How the Light Gets In Deemed “Fresh Pick”!
Hey there, friends! It's Saturday morning here, so I'm popping in a moment before we head to a birthday party with a Slip 'N Slide (don't you just love summer?!). I have two good tidbits of news to share! This week, Fresh Fiction
Peace Like an Ocean
My husband got sun-poisoned at the beach, but I didn’t know it until the next morning when he helped me cart our three girls and various and sundry items back across the blinding white sand. His head throbbed so badly,
The Alliance E-Book Sale!
Howdy, friends, I'm popping in rather quickly today to let you know that the 2017 Christy Award "Visionary" finalist, The Alliance, is now only $1.99 across ALL E-Book platforms! The sequel to The Alliance, The Divide, won the 2018 Inspy Awards
The Divide Wins Award!
This week, I found out that The Divide, sequel to The Alliance, won the 2018 multi-reader nominated, multi-reader judged INSPY Award for Speculative Fiction! The judges explained why they chose it: The Divide by Jolina Petersheim is a post-apocalyptic wonder that concludes
Dancing in the Mine Fields
I sat on the porch step with the phone to my ear and stared out at the yard. I didn’t say anything for a moment, because I wasn’t sure how to respond. For weeks, we’d hoped that stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) could
The Alliance $1.99 E-Book Sale!
Hey, friends! Hope you're having a good week! I'm just popping in to let you know that my award-winning novel, The Alliance, prequel to The Divide, is now only $1.99 across ALL e-book platforms! To celebrate, I am offering an organic tea
Turn Around & They’re Grown
Seven years ago, my husband and I went out to Wisconsin for a wedding. During the rehearsal dinner, we sat across from one of his relatives, who had three children under five. The man’s eyes were bloodshot, and two of
The Divide Launch Party & Giveaway!
Well, we're here, friends! Less than three days until my fourth novel, The Divide, officially hits shelves! This novel--this entire series, actually--has stretched me creatively, emotionally, spiritually, and physically, and yet my main character, Leora Ebersole, experiences that same level
Parenting Ain’t For Sissies
I watched the oven clock while washing dishes; my pregnant belly so big that I had to lean forward to reach the sink. It’d been an entire hour since my two-year-old made it clear that she preferred sitting on the Time
The Divide Cover Reveal!
Hey there, readers! This weekend, I am a hunting widow, meaning that my husband is hunting in Wisconsin while I hold down the fort in Tennessee. Because of this, I have abandoned my to-do list (not to mention the laundry) and