Novel Rocket: Ground Control

Ground Control


Gina Holmes is the President and founder of Novel Rocket and the bestselling and award-winning author of Crossing Oceans and Dry as Rain. In 1998, Gina began her career penning articles and short stories. In 2005 she founded the influential literary blog, Novel Journey. She holds degrees in science and nursing and currently resides with her husband and children in southern Virginia. To learn more about her, visit www.ginaholmes.com.

Contact Gina HERE.

From the bestselling author of Crossing Oceans comes a powerfully moving story that tests the limits of love’s forgiveness. Like many marriages, Eric and Kyra Yoshida’s has fallen apart slowly, one lost dream and misunderstanding at a time, until the ultimate betrayal finally pushes them beyond reconciliation. Just when it looks like forgive and forget is no longer an option, a car accident gives Eric the second chance of a lifetime. A concussion causes his wife to forget details of her life, including the chasm between them. No one knows when—or if—Kyra’s memory will return, but Eric seizes the opportunity to win back the woman he’s never stopped loving.



Ane Mulligan is VP of Novel Rocket and Social Media Specialist. She writes Southern-fried fiction served with a tall, sweet iced tea. While a  large, floppy straw hat is her favorite, she's worn many different ones: hairdresser,    legislative affairs director (that's a fancy name for a lobbyist), business manager, drama  director and writer. Her lifetime experience provides a plethora of fodder for  her Southern-fried fiction (try saying that three times fast).

She's a senior editor on Novel Rocket as well as a humor columnist for ACFW's e-zine  Afictionado and a featured blogger on Suwanee Patch. She's published dozens of plays  and numerous articles and won several awards in contests for unpublished novels,    including a three-time Genesis finalist. A past Board member of ACFW, she's mom, a grandmom, and resides in Suwanee, GA, with her husband and one very large dog.

Contact Ane HERE.



Yvonne Anderson writes from rural Ohio, where she lives with her husband of 35 years and counting. She works part time as a Virtual Assistant but spends most of her time on the planet Gannah researching her books. Hear more from her at www.YsWords.com.
She’s working on the space fantasy series, Gateway to Gannah. Book #1, The Story in the Stars, debuts June 30, 2011.





Gannah’s inhabitants set out to conquer the galaxy centuries before, but now a plague is wiping out the inhabitants. By the time a League of Planets medical vessel arrives, only one survivor remains—a young woman named Dassa. The doctor assigned to her case hates everything Gannahan and wishes every last one of the people had died, but he’s duty-bound to save her. After he brings her back from the brink, she shares with him the story God put in the stars, and he has to decide what to do with it.

Contact Yvonne HERE.



Ronie Kendig grew up an Army brat, married a veteran. Together, she and her husband have four children, a Golden Retriever, and a Maltese Menace. She has a BS in Psychology, speaks to various groups, volunteers with the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), and mentors new writers. Rapid-Fire Fiction, her brand, is exemplified through her novels Dead Reckoning, a spy thriller, and the military thriller series, The Discarded Heroes, which includes Nightshade (Retailer’s Choice Award Finalist), Digitalis, Wolfsbane, and Firethorn (January 2012).Ronie can be found at www.roniekendig.com, Facebook, and Twitter!

Contact Ronie HERE.

WOLFSBANE, Discarded Heroes #3 “If you only know one thing, know this—whatever happens down there, I’m not coming back without you.” With those words, former Green Beret Canyon Metcalfe convinces Danielle Roark to trust him and his black-ops group, Nightshade. But the mission goes bad from the start. Whe

n attraction becomes a distraction and Canyon’s mind is addled by painkillers, he can only blame himself for what happens next.









Marcia Lee Laycock's writing began in the attic of her parents’ home where she wrote stories for her dolls. They didn’t complain so she kept it up. God has blessed her with publication in magazines, newspapers, on radio and the web. Her work has garnered praise from notable writers Mark Buchanan, Sigmund Brouwer and Phil Callaway. Her first devotional book, The Spur of the Moment won an Award of Merit at Write Canada and her novel, One Smooth Stone, won the Best New Canadian Christian Author Award in 2007.





Marcia writes a popular weekly devotional column, The Spur, that goes out by email. Her devotionals have been published by The Upper Room and The Quiet Hour, among others, as well as in anthologies compiled by Multnomah and Thomas Nelson. Marcia is currently the Sunday devotional columnist for NovelRocket.com and is a contributor to Hot Apple Cider and A Second Cup of Hot Apple Cider. Marcia’s second novel, A Tumbled Stone will be released this fall. Contact Marcia HERE.

Abundant Rain - Inspirational Words for Writers of Faith is a collection of devotionals originally published on Novel Journey.com (now Novel Rocket).These short pieces will encourage you to draw from the Source of all wisdom, Jesus Christ. They will lead you to perspectives that help you focus on what it means to be a writer who follows Jesus as you balance writing with work, family and faith.


Chip MacGregor is President of MacGregor Literary Inc., a literary agency that works in both the CBA and general markets. He blogs monthly on Novel Rocket.

Contact Chip HERE.











Anita Mellott’s fascination with words began in India where she perched in a mango tree and devoured books. Since then, she’s earned post-graduate degrees in Communications and Journalism, worked as a writer/editor with Habitat for Humanity International, and headed the Journalism department of her alma mater in India.These days find her homeschooling, blogging at From the Mango Tree, and enjoying mangos during summer.




Her debut, School Is Wherethe Home Is: 180 Devotions for Parents is a unique blend of biblical and practical inspiration for each home school day.
Contact Anita Mellott HERE.


Michael Ehret has written for newspapers and other print and online outlets. He edited several nonfiction books, was the senior editor for a faith-based financial services and insurance organization, and is the ezine editor for American Christian Fiction Writers.

Contact Michael HERE.







MIKE DURAN is a novelist, blogger, and freelance writer whose short stories, essays, and commentary have appeared in Relief Journal, Relevant Online, Novel Journey, Rue Morgue magazine, and other print and digital outlets. His debut novel, a supernatural thriller entitled “The Resurrection,” is about an unlikely woman who raises a boy from the dead and rouses something beyond her control. Mike is an ordained minister and lives with his wife and four grown children in Southern California.

You can learn more about him, his writing projects, creative interests, and confessions at his website (www.mikeduran.com).

Contact Mike: HERE


Mary DeMuth is the author of 12 books, 6 of which are novels. She loves to help her readers live uncaged, to be fully alive, fully free. She’s passionate about mentoring writers toward publication at The Writing Spa (link: http://www.thewritingspa.com), and has written a $2.99 ebook entitled The 11 Secrets of Getting Published (link: http://www.marydemuth.com/store/the-11-secrets-of-getting-published-2-99-ebook/). She’s happily married and lives with her three teenagers in Texas. Find out more at http://www.marydemuth.com.


Contact Mary HERE. 




Kelly Klepfer is Sr. Editor of Novel Rocket and own and runs their sister blog, Novel Reviews. She’s a top reviewer at Amazon and blogs about random things at her own site, Scrambled Dregs. She's currently co-authoring a mystery novel.

Kelly lives in the heartland and has been married long enough she doesn’t want to give a year count because she’s approaching one of those milestone birthdays. Her kids are grown and she patiently waits for grandchildren. Her day job is in the medical field and her interests are varied. Daily quirk is as important to her as the vitamins and fish oil supplements she takes. Contact Kelly HERE. 



Michelle Griep writes historical romance, with 2 titles published to date. She teaches history and writing classes for a local high school co-op, and is a member of ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) and MCWG (Minnesota Christian Writers Guild). At the end of the day, she comes home to 4 kids, 1 husband, and a slightly psychotic boxer named Tyson.Contact Michelle HERE




A romantic at heart, Patty Smith Hall is an award winning, multi-published author. Her stories of encouragement and hope can be found in Guideposts, Journey and Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul. Her Genesis award winning manuscript, Hearts in Flight, will be released by Love Inspired Historical in July, 2011. Patty resides in Georgia along with Dan, her husband of 28 years.

Hearts in Flight blurb:


Serving her country as one of the Women's Army Special Pilots is Maggie Daniels's dearest wish. But there are obstacles to overcome above and beyond the enemies in the Pacific, including her overprotective family, skeptical fellow pilots—and handsome, distant squadron leader Wesley Hicks. Whatever it takes, Maggie will prove herself to Wesley, until she succeeds in winning his admiration…and love. Wesley can see that Maggie's a first-class pilot. She's also too fearless by half. The war has cost Wesley so much already. Can he let go of his guilt for a chance at happiness—and can he learn to trust in God…and Maggie…enough to believe in love for a lifetime?

Contact Patty HERE



Bonnie S. Calhoun is Novel Rocket's web specialist and the Publisher of Christian Fiction Online Magazine (CFOM), Director of Christian Fiction Blog Alliance (CFBA), the Northeast Zone Director for American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), and Vice President for Christian Authors Network (CAN). In addition to being a conference speaker on writing, website design, and social media marketing, she is also a debut author for Abingdon Press. Her first novel, entitled Cooking The Books (A Sloane Templeton Novel) will be published February of 2012.







Nora St.Laurent Nora St. Laurent is the CEO of The Book Club Network Incorporated and runs two book clubs near Atlanta, Ga., Former ACFW On-Line Book Club. Nora currently writes a Book Club column for the Christian Fiction OnLine Magazine and is a Book Club Talk Columnist for Novel Rocket. She writes reviews and interviews authors on her blog Finding Hope Through Fiction, Novel Reviews, Title Trakk, Suspense Zone and The Christian Pulse. 






James L. Rubart is the best-selling author of ROOMS, BOOK OF DAYS, and THE CHAIR. During the day he runs Barefoot Marketing which helps businesses and authors make more coin of the realm. In his free time he dirt bikes, hikes, golfs, takes photos, and occasionally does sleight of hand. No, he doesn’t sleep much. He lives with his amazing wife and teenage sons in the Pacific Northwest and still thinks he’s young enough to water ski like a madman. More at www.jimrubart.com









Gina Conroy a.k.a. "the other Gina" is president and founder of Writer...Interrupted where she mentors busy writers. Knowing how difficult it is to raise a family as well as a career, she chronicles her triumphs and trials on Defying Gravity, hoping to encourage those on a similar path. She is represented byChip MacGregor of MacGregor Literary, and her first novella, Buried Deception, in the Cherry Blossom Capers Collection, releases from Barbour Publishing in January 2012. Gina loves to connect with readers on Facebook and Twitter.








Sally Apokedak loves sappy movies that make her cry, and books that take her to dangerous places full of criminals and spiders and man-eating turtles. She hopes to make readers cry with her own books one day, and her books do have criminals, but she is happy to report that they are completely free of spiders and man-eating turtles. You can find Sally blogging about young adult novels at sally-apokedak.com.








For more than a decade, Sandra D. Bricker lived in Los Angeles. While honing her chosen craft of screenwriting in every spare moment, she worked as a personal assistant and publicist to some of daytime television's hottest stars. When her mom became ill in Florida, Sandie left L.A. and screenwriting behind. With 15 books now in print and 5 more slated for publication through 2013, Sandie has carved out a niche for herself as a best-selling and award-winning author of laugh-out-loud romantic comedy for the inspirational market.