Donna L.H. Smith Let’s Chat!
Welcome, everyone
Donna L.H. Smith, a dear author friend, is taking the blog reins today. You’ll not find a kinder person anywhere. I know you’ll be glad to get to know her. She’s giving away a digital copy of Rose’s Redemption to someone who joins the chat.
Donna L.H. Smith
Have you ever wanted to change your life? (Chuckle) Everyone wants to change something about their life from time to time. We want to lose weight, eat healthier, exercise, and make sure our spiritual life is on track by spending time with God.
Hello there. Donna L.H. Smith here, and I appreciate Linda giving me this opportunity to guest blog. Linda and I are former students of DiAnn Mills, through the Christian Writers’ Guild Craftsman program.
Donna L.H. Smith: My Life
I was born and raised in Kansas — and yes — my mother’s name was Dorothy! But she did not have a dog named Toto! Her dog was Tiger. I have two college degrees in mass communications, but I consider myself a lifelong student. Currently, I’m studying Christian healing through Global Awakening, concentrating on inner healing to help people mend from life’s hurts. My goal is to host inner healing retreats beginning next year.
Donna L.H. Smith: Meghan’s Choice
My debut novel was Meghan’s Choice, available from Amazon. It made the semi-finals of the Operation 1stNovel that Linda’s first book won! (smile). It’s the first novel in the Known by Heart Series.
Donna L.H. Smith: Rose’s Redemption
Book number two is Rose’s Redemption. Here’s the back-cover blurb:
A Former Dance Hall Girl. A Handsome Young Doctor. Can Rose overcome her past? That’s Rose’s Redemption.
Rose Rhodes changed not only her name after the tornado; she
changed her outward appearance. No more was she Rosalie O’Roarke, former dance hall girl. She loves her new work as a nurse-in-training to handsome Doctor Scott Allison.
As Scott and Rose’s relationship begins to change from professional to personal, they must deal with figures from Rose’s past who make life anything but easy. Rose is concerned that the town will discover her dance hall girl past, especially when Jake Thomas, the man who viciously beat her, asks all over town where Rosalie O’Roarke went. But both Rose and Scott are in for surprise encounters with Christ that will change their lives forever and help them see His plan for them. In fact, they will see God at work all over New Boston.
Pre-published, Rose’s Redemption won second place in the 2017 Golden Leaf Award at the Advanced Novelist Retreat and was a finalist in the American Christian Fiction Writers’ Phoenix Rattler Contest. Published in connection with Hartline Literary Agency, serving the Christian book community.
You can purchase Rose’s Redemption from Amazon. Links for both books are below.
Links:
Meghan’s Choice Kindle: https://amzn.to/2SHR0QW
Meghan’s Choice Paperback: https://amzn.to/2yKDymw
Rose’s Redemption: https://amzn.to/2JX1hX0
Social Media:
WEBSITE: http://donnalhsmith.com
FACEBOOK: Donna L.H. Smith––Stories Are My Passion
TWITTER: @donnalhsmith
INSTAGRAM: Donna L.H. Smith
PINTEREST: Donna L.H. Smith. Boards: The World of Meghan’s Choice & The World of Rose’s Redemption
Amazon Author Page/Goodreads/Book Bub: Donna L.H. Smith
One more thing y’all probably didn’t know about Rose’s Redemption: she got 3rd place in Western Fiction at this year’s BRMCWC Selah Awards! We’re happy about that!
Blessings, Donna
Aw Clarice & Linda – you guys are so sweet! Well, you know, there are “online” critique groups. I have a partner, another Craftsman that DiAnn put together with me … but you two, even though your styles are different …
Anyway, good to see you Clarice! Blessings!
So pleased to see your success, Donna. Wish you, Linda, and I lived closer to one another. What a critique group we could have!
How I wish that too, Clarice!
So nice to read about you and your successful books. Christian literature is always so uplifting to read. Change is good although the road is sometimes tough to follow. Through God all things are possible. I look forward to reading your books.
Hi, Jane. Great to see you. I’m glad you’ve gotten to know a bit about Donna. She is such a dear! And so are you.
Hi Jane.
Thank you! I may not be a bestselling author, but the awards actually mean more! Book #3 is at the publishers and should come out later this year!
Nice to learn more about Donna here on your blog, Linda. I recently read Meghan’s Choice, thus I’m happy to see there will be a continuation of Rose’s life in Rose’s Redemption. Thank you God can set free and change each of us with inner healing. Donna, blessings as you pursue your training to be able to host retreats for inner healing. Linda, blessings to you as you continue to write and host this blog.
Hi, Marilyn. Thank you for your support of this blog and for your encouraging comments. You’re a blessing.
Hi Marilyn,
Thank you! I’m so glad you read Meghan’s Choice. Would you consider leaving a review on Amazon? And yes, Rose’s Redemption takes Rose places that are uncomfortable. There’s a bit of my history in there, too. I say so. And, I’m going to enter seminary next year for more training etc. for inner healing retreats. God is so good!
Blessings! Donna
Alicia,
I was so shy growing up that my Aunt Juanita didn’t know I could talk until I was five, because I would hide behind my mother’s skirts.
In school, I was harshly teased because of being sensitive, something I now understand was due to a root of rejection I’d had since before birth.
But God is very good, and He has healed and delivered me, so I just want to help others in that way!
Thank you for commenting!
Hi Donna, so nice to meet you on this blog, I enjoyed reading your interview, and yes, there are some things that I would like to change, so all I have to do is start with the steps to changing that. I know one thing I cannot change is I wish I would have been more outspoken when I was young and in school, I mostly kept to myself, but I guess that’s how I was meant to be, lots of other things can be changed , so all I have to do now is concentrate on those things. I know I tell my grandchildren and i have told my kiddos to not be too shy to speak their minds, I have told them that I wish I hadn’t been a shy person. Your books sound like very good reads and the covers are Beautiful. That is so very nice of you and your studying of Christian Healing, as there are too, too many hurting and in the need of healing. God Bless you my friend.
It’s wonderful to see you in the circle, Alicia. God bless.