Welcome to the Story Sparks Multi-author Blog Tour. Between May 21-26, 2018 readers get a chance to enter and win ebooks from six different authors. Linda Shenton Matchett is today’s featured author. A lucky winner will get a copy Love’s Harvest. Today, Linda will be talking about History, Mystery, and Faith. Read on to discover what sparks Linda’s creativity and to enter the rafflecopter to win her heartwarming retelling of the biblical book of Ruth. ***** I’ve been making up stories since I was little. In fact, I recently found my notebooks from back then and had quite a laugh reading my childish scrawl and teenaged angst. Even then, my fertile imagination was apparent. During interviews and speaking engagements I’m often asked where I get my ideas. The short answer is: I find them everywhere. But that’s not very informative, so I’ll let you in on my secret. I’m constantly on the lookout for “what-if” kernels-sparks, if you will. For example, if I’m in a public locatio

Welcome to the Story Sparks multi-Author Blog Tour.   Between  May 21-26, 2018,  readers get a chance to enter and win ebooks from six different authors. T It's my day today. :)   A lucky winner will win a copy of my 2018 Christian Indie Award winner, Solve byChristmas , PLUS I have a cover reveal to share. Read on to discover what sparks my creativity and to enter the rafflecopter to win her inspirational mystery with a Sherlock flare. “Too many books, not enough time” is a two-fold saying for me. On one hand, there are so many good books to read, and on the other hand, there are so many ideas to write. For me, ideas come from everywhere. They can come from passing a mailbox, walking by an abandoned building, overhearing a conversation in the grocery store, day dreaming, reading the Scripture, or from history reading. Other times the idea is just dropped into my mind like a Valentine from God. Usually though, the best ideas come from a combination of th

Today we continue the Story Sparks multi-author blog tour with guest Catherine Castle. Between May 21-26, 2018 readers get a chance to enter and win ebooks from six different authors.  Catherine’s winner may choose an ebook from any of her three books listed above on her book spine. Today Catherine will talk about the story sparks that started each of these books rolling. Read on to discover what inspires Catherine’s creativity and to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway . ***** Hi, everyone! I began my writing journey as a stringer for a local weekly newspaper. The hardest thing about that job was finding ideas to write about. I was in Writer Heaven when the editor called with a story idea. It was like getting a bright, shiny gift topped with a beautiful ribbon. The problem was those editorial gifts didn’t come in as fast as I wanted them to when I first started writing. So, I had to figure out where to find more ideas to write about. And of course, the burning question