Smart, Fun, Relatable Fiction: An Author Interview

At the Writer to Writer conference in Hershey, PA, I was thrilled to meet Clarice James–author of smart, fun, relatable fiction–and then discover we were both winners of the Operation First Novel contest! Clarice, how did you feel when you …[ read more ]

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Linda Brooks Davis: An Author Interview

Hi, Linda! How did you feel when you won Jerry Jenkins’s 2014 Operation First Novel contest? Traumatic—in a good sense—would describe the experience of learning I had won. I wasn’t able to attend the conference where Jerry made the announcement, …[ read more ]

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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 ]

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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 ]

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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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