by bethwestcott | Jun 26, 2023 | A Heart's Journey, Book recommendation, Christian Romance, friends, Heart's Desire, Her Heart's Longing, The Three Sisters, the writing life
“The best things in life are worth waiting for.” I’ve waited a long time. From concept to publication, the completion of The Three Sisters series, Heart’s Desire, A Heart’s Journey, and Her Heart’s Longing, has taken over twenty years.Why did it take so long? Although...
by bethwestcott | Apr 27, 2023 | A Heart's Journey, book characters, Christian Romance, coming July 2023, friends, Her Heart's Longing, The Three Sisters
“Write what you know,” we’re told. “Write your passion.” As authors of fiction, we sometimes write bits and pieces of ourselves into our characters and their experiences. Friendship was on my mind when I began writing The Three Sisters...
by bethwestcott | Mar 8, 2023 | A Heart's Journey, book characters, character backstory, coming July 2023, friends, Her Heart's Longing, The Three Sisters
OUT from the PAST Creating backstory for characters gives an author a deeper understanding of the characters in a novel and influences the plot’s direction. It’s like meeting someone and becoming friends as you get better acquainted. The Three...
by bethwestcott | Jul 26, 2022 | A Heart's Journey, Floriography, Flowers, Meadow Song, Nature and Creation
“SAY IT WITH FLOWERS” Floriography, the language of flowers, became popular during the Victorian era. Many kinds of messages were sent via flowers. In fact, floriography became so complicated that dictionaries were created to explain the meaning of floral “gifts.”...
by bethwestcott | Jul 11, 2022 | A Heart's Journey, Christian Romance, Family
A Time to Remember One of my fond childhood memories is of our vacations in Rhode Island, where we visited my parents’ families. A family reunion with my father’s very large extended family highlighted most of those vacations. As the youngest of six siblings, I looked...
by bethwestcott | Jul 5, 2022 | A Heart's Journey, Book recommendation, Christian Romance
If there’s a bad boy in A Heart’s Journey, it’s Derek Hall. Good-looking and charming (when he wants to be), he’s a bully, and Haleigh had been one of his victims in high school. The former football star of Greenlawn High School was the drunk driver responsible for...
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