for hours on the courthouse steps speaking to no one. I knew he had an incredible story, but he was slow to share it. Eventually, Ruth Cleveland appeared....
by PBG Blog Admin | Sep 17, 2018
Today, I have a fun surprise that I’d like to share with you. I’ve teamed up with 20+ fantastic authors to give away a huge collection of Inspirational Mysteries & Thrillers to 2 lucky winners, PLUS a brand new eReader to the Grand Prize winner! ...
by PBG Blog Admin | Sep 14, 2018
No, I’m not a golfer. I do own golf clubs, and I’ve played golf. And golfers have disrupted my life intermittently for years. When I was sixteen living on the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Naval base in the early sixties, my parents took up golf. They enjoyed...
by PBG Blog Admin | Sep 11, 2018
I love how a story is able to convey deep theological truths in a compelling and applicable way. I love being lost in a character, thinking and feeling as deeply as them, struggling to find God in their broken dreams, and knowing—as the writer—their happy...
by PBG Blog Admin | Sep 3, 2018
In my novella, Christmas Child, set in 1891 New York City, adoption plays a significant role. A Christian who’s opening an orphanage explains to another character (who isn’t a believer) God’s take on the subject: “When a mother and father...
