The Storyteller | Mary Vee

This weekend I am off to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Internet reception usually isn't great in remote areas, so I asked my friend, Karen Witemeyer who is also an author to stop by and share a thought we could talk about. The topic that came to her mind involved road blocks. Hah, yeah. Well, with the construction I'm driving through to get those lovely Blue Ridge Mountains, I know about road blocks. Sheesh, I hope I make it to the meetings on time. Anyway, Karen wanted to share how road blocks can actually be a good thing. Yeah. I know. Doesn't seem possible, right? Take a moment and check out what happened to my author friend, Karen Witemeyer:  Those Annoying Roadblocks I was no fool. I expected the road to publication to be arduous. So I prepared. I put my craft muscles through years of intensive training and stretched myself in critique groups and contests. Then I took my first completed novel to a writer's conference.  I arrived...

I recently finished reading a fabulous new release, Stealing the Preacher by Karen Wittemeyer. I had no idea this was an old west type of story, and had I not promised to do a review, I might not have picked up the book. What a HUGE mistake that would have been.  I LOVED THIS STORY! Right from the beginning action leads the way and it doesn't stop unit the last word.  Crockett Archer knows the Lord called him to be a preacher. He gathers a few things and boards the train to the new church requesting his presence at an interview. Along the way bandits h0ld up the train refusing to take any money or jewelry. So what do they want? The new parson on the train. Hog tied and forced to ride to the hideout, Crockett watches time tick by with the movement of the sun, knowing he'd be late for his interview. Joanna Robbins asks her daddy to bring a preacher, but she had no idea he would don his old bandit clothes to deliver her birthday present. He orders his gang ...

Today I welcome an authoress who has had many books published in a short time. She is friendly, loves to laugh, and is  a sweet friend:  Karen Witemeyer .   Enter to win an autographed copy of Karen Witemeyer's book  Short-Straw Bride   see below I met Karen at the 2012 ACFW conference. The smile in her photo is not "just a moment for the photographer." She not only smiles a lot but laughs a lot, too. What a fun person to be around! I knew right away she would be a great friend. I asked Karen to share how God led her on her writing journey. This is what she said: Persevering Through Roadblocks As I began my publication journey, I expected the road to be arduous. So I prepared. I put my craft muscles through years of intensive training and stretched myself in critique groups and contests. Then in 2007, I took my first completed novel to the ACFW conference. I arrived a day ea...