Writers and Authors On Fire CAN Author Interviews

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Writers and Authors On Fire Podcast Host, John Vonhoff, discusses writing, writing life, writing lessons, and the best tips to be a successful author with his guests. Listen to episodes below by clicking on the link.   Cheri Cowell is an accomplished author, speaker, and owner of EABooks Publishing. Dr. Michelle Bengtson is the author of Hope Prevails, a book about depression. Sydney Avey writes literary fiction about the human experience. Jane Daley has written two nonfiction books about life’s hard issues. Sherry Kyle is an author of novels for women and books for tween girls. Crystal Bowman is a children’s…

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Tips from the Pros: Mona Hodgson

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Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California! Today I have the honor of interviewing Mona Hodgson, author of almost forty fiction and nonfiction books! Mona also gives back to the writing community. I’m one of many writers who have benefitted from Mona’s teaching and warmth at Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference. This past year Mona also took on the responsibility as director of the conference, and she’s doing an excellent job! Mona, how many books do you have published? Twenty-eight children’s picture books, early readers, and middle-grade nonfiction. Eleven novels and novellas, and a Cripple Creek novella releasing in November.

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The Quilted Heart Omnibus by Mona Hodgson

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The Quilted Heart Omnibus—3 Novellas in one—Dandelions on the Wind, Bending Toward the Sun, and Ripples Along the Shore Like a beautiful patchwork quilt, the three novellas in The Quilted Heart tell stories of lives stitched together with love and God’s unending grace.   Once a week, Elsa Brantenberg hosts the Saint Charles Quilting Circle at her farmhouse on the outskirts of the riverside town of St. Charles, Missouri. The ladies who gather there have all experienced heartache related to the intense hardships of the Civil War, and together, they are facing their painful circumstances with friendship and prayer. Can…

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Mona Hodgson Connects With Readers

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Davalynn Spencer here, from colorful Colorado, excited to visit with Mona Hodgson. I met Mona a few years ago at a Mt. Hermon Christian Writers Conference and have been awed by her maneuverability between children's books and historical fiction. Mona has some great tips for first-book authors. Welcome, Mona. Will you tell us how you became a writer? For as long as I can remember, I was going to be a nurse like my cousin Irene. That's what I told my parents and that's what we all expected. Although I had been more successful in English classes than in other…

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CAN Book Feature – Too Rich for a Bride by Mona Hodgson

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Too Rich for a Bride Book Two in The Sinclair Sisters of Cripple Creek Series. From WaterBrook Press As the business-savvy Sinclair sister, Ida has never wanted to settle down. Instead of love, she craves success. But while searching for one, she just might find the other. Ida Sinclair has joined her sisters, Kat and Nell, in the untamed mining town of Cripple Creek, Colorado for one reason: to work for the infamous but undeniably successful businesswoman, Mollie O’Bryan. Ida’s sisters may be interested in making a match for their determined older sister, but Ida only wants to build her career. Under Mollie’s tutelage, Ida learns how…

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