Stylin’ with Stella Lake by Ellen Byerrum

Call me Stella. Let me tell you, a day in my life goes by in a blur! What with improving people’s hair at my salon for hours on end. Talk about crimes of fashion! Before I style them, that is. But I’m especially busy now that I’m getting married to the man in my life,...

Dinner With Becky Troyer by Amanda Flower

“Yowl!” Chloe’s Siamese cat, Gigabyte, wove in and around my ankles as I put the last touches on my master piece, a three layered chocolate torte. I found the recipe online. It’s amazing how many recipes that you can find on the Internet. I was amazed what you could...

Words From Giulia by Alice Loweecey

Now that I’ve been a regular person for nearly two years, my outlook on weddings is changing. Weddings never bothered me back when I was a nun. After all, I was already married to Jesus (no, really, that’s the best way to describe it). Someone’s wedding was a break...

Spend The Day With Lila Wilkins by Lucy Arlington

I never imagined that my life could turn out as wonderful as it has. Take my job at A Novel Idea Literary Agency. I am now a full-fledged literary agent (thank goodness I’m no longer an intern), and every morning I get to go to work and read. Who wouldn’t love a job...

Working The Beat With Mitch Malone by W.S. Gager

This crime beat reporter at the Grand River Journal operates on a different schedule than most of the world. I work nights. That’s when all the good crime happens. I usually get up when most people are having lunch. My breakfast is typically a cream-filled long john...

Back Home With Kate Chambers by Judy Alter

According to my career plan, I should be in Dallas, lead paralegal for a young, smart lawyer—did I mention he’s charming and attractive? Well, I never went there because he was happily married. My Gram raised me with standards. But I had my own condo, a Lexus I bought...