Sheila Deeth's Blog, page 79

Critically acclaimed and now self-published! Meet Jon Clinch

Jon Clinch's debut novel, Finn, was named a best book of the year by the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and the Christian Science Monitor. It was named a notable book by the American Library Association and received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and Kirkus. Such things are dreams made of! Then Clinch followed Finn with the critically acclaimed Kings of the Earth, also named a best book of the year by the Washington Post. But now he's self-publishing his latest li...

What's so special about 1,000?

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Is my book really any different from everyone else's

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Jan Surasky's Dying Light revealed

I'm delighted to welcome Jan Surasky to my blog today. Her debut novel, Rage Against the Dying Light (Sandalwood Press, 2011) won the Eric Hoffer Award for Commercial Fiction. Extensively researched work, it reimagines history in a way that makes the Celtic lands of the first-century very pleasingly accessible with captivating, detailed, even haunting settings, richly developed characters, and well-told social mores that define a civilization. So...

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Parables, Psalms, Stories and Book Reviews

Psalm Stories is free on Amazon kindle until Jan 14th! 75 parables based on psalms. 75 children's stories in search of readers and reviewers. A year-and-a-half of Sunday school material, or two-and-a-half-months' bedtime reading... all for FREE! What are you waiting for? Plus...

It's listed at
#2 in free children's Christian fiction on kindle, and#2 in free Old Testament studies.
http://www.amazon.com/Psalm-Stories-Five-Minute-Bible-ebook/dp/B00AQS1N0M/



Meanwhile I'm editing Infinite Sum, a comp...

Happy New Year !

Happy New Year! With all best wishes to all my friends, efriends and countrymen, women and children.May the genesis of this New Year be peopled with undivided flowersand children playing chess.And may 2013 bring blessings, comfort and joy.
Sheila Deeth
author of:

the Five-Minute Bible Story Series: starting at Genesis People:http://www.amazon.comdp/B00ANV941M/
Divide by Zero: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0090NFH56/
Flower Child: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005PGMT4O/
A Bible Book of Chess: http://www.ama...

My first post-promo review!

I woke up this morning, set up the computer to Skype with family in England, waited for brothers to come online, and checked my book on Amazon. Of course, it's not free anymore, so it's lost that glorious #1 position, but here's a screenshot I took earlier, just to remind me...

and here's a link to a lovely review that arrived overnight on Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1EFQCGETQ93RN/
I bounced around the room in excitement. What a great review! Then my kind husband responded, yes, it's g...

Last day of the sale !!!!!

It's the final day to get a free kindle copy of Genesis People, my last day to stare longingly at those ratings and positions. It's #1 in Old Testament Studies at the moment, and #3 in children's fiction>religious>Christian, so I'm somewhat over the moon, thoroughly delighted, trying not to listen to my cynical mathematical self analyzing the data. Hey, it's good data! #1 is good! And, if you want to download it and find out what I'm writing about, Genesis People is here:
US: http://www....

Liebster, and the plotting of a mystery

I just won a Liebster award from the wonderful MissusWolf so here's my thankyou post with 11 random facts about me, answers to 11 questions posed by the honorable MissusWolf, and 11 new questions for my eager (and probably mysterious) recipients. (Are you eager? Are you mysterious?)

First I have to post the award button, and so do you if you choose to accept this award:
Then,  I offer 11 random facts:
I used to be unable to read my own writing due to holding the pencil in my fist.Then I lea...

Books, books and more books by Shannon McRoberts

[image error] Shannon McRoberts is touring with a wonderful list of books as the old year ends and the new year begins, so here are my reviews of two of her books, and links to others for your reading pleasure...

But first, let me introduce the author:


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