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| Marianne Evans |
God’s Plan for Marianne Evans, 2015-2016:
1. Pack up your home of 19 years and prepare it for sale (inclusive of
organizing, purging, deep cleaning, and figuring out how to pack things in such
a way that you can actually find them later)
2. Sell your old home, shop for a new one, close on both properties
3. Settle into your new home
5. Write and publish four books, market them, celebrate them and the lives God
touches through them
6. Continue the 9 to 5 job, continue to nourish family and friend
connections
As you can see, it would seem the entire year
of 2015 and the start of 2016 has been governed by big changes for me. Thank
the Lord those changes have been good, but even good changes are draining. Even
good changes shift your life pattern and outlook. Even good changes need to be
coped with. Does that make sense?
It’s taken me a while, but the new house we
occupy is finally starting to feel like home.
Welcome to visuals of my new writing grotto, an
office freshly established in our new domicile!
Having a secluded, exclusive
space dedicated to my life as a writer is something about which I’ve often
dreamed. As you can see, I’ve outfitted it with a comfy space to sit back and
edit, a desk fully equipped with laptop, printer, dual monitor capabilities and
the inspiration of my book covers, artfully framed, to spur me on in my
mission (thank you, dear hubby, for one
of the most thoughtful Christmas presents. Ever.).
But change is tough to embrace. I haven’t quite
reached the point where I’m writing here exclusively yet—though I’m sure that
time will come. What I’ve found during all this “change” is that surviving
means finding your groove, your routine, a new comfort zone, while sands shift
all around. It’s not bad…it’s good…but it’s different. I’m breaking in the new
writing space day-by-day, working to establish a routine I can embrace in a
permanent basis.
What times and tides do you face like this?
Share them, if you’d like. I’m eager to hear your story, and know I’m not alone
in re-finding center!
Blessings, friends!!
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Marianne Evans is an award-winning author of
Christian romance and fiction. Her hope is to spread the faith-affirming
message of God’s love through the stories He prompts her to create. Devotion,
earned the Bookseller’s Best Award as well as the Heart of Excellence Award. Hearts
Communion earned a win for Best Romance from the Christian Small Publisher's
Association. Finding Home won the Selah award for Best Novella. Marianne is a
lifelong resident of Michigan and an active member of Romance Writers of
America, most notably the Greater Detroit Chapter where she served two terms as
President.
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Country
music bad boy Chase Bradington is on the comeback trail. Fresh from rehab for
alcohol addiction, and transformed by the power of Christ, Chase is battling to
rediscover the music he loves and a career he nearly ruined. Then he meets up
and comer, Pyper Brock, and instantly sparks ignite.
Pyper knows
of Chase’s reputation, so despite a rampant attraction to the handsome and
talented icon, she soundly dismisses his romantic overtures. Decades ago, her
father, in a drunken rage, tossed her and her mother onto the streets. No way
will Pyper make the mistake of falling for a man whose done battle with the
bottle.
What happens
when Chase’s quest to win Pyper’s love breaks down chains of resentment and
eases the long buried wounds of her childhood? And what happens when Pypers
father shows up in Nashville, clean, sober and seeking a chance to apologize?
Can Pyper
follow a pathway to peace when it comes to her father? Can she fully trust
Chase? Above all, can a sin damaged past be released in favor of forgiveness?
