Lara Lee's Blog, page 17
February 9, 2020
Guest Blog: Larry Paris Author of The Darkened Land
I am disabled, sixty-two years old, and live in central Texas. I have a BAS in Christian ministries from Dallas Baptist University. As a college student, I liked Pilgrim’s Progress and the idea of teaching about the Christian Life through an allegory. Having taken Biblical Greek I started a story with the hope that by […]
February 2, 2020
Devotional: Walking Head First by Lara Lee
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; 31 but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:30-31 (ESV) I missed a month of doing […]
January 26, 2020
Book Review: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
The Island of the Blue Dolphins was one of the first novels I ever read, and its descriptions still linger vividly in my imagination. My goal in presenting good, clean young adult fiction that is optimistic and fun. If the book builds good character, that’s a plus as well. With this goal in mind, I […]
January 19, 2020
Book Review: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island is a classic young adult book for good reason, but I have been surprised at how many adults remember this book negatively. Mostly the complaint has been that it was boring. I honestly find this baffling. My oldest son and I read this together, and he has been asking to read it again. […]
January 12, 2020
Book Review: The Guardian of Ajalon by Joan Campbell
The Guardian of Ajalon by Joan Campbell is the third and final book in “The Poison Tree Path Chronicles”. I had not read the previous two books but decided to read the blurbs for them before starting this book. I am glad I did. Even though the author does well to catch up the reader […]
January 5, 2020
Annual Writing Update and Goals
Happy New everyone! This year was super busy for me personally and yet somehow I was able to be extremely productive with my writing. I honestly have no idea how that happened! The Gryphon Handmaiden and The Adventures of Sage Goliad were both published in 2019. I also had a short story, “The Worst Hero […]
December 29, 2019
Book Review: Dragon’s Fire by Tiger Hebert
Dragon’s Fire is a well-written epic fantasy very focused on the epic. It includes all the traditional elements I love from fantasy: dragons, elves, dwarves, orcs, trolls, and gryphons. At the same time, it holds a very solid Christian message, though I hope it finishes it in the next book of this series. The descriptions […]
December 22, 2019
Book Review: Men of Iron by Howard Pyle
Men of Iron was written in 1891 by an American author, Howard Pyle. It is a classic young adult novel that is clean, fun, and easy to read. This was a very straightforward story of a boy becoming a successful knight and doing great deeds. The book starts out with the unfair events that oust […]
December 15, 2019
Book Review: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
If the only form of this novel you have been exposed to is movies, you may think that this book is about a boy named Peter Pan who never grows up and is a celebration of perpetual childhood. This would be incorrect. The novel, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie is about Wendy, the Darling children, […]
December 1, 2019
Devotional: Empty
“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” – Luke 2:14 Today I am supposed to have a devotional. The plan was to have some kind of nice sweet Christmas themed devotional about the nativity and being in a foreign country or traveling while pregnant, […]
