December 27, 2021

Missing Christmas & The Secret Place: Top Ten Read of 2021

Let me just say that missing Christmas due to being sick & in quarantine sort of really sucks, and makes this introvert FAR more appreciative of the privilege of being able to gather with friends & loved ones. But God is so good. I'm blessed and have been praying for patience and for a good attitude. One hour at a time...

And then THIS happened, which totally makes my day.

The Secret Place (April 2021) made Inkwell Inspirations Kim Ann's Top Ten reads of 2021. I'm honored and super blessed that this story is included amongst such stellar works of inspirational fiction. It's a story near my heart (aren't they all though?) Check out these Best of 2021 reads and put them all on your Amazon gift card shopping list. :)

https://www.inkwellinspirations.com/2021/12/kims-top-ten-or-so-kims-favorite-reads.html

"The Secret Place by Camille Eide has one of my favorite female characters ever, and that is saying something because I am super picky about heroines! Her witty inner dialogue was written perfectly and kept the story from being too heavy. And our hero was the perfect romantic lead!" -Kim Ann, Inkwell Inspirations Book Reviews
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ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. . . .

RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME:

I've published five novels and 2 novellas (more about those on my website.) I've been writing all my life, but decided in 2007 to get serious about being published.

I love action movies and Jane Austen. (she’s dead, I know. I found that out when I tried to get her to endorse my novel)

They let me play Bass guitar and sing in a worship band.

I can produce 4 dozen homemade cinnamon rolls in a flash for a crowd of drooling young adults. Or publishing house editors.

I used to have a Harley. Now we have seven grandkiddos. Decent trade, really.

I am a proud Grammy. Don't even think about taking candy from my babies.

I hate shopping (Yes, I'm aware that I'm a girl)

MY ROOTS:
I've lived in Oregon all my life, spent time in Eugene (Go DUCKS!), Springfield, Reedsport, and Smith River. Which is not really a town, but a river, about 70 miles long, a tributary of the Umpqua River in southwest Oregon.

Although it's not a town, it is a community with a strong sense of pioneer history. It's cool to say you've lived there, especially if you lived there during the days when you had to take a boat to school. No joke! The old farmhouse my grandfather and my mother grew up in still stands, nestled into a narrow, pasture carpeted valley, complete with a swimmin' hole and its own 'crick'. It may turn up in one of my novels.

There's a rumor that my ancestors had a connection with the Mafia back in Sicily. I used to fantasize as a kid about a big black limo with tinted windows pulling up and whisking me away from school. Ahhh. So THAT'S why I'm having so much trouble conjugating my dangling participles now.

NOT RANDOM: I am challenged by the truth and amazed by the grace of God. And it's either in spite of or because of that grace that I hold a PhD in Learning Stuff the Hard Way.