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Author Update: Josi Kilpack Announces New Book

LDS author Josi Kilpack is releasing a new book this week and granted this exclusive author update to Families.com to tell us more about it. Josi, with the release of this newest book, you’ll have seven books on the shelf. How does that feel? It’s amazing, one of those pinch-yourself moments. Ten years ago I’d written nothing, and had considered writing a novel about as often as I considered becoming an Electrical Engineer. To look back on that now is to be in awe of the path my life has taken and the gifts God gave me that I didn’t … Continue reading →

To Have or To Hold — Josi S. Kilpack

Josi Kilpack has always been a tremendous writer with a faithful following, but when “To Have or to Hold” was released, it marked the beginning of a new era. Readers, and fans, were made overnight with this unexpected love story. When I first picked up the book, I really didn’t know what to expect. The basic storyline is that Andrew Davidson has been left a generous inheritance provided he gets married, and so he finds a girl to marry him for the money. I have read this storyline countless times and wasn’t sure if I was going to enjoy the … Continue reading →

Author Interview — Josi S. Kilpack, part two

Thanks for joining us again for part two of our interview with LDS author Josi S. Kilpack. If you missed part one, click here. Josi, how many books have you written, and what are their titles? Seven books total. Five are women’s novels, “Earning Eternity,” “Surrounded By Strangers,” “Tempest Tossed,” “To Have or To Hold” and “Unsung Lullaby.” I have one young adult novel, “Star Struck,” and a Christmas book, “Rabboni: The Search for Christ.” What do you plan to write in the future? Will we be seeing a lot of you? My passion is LDS contemporary fiction that deals … Continue reading →

Author Interview — Josi S. Kilpack

LDS women’s fiction author Josi S. Kilpack took the world of fiction by storm with her first novel, “Earning Eternity.” With her gritty realism and her determination to show life as it is, and not as a fairy tale, she is a trendsetter in the market and is paving paths that have long needed it. I had the pleasure of interviewing Josi for families.com and would like to share that conversation with you. Josi, you’ve written a lot of “issue-driven” books, meaning books that contain real problems for your characters to work through. Tell me how you came to write … Continue reading →

Unsung Lullaby — Josi Kilpack

Matt and Maddie Shep make a very cute couple. Their names are even cute. But their lives are far from cute – in fact, they are both miserable. Married for four years, they want to have a baby, but nothing has worked. Years ago Maddie had one ovary removed for medical reasons, and she knew it would be hard to have a child, but she never dreamed it would be this hard. The disappointment, the emotional strain, and the pressure to conceive are tearing her marriage apart. It seems that all she and Matt can do is talk about why … Continue reading →

Star Struck — Josi Kilpack

Delilah loves her job, working as a nanny in New York City. Her task is simple and she cares about the family she works for. Jason, her little charge, comes with her willingly as she takes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and all the other New York City sights she’s longed to see. A favorite spot of theirs is the Hans Christian Andersen statue in Central Park, and they go there often. One day while at the park, she is accosted by a young man claiming to be a big movie star. He wants to take her to the … Continue reading →

Weight a Minute! – I’m a Pickle

I’m sure you noticed I haven’t posted anything to this blog for a little while. I haven’t been sick or on vacation – I’ve been fat, and I’ve been too ashamed to blog about it. You see, when writing about weight issues on such a public forum, you’re really opening yourself up to criticism. It doesn’t come – you are all too nice to do that – but the fear of it is still there. What if I blog and tell everyone about the five pounds I lost and put back on? Will they think I’m a failure? It’s hard, … Continue reading →