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"DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT" Featured on ANNE BRADSHAW'S BLOG

Award-winning screenwriter and author, Anne Bradshaw, is hosting another of her great giveaways. This week's prize is a copy of my newest book, Dawn's Early Light. Click the book to go to Anne's site and enter her contest to win a free copy.

Also, check out Anne's latest release, Famous Family Nights. It's packed with testimonials and anecdotes from assorted LDS personalities who share their own tender and rib-tickling experiences with Family Home Evening.Copyright 2009 Laurie LC Lewis, (To...

Funeral - English

A friend sent this to me today. It's a beautiful reminder that "the imperfections are what make people perfect for us."

Copyright 2009 Laurie LC Lewis, (To obtain permission to copy or reprint any portion of this post, please contact the author at lclewis2007@gmail.com)

THE DEMISE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

One lesson I've taken from my historical research is this: we must judge people within the context of their own time. Can a sportscaster compare Bobby Jones to Tiger Woods without taking into consideration the effects technology and modern training have had on the entire sport of golf since Bobby's day? How could they?

They same is true of the innovators throughout history. If we hold these historical figures to today's morays, and judge their actions against today's wisdom and understanding, ...

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPERI don't know who wrote this m...

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I don't know who wrote this modern version of the timeless story, but kudos to them. It's a sad shift on the old fable and the lessons it was intended to teach, and it illustrates the big question: "What values are we trying to teach now?"

Keep in mind that this timeless fable really is just that . . . timeless. Variations on the story and its moral of thrift, hard work and prudence can be found as far back at 347 A.D. Proverbs 6:6-9 may be the original source, ma...

Congratulations, Morgan!

Congratulations to Morgan Lund, the winner in the week one drawing. Morgan will recieve one of the first copies of Dawn's Early Light as soon as it rolls off the presses!

Click here to see how you can enter next week's drawing.

Congratulations, Morgan! I hope you enjoy the book!Copyright 2009 Laurie LC Lewis, (To obtain permission to copy or reprint any portion of this post, please contact the author at lclewis2007@gmail.com)

GET ON BOARD THE BLOG TOUR!!!

Books are like pumpkins--you wait a long, long time for them to finally be ready, and then their season comes, and you've got about six weeks to do something great with them or they go soft.
Pumpkins rot. Books get pulled from the "New Release" shelves to spend eternity growing dusty on some obscure shelf that serves as the literary equivalent of the Island for Misfit Toys. And we don't want that!

So we market, and market, and market. And because I really do think Dawn's Early Light is a book t...

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER--2009

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I don't know who wrote this modern version of the timeless story, but kudos to them. It's a sad shift on the old fable and the lessons it was intended to teach, and it illustrates the big question: "What values are we trying to teach now?"

Keep in mind that this timeless fable really is just that . . . timeless. Variations on the story and its moral of thrift, hard work and prudence can be found as far back at 347 A.D. Proverbs 6:6-9 may be the original source, ma...

My husband is still recovering from the total replacement...

My husband is still recovering from the total replacement of his left knee, and already, less than four weeks out, we can see years of pain and limitations begin to peel away. This surgery is a blessing.

But it is also a challenging recovery. The meds today can address the pain, but the patient needs to do the rehab, or the surgery will gain them little. The therapy, the work required to return your range of motion, and to unlearn old habits created by babying the bad knee--limping, walking cr...

SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION AND SOME WRITING ADVICE

Kersten Campbell, author of the candid and hilarious book, Confessions of an Insane Mother, was the first in the biz to review Dawn's Early Light for me. It's no easy task for the early birds who are sent a cyber-copy by email and therefore read and review over a dimly-lit computer screen. Thanks, Kersten!

She also conducted an interview with me about writing in general, as well as my experiences with this particular book. She's posting that interview, along with her review of Dawn's Early...

A HAVEN IN A WORLD OF TURMOIL

Copyright 2009 Laurie LC Lewis, (To obtain permission to copy or reprint any portion of this post, please contact the author at lclewis2007@gmail.com)