***NOTE THAT THE DAKOTA DUSK, DAKOTA DREAM, AND DAKOTA DAWN COVERS ARE FROM THE THORNDIKE LARGE PRINT EDITIONS.
Title: Dakota by Lauraine Snelling
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated (October 1, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1577483553
ISBN-13: 978-1577483557

I’m reposting some entries from my old blog on diaryland.com. Just disregard the next few posts if you’ve already read them!

Have you ever started reading a book and then discovered that you’ve already read it? Well, that’s what happened to me recently. I had an old Lauraine Snelling Anthology published by Barbour Books. The Anthology is called Dakota, and it’s been on my shelf for years.

Anyway, I started reading the first story, Dakota Dawn, and realized I’d already read it. So I didn’t finish that story. I HARDLY EVER read fiction books more than once. I just don’t do it. Reason being, I have so many books that I want to read and it seems like by to-be-read pile just gets higher and higher and I can’t put a dent in it.

I believe I had read the first story when Barbour released it as a single novel. That’s why I didn’t read it when it was released in the anthology.

I read Dakota Dream and Dakota Dusk and I enjoyed both of these stories. They’re nice historical Christian romance stories that you’ll want to read on a rainy afternoon, curled up by a warm fire. I loved the way she showed how the character, Jude, got saved and changed. Ms. Snelling shows that all of us can accept His grace and change for the better, no matter what kind of wrongs we’ve done in the past.

When I started reading the last story, Dakota Destiny, I realized I’d already read it when Barbour released it as a stand-alone novel.

Now, on to my writers group. I meet once a month in Bowie Maryland with a group of Christian writers. Some of us write articles, some write short stories, and some are working on non-fiction books. I’m the only one in the small group who is doing fiction. I enjoy fellowshiping with these women (we have one male member who comes sometimes). We also have timed writings where we have a topic and we have fifteen minutes to write about it. Sometimes you can think up story ideas when you have a free-writing exercise.

That’s all I have to say for now.

Stay blessed,

Cecelia Dowdy
www.ceceliadowdy.com
www.blackchristianfiction.com