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Recently Published, First Quarter 2025

By Deb Haggerty / September 5, 2025 / Comments Off on Recently Published, First Quarter 2025

Enjoy browsing some new selections! Our authors stay busy writing, and we have new authors joining us each month. To help promote yourself (or your favorite author), share this post on your social media channel. Links on this page are affiliate links. We make a small commission if you use this link to purchase items through Amazon. This does not raise the price of the products you purchase, but we are required to disclose these…

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Book Writing Coach, Do I Need One?

By Deb Haggerty / July 14, 2025 / Comments Off on Book Writing Coach, Do I Need One?

Do I Need A Book Writing Coach? Have you ever felt stuck with your writing project? Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, sometimes we need a little help to free us from what I call ‘hitting the wall.’ How can a writing coach help? Here are some possible scenarios: You’ve written a previous manuscript or manuscripts, but this one has you stuck. You’ve finished a draft but are not satisfied with the result. You’ve wanted…

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Deb’s Desk May Updates

By Deb Haggerty / May 29, 2025 / Comments Off on Deb’s Desk May Updates

Thinking About Self-Publishing? Are you thinking about self-publishing your next book? Do you have visions of your book on a prominent shelf in a large book retailer? Think again. Your book may be listed on Amazon, but retailers dislike self-published books. They have restocking problems and problems with the quality of the finished product (typos, editing, etc.) The bookstore market is a closed system that only deals with distributors and traditional book publishers. It’s why…

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From Deb’s Desk

By Deb Haggerty / April 29, 2025 / Comments Off on From Deb’s Desk

What’s the deal with word counts? Have you ever pondered whether your work-in-progress is stretching too long or coming up short? Occasionally, we receive a submission that we must turn away because the manuscript doesn’t fit the expected length for its genre, being either excessively lengthy or disappointingly brief. Steve Laube recently shared a detailed set of word count guidelines on his blog. Keep in mind that this list is NOT set in stone, but…

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Spring News!

By Deb Haggerty / March 3, 2025 / Comments Off on Spring News!

– Recent Awards – Steve Rogers’ book, A Year In The Room won FIRST PLACE in the Southern Christian Writers Conference Notable Book Awards. Good job, Steve! Karin Beery’s book, Finally Forever won Bronze for romance novels in the Feathered Quill Awards. Jonna Levan, God Meant You To Be You, won 1st place in 2 categories for the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards. Do you LOVE your WIP? If you’re like most writers, there comes a point in your book when you hate your plot,…

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Latest Releases for You!

By Deb Haggerty / February 27, 2024 / Comments Off on Latest Releases for You!

New Year, New Books!   Legend of the Lake by Sheri Schofield Can love overcome death? Abuse? A long-hidden secret? Lily Mains, pregnant and distraught over the death of her fiancé, Konnor, goes home. She faces a mother intent on marrying Lily off to a socially acceptable man Lily knows is abusive and pushing her to abort her baby. Lily’s dad intervenes and sends Lily off to live with an old friend in his old…

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New Year, New Books!

By Deb Haggerty / January 20, 2024 / Comments Off on New Year, New Books!

New Year, New Books! Sisters Ever After by Erin S. Quint Can God work in the hearts of two single parents so their daughters can be Sisters Ever After? Gianna Harper is living on borrowed time. Newly widowed, she’s struggling to hold things together at home and keep her business afloat while dealing with her late husband’s effects. But something’s not right, and now, Gianna is convinced he was involved in something a lot more sinister…

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Merry Books Make Merry Gifts!

By Deb Haggerty / December 3, 2023 / Comments Off on Merry Books Make Merry Gifts!

Merry Books Make Merry Gifts! See below Elk Lake’s collection of Christmas-themed books (with links for purchase) that make great gifts for your loved ones this holiday. And by shopping “small,” you help a small business grow this season! Picture Books:   Whose Manager is This?, Lisa Robbins & Tatiana Kochan             Angelina, the Traveling Angel         A Holy Night in Bethlehem, Lehr (PB)      …

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What’s NEW for Summer!

By Deb Haggerty / June 18, 2023 / Comments Off on What’s NEW for Summer!

It’s Summertime! Find your Summer Reads here! New in KidLit! Wrigley at the White House (PB) Written by Karma Bodman, Illustrated by Susan Spellman Mom’s Choice Gold Award Winner! A Puppy in the White House? Four-year old twins, living in The White House, get a puppy for their birthday. The pup creates havoc running around the famous building while also solving a problem for their dad, the President. Children will laugh at the antics of…

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HELLO SPRING!

By Kristen Terrette / April 16, 2023 / Comments Off on HELLO SPRING!

New in Fiction Green Flash (F) Written by Martha VanCise When Marc Simms, maverick pilot, joins a mission team as a cover for a diamond heist in an Afro-Caribbean country, he believes avoiding profanity will be his greatest challenge. Traveling with people, however, who excel in compassion but lack in worldly or multicultural wisdom puts him in chaotic situations he could have avoided if traveling alone.During the nine-day trip, the charismatic widower intentionally charms each…

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