Happy Tuesday from ICY Nashville, Tennessee!

I don’t know what the weather is like in your corner of the world but Nashville is slip slidin’ away! Give me snow any day over treacherous black ice. Our lovely city is pretty much closed down at present, but the hope of warmer temps springs eternal. As does the hope for Spring itself!

Just as I love the changing of seasons in nature, I’m finding that I’m really enjoying a (temporary) change of genres in writing.

Which leads me to my FUN NEWS…

I’m busy writing my first contemporary novel for Focus on the Family! I’m one of three writers who are contributing to this new fiction line at Focus. The other two authors are so gifted and popular and downright wonderful, and I’m just honored beyond words to be part of the team.

The novels we’re each writing address some of the current and most crucial issues facing our culture today, and will all release (Lord willing) next year (2021). But you know me, my contemporary story definitely has a historical thread to it. #KeepRealHistoryAlive

As soon as I’m finished writing this story, I’ll happily jump back to the historical genre and finish the last novel in the Carnton series, which is Nora’s story. A seven-year-old Nora is pictured here on the cover of Colors of Truth.

And speaking of Colors of Truth, may I take a minute to say THANK YOU?

I’ve been blown away by how warmly Colors of Truth has been received by readers. Especially after the book was twice delayed then finally cancelled by my publisher.

Colors of Truth is my first indie, and I’ll publish the final Carnton novel—which is Nora all grown up—the very same way later this fall.

Now for the GIVEAWAY…

If you haven’t seen The Chosen, the first multi-season television show about the life of Christ, stop right now—I’m serious—and watch this clip…

Oh. So. Good. So encouraging, convicting, life-changing.

If you’ve already seen the first season of The Chosen, then this GIVEAWAY will likely mean even more to you.

It’s for a copy The Chosen: I Have Called You By Name, the just-released novelization by Jerry B. Jenkins, the dad of The Chosen’s creator Dallas Jenkins. (It’s a shame the Jenkins family isn’t more talented, right?)

HOW TO WIN this copy of The Chosen: I Have Called You By Name?

Leave a comment on this blog TODAY by 9PM Central and tell me if you’ve seen The Chosen or not. If you have, please share what the show has meant to you. Your comment could well encourage someone else who hasn’t watched it yet…to watch. Which could well change someone’s eternity.

Only comments left by 9PM Central today will be included in the proverbial hat. I’ll post the name of the winner TONIGHT at 9:15PM Central. So be sure to check back.

Thanks, friends, for the community we share here at IBL&F. I look forward to hearing from you!

Tammy

CONGRATULATIONS TO LUCY REYNOLDS!

Congrats, Lucy! You’re the winner of The Chosen: I Have Called You By Name. Pls send me your snail mail address HERE and I’ll get your book in the mail!

THANKS EVERYONE for commenting and sharing today!