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MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH LOST AND OTHER PERSONALITY ANOMALIES!

I love/hate the show LOST, which means I really love it, and I'll sorely miss the angst, confusion, frustration, perplexity and spectacular characters I've embraced over the past six years. And please don't tell me how the finale went because I haven't seen it yet. I'm savoring the pilot one last time, realizing how many directional clues they gave us that I missed. Rats. . . That's my flaw . . . when sitting in the audience box, I'm a character-driven.

And that's why I was one of those loyal ...

OUR SECOND ANNUAL SUMMER TREASURE HUNT: Dig for clues and WIN!!!!

Welcome to our second annual "Summer Treasure Hunt: Dig for Clues and Win" Contest!

Last year, Joyce Di Pastena and some of our other author friends put together a month long contest where we gave away a prize a day for the entire month of June. The contest was so successful that we have decided to do it again…only this time we've gathered together enough prizes to last through the first week of July!

Again, we have something for everyone: romance, fantasy, mystery, suspense, historicals, conte...

FAMILY VIGILANCE

Maybe I was a naive kid, but I grew up believing that school teachers, policemen, politicians and soldiers started every day with the Pledge of Allegiance and said their prayers at night. I really did. Aside from my parents, these were the people responsible for protecting me during my day, and in my mind, they were above reproach.

Even the TV station looked out for us. Remember the parental message that came on every evening at the end of the day's programming? First there was a...

BOOK NOOK REVIEW

"IMPRINTS"
by Rachel Ann Nunes


"Imprints," Rachel Ann Nunes' ground-breaking, envelope-pushing paranormal suspense novel, is my favorite read of the year, and proof that Nunes has upped the game for LDS authors in all genres.

Nunes is a big fan of paranormal suspense, but when the search for clean paranormal books--books a gospel-centered reader could embrace--became increasingly challenging, she decided to write one herself, and try to break a new niche in the market.

This award-winning author...

OUR MIRACLE: SHARING THE GIFT

Our only daughter, Amanda, and her little family are walking to raise money for the National Kidney Foundation. Here's the reason why:

Amanda graduated from Utah State in 2004 and came home to Maryland to find work. She found a job at the company owned by a member of our ward, and once her benefits kicked in, we encouraged her to get a good, thorough physical.

I really need to back up here because right after Christmas, as she headed towards graduation, the parental mantra was, "You need a job ...

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: JOAN SOWARDS: "Chocolate Roses"

I recently attended the LDStorymakers Conference, and one of the lovely authors I met at the banquet was Joan Sowards, a two-time author whose second book, "Chocolate Roses," recently debuted. Joan's book, and my recent release, "Awakening Avery," are both published by Walnut Springs Press.

The backliner from "Chocolate Roses" makes me want to grab a Hershey bar:

Janie Rose Whitaker's world revolved around her chocolate shop until Roger Wentworth and his young daughter moved into the apartment ...

BOOK NOOK REVIEW

WOMEN of the BOOK OF MORMON
by Heather B. Moore


Only a few woman are named in the Book of Mormon. A few more are noted in regard to their husbands, sons and lovers. Despite their anonymity, no one can deny that the powerful men of the the Book of Mormon had equally noble women by their sides, comforting them, bearing and raising their children, and waiting for their return from war. What lessons do their lives hold for us in our day?

Heather B. Moore is a prolific author of scripture-based histo...

THE GIFT OF OPPOSITION

I've mentioned before that one of my all-time favorite stories is about a king who sends his three sons out on a quest to return with a picture of peace. A ye ar passes, and when they return, two of the sons present sketches of serene settings. The third returns with a sketch of a solid rock face marred by a crack. Emerging from that crack is a tenacious little branch upon which rests a tiny bird. The king's eyes moistened as he looked upon the image, for he knew that a man who understood that...

THE "AWAKENING AVERY" NECKLACE GIVEAWAY

A VERY SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY WEEK PROMOTION FOR THE LAUNCH OF "AWAKENING AVERY"

For the past five weeks I've been introducing readers to characters from "Awakening Avery," my new release about a recent widow who experiences a remarkable summer of faith and self-discovery in the months following her husband's death.

Avery's Elkins Thompson's failure to face her husband's illness leaves her, and her family, floundering after his death. She finally agrees to a nostalgic request from her oldest son ...

THE "AWAKENING AVERY" SIGNATURE NECKLACE GIVEAWAY

A VERY SPECIAL MOTHER'S DAY WEEK PROMOTION FOR THE LAUNCH OF "AWAKENING AVERY"

For the past five weeks I've been introducing readers to characters from "Awakening Avery," my new release about a recent widow who experiences a remarkable summer of faith and self-discovery in the months following her husband's death.

Avery's Elkins Thompson's failure to face her husband's illness leaves her, and her family, floundering after his death. She finally agrees to a nostalgic request from her oldest son ...