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Review: Morning Coffee with James

Morning Coffee with James

Renae Brumbaugh

Chalice Press

September 15, 2009

ISBN: 978-0827223363

Paperback, 113 pages, $12.99

Nonfiction: Christian

I have been a big fan of Renae Brumgbaugh's blog Morning Coffee with Renae for a long time. Morning Coffee with James started life as a series of blog posts, so I knew the book would be wonderful. As soon as I heard about the coming publication, I invited Renae to visit here.

She will be here on Tuesday, November 24, and you'll learn more about her...

I Love to Write Day

Today is the 8th Annual I Love to Write Day.

If this year is like previous years, libraries and schools will have events focused on writing.

Writers will encourage others and teach them how to improve their writing.

I think the best way to celebrate is to start with a blank sheet of paper … and write!

photo credit: koalazymonkey

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Thanks to October Commenters

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Veterans Day

Today we honor our military veterans, defined by an unknown author this way:

A Veteran — whether active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserve — is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a check made payable to The United States of America, for an amount of: 'Up to and including my life.'

Thank you to everyone who has served our country so our flag still flies flee and proud.

 

 

ALMIGHTY God, our heavenly Father, in whose hands are the living and the dead; We give thee thanks for all...

Thanks for Helping Me Support NDVH

Thanks to everyone who ordered a copy of Dream or Destiny during October or made relevant comments on posts in the domestic violence series between October 28 and October 31. With your help, I donated $250 to the National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH) during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I wish there were a lot more zeros in that number, but books published by small presses don't sell millions or even thousands of copies, and I know every donation of any size helps.

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International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church

Today is a day set aside to pray for the persecuted church. In the United States, we often take our religious freedom for granted, but around the world Christians are risking their lives just for being believers.

Learn more about persecution and what you can do to help:

The International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
Voice of the Martyrs
Open Doors
International Christian Concern

You can find Scriptural guidance on praying for persecuted Christians at How to Pray for the Persecuted...

Interview with David Bowles, author of The Westward Sagas

My guest today is David Bowles, a client and friend. He has just released the second book in his historical fiction trilogy, which I edited for him.

Lillie: Thank you for visiting A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye today, David. Of course, I know all about Adam's Daughters, but my readers don't. Please tell them about your latest book.

David: The Westward Sagas tell the story of the Mitchell family's 100-year odyssey west from Pennsylvania to Texas. In Adam's Daughters: Book 2, Peggy Mitchell...

Prayers for Fort Hood

For Those Who Died:

REMEMBER thy servants—the victims who were murdered today at Fort Hood, O Lord, according to the favour which thou bearest unto thy people, and grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of thee, they may go from strength to strength, in the life of perfect service, in thy heavenly kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost ever, one God, world without end. Amen.

For Those in Mourning:
O MERCIFUL God, and heavenly Father...

Freelance Rates Survey Ends Next Week

I've been running a freelance writing and editing rates survey for several weeks but haven't had a great deal of response. My goal is to have statistically significant information for my two-part series scheduled for the third week in November.

The survey is anonymous, quick, and easy. There are only six multiple-choice questions:

How long have you freelanced part-time or full-time?What kind of freelancer are you—writer, editor, both?How do you find freelance jobs?How do you price your...

Operaton EBook Drop: Free Books for Deployed Soldiers

As you know if you've read my blog for a while, I'm a big supporter of our military troops. I try to do anything I can to thank the brave men and women who risk their lives daily to protect our freedoms.

So I am excited about Operation EBook Drop (OED), a  program through which authors can offer their books to deployed soldiers for free. It started simply enough when an author and a deployed soldier met online. The soldier mentioned that he had a Kindle
but couldn't download books from Amazon b...