Amy's book, "Ransomed Dreams", is coming out next week. Go to Cindy Woodsmall's website to check out a really great interview.
These two ladies are in my local writers group and are such an inspiration to me! Both such wonderful writers. I have the privilege of reviewing Amy's book in May, right here on my very own blog for CFBA.
Only, you'll have to wait until May for my review.
But Cindy's review is up now!
And you MUST go out and get her book - Amy Wallace ~ Ransomed Dreams.
Another great review for Amy's book is on Novel Journey.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
This week the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing: Coral Moon by Brandilyn Collins
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Brandilyn Collins is the bestselling author of Violet Dawn, Web Of Lies, Dead of Night, Stain of Guilt, Brink of Death, and Eyes of Elisha just to name a few.
Brandilyn and her family divide their time between the California Bay Area and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
She also maintains an informative blog called Forensics and Faith where she daily dispenses wisdom on writing, life, and the Christian book industry.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The figure remained still as stone. Leslie couldn't even detect a breath.
Spider fingers teased the back of her neck.
Leslie's feet rooted to the pavement. She dropped her gaze to the driveway, seeking...what? Spatters of blood? Footprints? She saw nothing. Honed through her recent coverage of crime scene evidence, the testimony as last month's trial, the reporter in Leslie spewed warnings: Notice everything, touch nothing...
Leslie Brymes hurries out to her car on a typical workday morning...and discovers a dead body inside.
Why was the corpse left for her to find? And what is the meaning of the message pinned to its chest?
In Coral Moon, the senseless murder of a beloved Kanner Lake citizen spirals the small Idaho town into a terrifying glimpse of spiritual forces beyond our world. What appears true seems impossible.
OR IS IT?
Presently this Kanner Lake Series of books has its own character blog called Scenes and Beans. Stop by and visit the folks from Kanner Lake!
The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310252245
Brandilyn Collins is the bestselling author of Violet Dawn, Web Of Lies, Dead of Night, Stain of Guilt, Brink of Death, and Eyes of Elisha just to name a few.Brandilyn and her family divide their time between the California Bay Area and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
She also maintains an informative blog called Forensics and Faith where she daily dispenses wisdom on writing, life, and the Christian book industry.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The figure remained still as stone. Leslie couldn't even detect a breath.
Spider fingers teased the back of her neck.
Leslie's feet rooted to the pavement. She dropped her gaze to the driveway, seeking...what? Spatters of blood? Footprints? She saw nothing. Honed through her recent coverage of crime scene evidence, the testimony as last month's trial, the reporter in Leslie spewed warnings: Notice everything, touch nothing...
Leslie Brymes hurries out to her car on a typical workday morning...and discovers a dead body inside.
Why was the corpse left for her to find? And what is the meaning of the message pinned to its chest?
In Coral Moon, the senseless murder of a beloved Kanner Lake citizen spirals the small Idaho town into a terrifying glimpse of spiritual forces beyond our world. What appears true seems impossible.
OR IS IT?
Presently this Kanner Lake Series of books has its own character blog called Scenes and Beans. Stop by and visit the folks from Kanner Lake!
The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310252245
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Rambling and waiting
I've never been an organized soul.
I like to think there's organization among my mess.
Sometimes, I get upset with my husband when he comes home and the house is in a bit of chaos and he asks: "What have you done today?"
He isn't buying my excuse that our toddler is wild and keeps me going. I mean, she does do that, but she also isn't awake 24-7 like I like to encourage him to believe.
My friend Mindy is blogging about wasting time on the F.A.I.T.H. blog today. All I could comment was "Ditto" to the entire post.
Everything she said was ~right on~ with me.
I mean, I've got friends who have spotless houses, who seem to have everything in order, but sometimes I wonder. Do they really? What's their Achilles heel?
For me, I say I'm a wanna-be writer, so all of my free time is spent conjuring up new stories. Who has time to cook or clean when I'm busy burning out the keyboard and my computer's smoking with all my new stories.
In my dreams, publishing houses are banging down my door, agents can't get contracts to me fast enough and editors are swearing there's nothing they'd change on my manuscript. My name is in lights. I'm flying in on a helicopter to my next book signing where thousands wait for me to arrive to buy my book. . .
Sheesh ~
My dreams sure are full of --it, aren't they?
Yuck. I can handle daydreaming things like that happening, but it isn't pretty to read it in black and white.
And realize I'm going to push the "publish" button and allow others to read it.
Maybe that's why I've been unable to write for several weeks.
Okay, months.
My ego needs a recheck.
Maybe God's trying to get me to open my ears to Him. It just took a bad cold for me and my daughter, illness happening in my family, to get me to open my heart to Him again and listen.
I'm listening, Lord.
I'm waiting.
My faith is in You.
I like to think there's organization among my mess.
Sometimes, I get upset with my husband when he comes home and the house is in a bit of chaos and he asks: "What have you done today?"
He isn't buying my excuse that our toddler is wild and keeps me going. I mean, she does do that, but she also isn't awake 24-7 like I like to encourage him to believe.
My friend Mindy is blogging about wasting time on the F.A.I.T.H. blog today. All I could comment was "Ditto" to the entire post.
Everything she said was ~right on~ with me.
I mean, I've got friends who have spotless houses, who seem to have everything in order, but sometimes I wonder. Do they really? What's their Achilles heel?
For me, I say I'm a wanna-be writer, so all of my free time is spent conjuring up new stories. Who has time to cook or clean when I'm busy burning out the keyboard and my computer's smoking with all my new stories.
In my dreams, publishing houses are banging down my door, agents can't get contracts to me fast enough and editors are swearing there's nothing they'd change on my manuscript. My name is in lights. I'm flying in on a helicopter to my next book signing where thousands wait for me to arrive to buy my book. . .
Sheesh ~
My dreams sure are full of --it, aren't they?
Yuck. I can handle daydreaming things like that happening, but it isn't pretty to read it in black and white.
And realize I'm going to push the "publish" button and allow others to read it.
Maybe that's why I've been unable to write for several weeks.
Okay, months.
My ego needs a recheck.
Maybe God's trying to get me to open my ears to Him. It just took a bad cold for me and my daughter, illness happening in my family, to get me to open my heart to Him again and listen.
I'm listening, Lord.
I'm waiting.
My faith is in You.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Friday, April 6, 2007
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
This week the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing "In High Places"
Hi Gang,
It's book review time this week and boy does this one sound gripping! I haven't read it, but I plan to! Not one I want to miss out on!
IN HIGH PLACES
(Bethany House March 1, 2007)
by
Tom Morrisey
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tom Morrisey is the author of four previous novels and numerous short stories, a world-renowned adventure-travel writer whose work has appeared in Outside, Sport Diver (where he serves as Executive Editor) and other leading magazines.
He holds an MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Toledo and an MFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University. He lives in Orlando, Florida.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
For Patrick Nolan, every climb tells a story. And now maybe it's his own …. He's right at the rim, staring over the cliff's knife edge and wondering how things went wrong so quickly.
It all started after arriving home from a weekend climbing trip with his father, Kevin. That's when word reached them. In a silent moment, they'd lost the person most important to them—her death raising unanswerable questions and dangerous doubts.
Launching a new life in a new town to escape their pain, son and father find themselves in danger of being torn apart forever. As his father seeks a route to solace on the dangerous high face of the rock, Patrick finds a path to hope with the unlikeliest of allies—a pastor's daughter. Together they must discover the one answer that can bring Patrick and Kevin back from the brink of the precipice.
Endorsements: "It is rare to find a 'man's man' who knows the human heart, much less one who can write with such a well-balanced combination of sensitivity and adrenaline-charged adventure."
—Athol Dickson, Christy-Award-winning author of River Rising
"Beautifully exciting, haunting, and satisfying. Morrisey leaves you hanging by your fingertips."
—Lisa Samson, award-winning author of The Church Ladies and Straight Up
"Tom Morrisey is a master wordsmith and an expert at weaving gripping stories. If I pick up a book with his name on it, I know I'm going for gold."
—Angela Hunt, author of Uncharted
The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203460
It's book review time this week and boy does this one sound gripping! I haven't read it, but I plan to! Not one I want to miss out on!
IN HIGH PLACES
(Bethany House March 1, 2007)
by
Tom Morrisey
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tom Morrisey is the author of four previous novels and numerous short stories, a world-renowned adventure-travel writer whose work has appeared in Outside, Sport Diver (where he serves as Executive Editor) and other leading magazines.
He holds an MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Toledo and an MFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University. He lives in Orlando, Florida.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
For Patrick Nolan, every climb tells a story. And now maybe it's his own …. He's right at the rim, staring over the cliff's knife edge and wondering how things went wrong so quickly.
It all started after arriving home from a weekend climbing trip with his father, Kevin. That's when word reached them. In a silent moment, they'd lost the person most important to them—her death raising unanswerable questions and dangerous doubts.
Launching a new life in a new town to escape their pain, son and father find themselves in danger of being torn apart forever. As his father seeks a route to solace on the dangerous high face of the rock, Patrick finds a path to hope with the unlikeliest of allies—a pastor's daughter. Together they must discover the one answer that can bring Patrick and Kevin back from the brink of the precipice.
Endorsements: "It is rare to find a 'man's man' who knows the human heart, much less one who can write with such a well-balanced combination of sensitivity and adrenaline-charged adventure."
—Athol Dickson, Christy-Award-winning author of River Rising
"Beautifully exciting, haunting, and satisfying. Morrisey leaves you hanging by your fingertips."
—Lisa Samson, award-winning author of The Church Ladies and Straight Up
"Tom Morrisey is a master wordsmith and an expert at weaving gripping stories. If I pick up a book with his name on it, I know I'm going for gold."
—Angela Hunt, author of Uncharted
The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203460
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Palm Sunday
This is the beginning of Holy Week. The last week of Lent. The Sunday before Easter.
Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem on a colt, fulfilling the prophecy in Zechariah:
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
(Zechariah 9:9 NKJV)
The people gathered to see him, applauding and praising him. They covered the streets with their cloaks and palm branches, shouting "Hosanna!" in hopes that he would declare his kingship and oust their Roman oppressors.
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This is an important week. This year is the first year that I have studied and prayerfully sought the true meaning of this week. What I've written above is my paraphrasing from the book "The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus" by John R. Cross and a new website I've found www.sundayschoollessons.com
Also visit www.intouch.org to read more about this week in the article "Before He Rose: Palm Sunday."
I hope you have a blessed and reflective week.
Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem on a colt, fulfilling the prophecy in Zechariah:
"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey,
A colt, the foal of a donkey.
(Zechariah 9:9 NKJV)
The people gathered to see him, applauding and praising him. They covered the streets with their cloaks and palm branches, shouting "Hosanna!" in hopes that he would declare his kingship and oust their Roman oppressors.
***********
This is an important week. This year is the first year that I have studied and prayerfully sought the true meaning of this week. What I've written above is my paraphrasing from the book "The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus" by John R. Cross and a new website I've found www.sundayschoollessons.com
Also visit www.intouch.org to read more about this week in the article "Before He Rose: Palm Sunday."
I hope you have a blessed and reflective week.
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