No, I’m married to the same man for 35 years

A recently-published book had a wonderful quote from me in it on page 16, In Coming to Terms With Jesus Christ: Athletes, Celebrities and Everyday People's Theology and Testimony About Reconciliation With God, by author and research analyst Gregory S. Spaulding.  My...

Male – Female Leadership Roles

A college student who heard me speak recently in Texas wrote a kind letter asking me about my thinking on male/female leadership in the Churches of Christ.  There are many reasons I attend a church in which women do not take an active leadership role, but here's one...

Why Re-Write The Mormon Mirage

Zondervan asked me to explain why on this interview:  Zondervan Interviews Latayne C Scott   For more information, see The Mormon Mirage 3rd Edition:  A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church Today (Zondervan, 2009). Also available as an audiobook and as an...

Novel Matters — a new blog for fiction lovers

My agent, Janet Grant of Books & Such, gathered up seven of her clients who write — and love to discuss — what one author calls “richly-crafted, sumptuous fiction.”  Janet is launching a new blog featuring those seven clients:     Upper left...

Moody Publishers’ Information on Latter-day Cipher

Here's what Moody has in their online catalogue about my new book (I added the release date, so don't hold them to that yet):   When rebellious Utah socialite Kirsten Young is found murdered in Provo Canyon with strange markings carved into her flesh and a note...

Branding Statement

I recently attended a retreat held for all the clients of my agent, Janet Kobobel Grant of Books & Such Literary Agency.  At this retreat, Jeanette Thomason of Waterbrook Press encouraged us to each develop a branding statement.  I'd like feedback before I submit this...