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CHRISTmas Plans
Reflections of Christmas Past December 2003 This year since we weren’t visiting family, I had planned to make it a special Christmas by thinking of others and focusing more on Jesus. But I didn’t accomplish everything I wanted to. My two oldest boys were in a musical which ran until the 21st of December and…
Surrender Bay by Denise Hunter
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing SURRENDER BAY (Thomas Nelson November 6, 2007) by Denise Hunter ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Denise lives in Indiana with her husband Kevin and their three sons. In 1996, Denise began her first book, a Christian romance novel, writing while her children napped. Two years later it…
GROWING GRAMMAR: WONDER WORDS (as in…I wonder which word to use?)
Would you rather be nauseated or nauseous? This is extremely important to know. It could, in fact, make or break a relationship. If you’re nauseated, something is making you ill; perhaps the smell of your recent WIP ablaze in the fireplace where you tossed it in a moment of frustration. If you are nauseous, which…
Hollywood Nobody by Lisa Samson
It is November 1st, time for the FIRST Day Blog Tour! (Join our alliance! Click the button!) The FIRST day of every month we will feature an author and his/her latest book’s FIRST chapter! This month’s feature author is: LISA SAMSON and her book: Hollywood Nobody Th1nk Books (August 30, 2007) ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lisa…
I Can’t Fix This
Women are Fixers. We are always kissing boo-boos, resolving arguments, combing out tangles, and feeding our hungry little people. We run forgotten lunches up to school, and help glue things onto posterboard for projects that should have been started much sooner than the night before it was due. We know how to smooth over hurt…
Fall Ya’ll Bloggy Give Away
And it’s all FREE! Can you say early Christmas shopping! As a participant in this bloggy give-a-way I will be giving away books, books, books. Now really, what did you think I was giving away! They will be an assortment or parenting and inspirational books in several genres, both once read and new! The contest…
10, 20, 30 Years Ago!
I’ve been tagged by Georgiana, and this looked like a fun trip down memory lane! In 1997 I was 28, almost 29, and mom to Chris who just turned three, and Joey who was 7 months old. We were finally settled in our new dream home and I was busy trying to figure out how…
Interview with Dean Koontz
When he was a senior in college, Dean Koontz won an Atlantic Monthly fiction competition and has been writing ever since. His books are published in 38 languages. He has sold 325,000,000 copies, a figure that currently increases by more than 17 million copies per year. Ten of his novels have risen to number one…
The Pumpkin Gospel
Reprint from October 2006 I wasn’t even going to post on Halloween until I read this post. And I’m not going to get into the pagan history of the “fun” holiday because if you want to get picky about things, even Easter has pagan origins, but I am going to share with you a Godly…