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House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing a double pair House of Dark Shadows and Watcher In The Woods (Books 1 and 2 in the Dreamhouse Kings Series) Thomas Nelson (May 6, 2008) by Robert Liparulo ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Robert is an award-winning author of over a thousand published articles and short stories.…
I’ve Got a Bone to Pick up Here on my Soap Box!
Nothing frustrates me more than reading a book filled with lazy writing. I’m talking about dialogue tags and telling. So and so “said eagerly, or demanded or protested,” so and so “felt defensive, violated, etc.” Anyone whose been studying the craft of writing for some time will tell you to nix the dialogue tags when…
Simple Obedience
On the way home from church or during morning Bible reading time, my family and I often talk about something that jumps out at us in a passage. One time we were discussing 2 Samuel 24 where a plague had come over the Land of Israel and was stopped by the angel of the Lord…
Tidbits with Timmy: Three’s a Breeze
More Tidbits with Timmy, memories of my eight year old when he was younger. Oct 17, 2003 I know over at the “Little House” they just love the “two’s”, but here at our home, we just adore the “three’s”. Don’t get me wrong we love the “two’s” also, but at “three” they’re just as sweet,…
Nothing but the Blood of Jesus…
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; blot out my transgressions. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51: 1-2 NIV I loved playing in the rain when I was a kid. I walked right beside the curb where all the water gathered on its…
With Endless Sight by Allison Pittman
With Endless Sight by Allison Pittman For all you historical lovers out there, here’s a book for you! Belleville, Illinois and Wyoming Territories, 1861 Born into a life of privilege, fourteen-year-old Belinda never questions her security, even as she leaves Illinois with her family to discover new adventures in the Oregon Territory. But when disaster…
Attack of the Spider Bots Episode 2 by Robert West
Star-Fighters Beamer, Ghoulie, and Scilla follow a strange clanking sound in their cave labyrinth and stumble onto a screaming one-eyed monster that chases them into a huge cavern enclosing a fully animated miniature world. Their search for the person who created that world leads them on a wild adventure to a palatial mansion within a…
What Would You Do?
I have the opportunity to attend a Cecil Murphy mentoring clinic and I sort of have the money. I was saving up for ACFW, which I still plan on attending, but I put the money toward this mentoring clinic with this amazing author. Haven’t heard of him? That’s because he’s ghost written a gazillion books…
The dream continues
PART TWO of When the dream’s big enough (Part One here) After I wore the first layer of skin off my pointer finger jabbing numbers on the cell phone to announce my new agent-ness, I allowed myself to just, well, soak in the absolute blessed luxury of the experience. The most amazing aspect of it…
Go Pets Vacation Island by Nintendo DS
My kids would be game fanatics if I let them. But I’m the game gestapo and limit my kids’ game time during the school year to the weekends and only 30 minutes a day! Yes, you read it right. I got sick of hearing the arguing and complaining about brothers hogging the games and playing…