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Attention! Book Awards for 2025

November 12, 2025January 6, 2026Leave a comment

Special Announcement

Unfortunately, the announcement is that the
Annual Book Awards
won’t be taking place this year, here at Prismatic Prospects.

I confess I’m a little down about that. I’ve held book awards on this blog for the past eleven years. But I haven’t been able to read nearly enough books this time around. So, the few book picks I’ve got will have to wait for the next awards.

The Good News

Since last fall, much of my time has been taken up with my
Malt Shop Milestones series.
The idea for the series took me by surprise. Given how timely and urgent of an idea it was, I prioritized my malt shop books over the other works that are waiting for me to write them. (But they’re not holding any hard feelings over the wait—I promise!)

If you haven’t already—or even if you have—do check out the postwar historical fiction series I’ve been working on this past year. The last book in the series, Book Three, is set to release this holiday season. And we’ll (meaning, “I’ll”) do our best to bring the Annual Book Awards back in 2026!

Young lives. First loves. And a classic American period enlivened by jukeboxes and chocolate malts.
Malt Shop Milestones

Attention! Change for 2025

January 13, 2025February 10, 2025Leave a comment

Greetings, all!
Just wanted to give you a heads-up about a little change this year on this blog,
Prismatic Prospects.

See, I actually have three blogs now, to help more readers find the kinds of books I love to read and recommend. In addition to my posts here about books, films, writing, and more, I share my recommendations of gentle reads at
Gentle Reads Fiction.

Find recommendations of uplifting fiction reads that have very little to no profanity and no explicit sex or graphic violence.

And I’ll now be sharing my recommendations of grittier reads at
Selectively Gritty Fiction.

Find recommendations of fiction reads with intense themes but very little to no profanity and no explicit sex.

Along with that, as an author, I’ve got the next books in the works for three of my series,
Malt Shop Milestones,
Hope Beyond,
and Crowns Legacy.

Young lives. First loves. And a classic American period enlivened by jukeboxes and chocolate malts.

Tales of hope from another time and place

A legacy led by the world’s greatest force: love.

Because of all the books I’m excited to read and write, I’ve changed my blogging schedule of two (occasionally three) Prismatic Prospects posts a week to one post a week. (Well, occasionally two.) Plus an additional post a week at either Gentle Reads Fiction or Selectively Gritty Fiction.

If I have to make any other regular scheduling adjustments, I’ll let you know.

Here’s to a great year of books (and films) ahead, folks!

2024’s Top Ten Posts

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025Leave a comment

Last year was another busy one at Prismatic Prospects! Check out 2024’s Top Ten Posts.

1. When Calls the Heart (Television Show)

2. The Significance of Faces on Fiction Book Covers

3. The Canadian West Series

4. Romance in Christian Fiction: How Much Heat is Too Much?

5. You Can Ask Your Local Library to Buy Books for You

6. Christian Fiction That Doesn’t Mention Christ?

7. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman: Growing Pains

8. Are Some Christian Fiction Books More Spiritual Than Others?

9. Addressing Spiritual Abuse through Fiction

10. Forgiving “Bad Boys” in Romantic Christian Fiction?

2024 Giveaway Winner, Free Reads, and More!

December 9, 2024January 6, 2026Leave a comment

I’d like to thank everyone who stopped by for 2024’s Annual Book Awards season here at Prismatic Prospects. Congrats to the giveaway winner!

Noteworthy Reads 2024
Sabrina won the paperback copy of Crowned with Glory by Jasmine L. Holmes.

Have you picked up copies of these free reads from the Annual Book Awards posts? (The Kindle book covers will vary.) Be sure to double-check the prices before downloading!

This holiday season, her plan for [no] dates is in full swing!
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Now is a great time to pick up a copy of this jolly, “just kisses” friends-to-lovers romance, one of my funnest little books to write:
Celebrating Solo?
It’s available as a standalone and also in a collection of contemporary love stories,
Love by the Breather:
Four Romantic Reads.