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What is a character's greatest need?

What Is Your Character’s Greatest Need?

A character’s greatest need is vital to a page-turning story. Three essentials are common to every compelling story. An interesting character the audience cares about The character’s great need An insurmountable obstacle between the character and the…

Girl in winter coat and hat talking to her horse

There’s a Baby in the Barn

The story, There’s a Baby in the Barn, began with a pregnant mare who came to live at our home. Pieces of my life often find their way into stories or become the inspiration for writing.  Participating each year in the annual church Christmas pageant gave me the…

Book cover for Homeless for the Holidays featuring a lovely home in winter snow

Behind the Scenes with Homeless for the Holidays

It’s Christmas and Jack Baker’s finances, friends, and future are as gone as last year’s holiday. Jack Baker had it all—family, career, and a generous bonus to spend on the annual Baker Christmas extravaganza. Now the Bakers are homeless. Homeless for the Holidays is…

Hope and Healing for Single Moms

Is There Hope and Healing for Single Moms?

What do single moms need most? From my personal experience as the solo mom of seven, hope and healing for single moms is a common desire. In answer to this need, the popular and ever-expanding YouVersion Bible app features a faith-based devotional for single moms…

Authors Katie Leigh and PeggySue Wells at Realm Makers conference

This Author’s Reading Life

How is your reading life? What stories remain in your memory long after you closed the pages? When I’m too old to drive, pack my lunch each morning and drop me for the day at the library. Any library. Or bookstore. For longer periods, leave me at the Library of…

Did You Lose Your Faith In The Break-Up

Did You Lose Your Faith In The Break-Up

Your faith, did you lose it? When your happily ever after didn’t turn out as you imagined, when 2020 turned the world upside down, people want to know who they can count on. Is there a God and does he see me? Can I trust him? Is he worthy of my faith? These are…

Meet PeggySue Wells

When I’m not writing, I parasail, scuba dive, skydive, snorkel, and haven taken (but not passed) pilot training. My greatest adventure has been being called Mama by seven awesome children and Mimi! by my Grammy awards.

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“Opposite words and conflicting desires clash in this action-packed, page-turning suspense.” – Richard Paul Evans, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of 45 books including The Christmas Box.