Wintersβ Day In
Spilling the tea since 2006. Wanna cuppa?
Conversations on life, faith, stories, and creativity from author and songwriter (and aspiring mermaid) Talena Winters.
When God Gives Back a Lost Dream
Sometimes God gives back a dream you thought was gone foreverβand then asks you to do something terrifying with it. A spring update on new books, new music, and stepping back onto a stage after nearly ten years.
New Covers, New Audio, New FormatsβOh My!
Two new cover reveals, a brand new audiobook for Up in Smoke, and updated print formats for The Friday Night Date Dress and Finding Heaven.
The Friday Night Date Dress gets a new audiobook
This week, I released a brand new audiobook for The Friday Night Date Dress that is a vast improvement over the old one. Listen to a sample and download yours here! Free for newsletter subscribers.
Fall in Love this Fall: 3 Faith-Infused Romantic Novels from Clean and Sweet to Gritty and Redemptive
Embrace the cozy charm of autumn with three faith-infused romantic reads! From sweet small-town love stories to gritty, redemptive journeys, find your perfect fall escape amidst stories of love, healing, and community.
Call Me Jane Jetson
I talk about how Iβve used AI tools as part of my creative process, including the creation of the digital audiobook of the sweet small-town romance Every Star that Shines, which was published today!
Couples to βshipβ for Valentines Day
A fun introduction to the couples in my books, plus a print book clearance sale just in time for Valentineβs Day!
Playing with Audio Robots
My experiment with auto-narration for The Friday Night Date Dress turned out even better than I expected.
Some weeks, we crawl instead of walk
I felt slower than usual this week, but still ended up with some cool things for my readers and knitting customers. And I got to be social, too.
Whatβs Supernatural and Read All Over?
A very cool multi-author book promo for speculative fiction lovers, plus a brief writing update.
Covering Books and Life in General
New book covers, wider distribution for my titles, plus my very eventful/uneventful start to the year.
Just Roll With It: Updates on All the Things
The full story of my tour through the ditch, plus a few other quick updates on the state of things around here.
7 Things I'm Grateful For
Wow, so much has happened last week/will be happening this week that I'm going to be posting a couple times this week. For today, because it's Monday, because it's been a while, and because I'm much better at posting these moments on Instagram and Facebook than keeping my blog updated, here's a 7 Things summary of what's been going on.
Sticks and Stones, Love
What happened when my book was captured by pirates. Turns out, it's a lot more fun when it's in fiction than when it happens to your fiction...
Want a Friday Night Date with a sweet new book?
One cold winter's night in 2013, I was sewing myself a summer dress (because that is completely logical, right?), and for the first time ever, I used the couture technique of setting my zipper in by hand.
And as I sat and hand-stitched my zipper, I wondered what might inspire someone to self-teach themselves to be a top-level designer.
How long would that take? And why would they do it?
Thus, the spark of an idea for The Friday Night Date Dress was born.