Allie Pleiter

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The Character Most Likely – Allie Pleiter
December 16, 2022
Most Likely to take a chance? Definitely Seb Costa, the camp chef, and our hero. He’s a risky  Read More...

Allie Pleiter | Real Life Passions in Fictional Books
June 12, 2013
Having been part of the prayer shawl ministry movement for years, I knew it was only a matter of time before it would work its  Read More...

Allie Pleiter | The Reluctant Hero
April 25, 2012
We love a reluctant hero.  We're quick to praise a man who won't praise himself, who is blind to the attributes that others  Read More...

Allie Pleiter | Something about a Fireman
January 24, 2012
"I'm so glad you're writing a fireman story." "Oh, goodie...I love fireman books." "I've been waiting for you to do a  Read More...

Allie Pleiter | What’s in your wall?
March 28, 2011
You know that commercial that ends with the question “What’s in your wallet?”  Mack Tanner, the hero in my newest release   Read More...

Allie Pleiter | Epic Disaster
August 13, 2010
Things get blown out of proportion in our culture. It’s like when my kids howl "I’m starving!" and I look at  Read More...

Allie Pleiter | A Little Bit of Real Life...
February 24, 2010
Sometimes our imaginations cook up the perfect story from scratch. Other times, life hands us the spark of the story and our imaginations use it  Read More...

Allie Pleiter | Balancing The Quirks And The Oddities
September 28, 2009
How do you give an old story a new twist? Holiday romances are time-honored favorites. Everyone likes to see the guy finally get the  Read More...

Allie Pleiter | Cry me a keeper...
July 16, 2009
So, why is it we love to see our characters go to the brink of misery? Follow them to the loss of their most treasured  Read More...

Allie Pleiter | BLUEGRASS COURTSHIP
February 11, 2009
My first crack at the "plane Jane" heroine took me by surprise. Given my love for larger-than-life characters, I wasn’t sure my  Read More...

Allie Pleiter | I think I have a writing disability.
August 5, 2008
Well, perhaps disability is too strong a word, except that I do truly feel “differently-abled.” I feel somewhat hampered by it, like I stand  Read More...