“I travel the way of truth, even if I’m the only one. I travel the path of light, even if I’m the only one. I travel the path of hope, even if I’m the only one. One giving truth and hope and light to those who think there is no truth and hope and light left to hang onto.”
-James L. Rubart
Southern Fiction Author
Jennifer Hallmark
Jennifer Hallmark writes Southern fiction with a twist. Her website and newsletter focus on her books, love of the South, and favorite fiction. She creates stories with unforgettable characters—her stories are a little eerie and otherworldly but with a positive turn.
Jessie’s Hope, her first novel, was a Selah Award nominee for First Novel. Her latest novel, Smoking Flax, will be released on January 16th, 2024.
When she isn’t babysitting, gardening, or exploring the beautiful state of Alabama, you can find her at her desk penning fiction or studying the craft of writing. She also loves reading and streaming fantasy, supernatural stories, and detective fiction from the Golden Age or her favorite subject—time travel.
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A Christmas Mosaic by Karen Jurgens
Make sure you get this wonderful collection of Christmas novellas today. Here's the link. My friend, Karen Jurgens, wrote one of the stories... A Christmas Mosaic Carlie Livingston is steering into her last year of college in Oxford, Ohio, confident that she and Lance...
Acts of Kindness
By Deborah Malone Acts of kindness can come in all sizes. Some big and some small. I can think of an act of kindness I’d consider big that occurred in my life when my daughter needed to go in the hospital for surgery. She would be going to Atlanta which is about an...
Louie & the Leaf Pile by Maria I. Morgan
Louie the Lawnmower and his friends are back! Louie wants to be a hero and comes up with a plan to tackle a mountain of autumn leaves. Will he succeed or will he forget an important component? Join Louie and the gang in their all-new adventure: Louie & the Leaf...
10 Ways to REALLY Help Someone Who Has a New Baby – by Shelly Lopez Gray (Registered nurse)
I love this idea from the Kindness Blog!
HUDDLE!
I love this. Another act of kindness...
Christmas Angels
By Delia Latham Today’s world is different than ever before. Sometimes, it’s all too easy to look around at the high rate of rape and murder, drive-by shootings, school massacres, child and spousal abuse—all the ugliness of mankind—and think there’s no more good left...
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