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Brandy Vallance, Operation First Novel Winner
I still remember the lovely dinner I shared with Brandy Vallance at the Writing for the Soul conference and the moment Jerry Jenkins announced she won the 2013 Operation First Novel contest. Today, I have the privilege of interviewing this …[ read more ]
• • •My Operation First Novel Story
Have you ever had an impossible dream? Ever since I won a Butterball turkey in a short story contest in sixth grade, I’ve dreamed of penning novels. But first I met other adventures. I earned a degree in English and …[ read more ]
• • •The Covered Deep by Brandy Vallance
Are you waiting for your true love to arrive, but the years keep passing with no sign of him on the horizon? What if he came, but with a heavy price tag attached? As I anticipate soon holding my published …[ read more ]
• • •Gabriel Network 5K: Running for Their Lives
My husband, Mark, and I recently finished our first 5K, helping to raise $15,000 for women facing crisis pregnancies. This was the fifth annual 5K hosted by the Gabriel Network, a faith-based community of churches, businesses, and individuals that has …[ read more ]
• • •Big Dreamers with Down Syndrome
In honor of Down Syndrome Awareness Month and the role Trisomy 21 plays in my novel, today I’d like to highlight some big dreamers with Down syndrome. Actors If you grew up watching Life Goes On, like I did, you …[ read more ]
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