I've got a COVER to show you.

All right, I've been working hard and I really enjoy it.
One of things I love about writing is getting the covers for my new books.
So, I contacted Erin at http://edameronhill.wix.com/edhgraphics for a cover for my newest story in the Mail Order Brides of Hickory Stick Series

Bride and Prejudice will be out in June of 2016.

Want a peek at the cover?

Isn't it beautiful!  Now back to the keyboard. I have a story to finish and put in that book cover.

Have a blessed day.

AMAZING GRACE 

Click the above link.  Found this on fb.
Awesome ~ Sometimes when our hearts soar so high, past the realm of earthly sky and into Heaven's kingdom, our tears are set free as our spirit longs for home.

$$$ Money Matters

Money~ Money~ Money

Yes, we have all heard how money is bad. The root of all evil many would say. However, the truth of scripture actually says: 

1 Timothy 6:10 (KJV)
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: ...

Money, in itself, is no more evil than the things you can purchase with it. Food, cars, candy, etc.

But it is the love of money that corrupts. And that wayward love and idolization of money can infect rich and poor alike.

But money does matter. I write books with the hope of making money to pay bills and some day set my husband free to retire from working at WalMart. 

In truth, money is a great motivator. I have to admit that even though I write for the Lord, if I had more money than I knew what to do with, I'm not sure how much I would actually write.

Money, and the need for it, drives most of us to work. We need it. Would be nice if it wasn't so, but the world we live in demands it. Money is the grease that keeps the world and most of us going.

So use your money wisely, recognizing that it is but a tool for the world we live in. 

Have I Got a Collection of Stories for You!

April Fool's Love

When shenanigans and April Fool's Day goes right!
Check out this array of stories and read some clean Romances with a Christian flair. 

Enjoy.

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Freedom!

Remember the Alamo

Freedom doesn't come cheap.

The cost is high in blood, sweat, and tears.

Once wrought, it must be preserved

with the same amount of energy.

At a recent visit to the Alamo

My friend said she felt peace.

I, on the other hand, heard the battle.

Horses and men screaming

Shouts and gunfire

Bullets whining past my ear.

The awful explosion and shock of cannon

The clash of sword; metal on metal.

And then the awful quiet of death.

The only freedom the defenders of the 

Alamo won that day

Came in death's repose. 

Some to glory

Others not.

Remember the Alamo

Remember that freedom doesn't come free

Fight on Land of the Brave

Fight on!

...

But be wise.

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Eph.  6:12

At the End of the Day

Birds flit branch to branch to find their nighttime perch.

Calling and tweeting they call out the alarm,

Hurry, sundown approaches.

The winds die down and the water calms.

Mirror still the pond reflects the failing light.

Hurry, sundown approaches.

Night birds call, beast of the dark ready for the prowl

And the world hunkers down.

to wait.

For the Son

Come, Lord Jesus

Why I Write

     Greta's Story            Maggie's Story            Matt's Story

The Mail Order Brides of Black Horse Mesa is my latest series. I enjoyed writing each one of these novellas. They are perfect for the short read in an afternoon or for reading between errands and appointments.

But why do I write?

I love stories that encourage and entertain and of course end HEA - Happily-ever-after. And the more I write, the more I am amazed by the process.

Sometimes a name or situation pops into my head. Sometimes the story begins with a picture. And then away I go. I love the adventure of discovering the story. Often the conflict sets up as a series of fronts that collide to make the perfect storm. Then it's a matter of letting the characters play out the troubles they find themselves in to come to a satisfying end.

And those characters! More often than not, they surprise me. One day in a meeting with my proofreader while she was going over Maggie's story and I was writing Matt's story, she looked at me and said. "Big John knows something."

I looked over my computer screen at her and said, "He does?"

She stared over her glasses at me. "Yes, you can tell when someone's experienced things."

We started laughing because of course, these are imaginary characters. But when I looked at what I was writing in Matt's Story, I knew exactly what Big John had gone through and it needed to go in the exact spot where I was writing.

I can picture my characters rolling their eyes at their author and how slow she might be at times.

There are many more stories standing in line and waiting for me to write. I hope you enjoy them. Although, I almost hesitate to say they are mine, I'm just the author who is blessed to tell them.

Have a blessed day.
Patricia PacJac Carroll