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Guest Blog: So, you want to get social? by Marion Jensen

Just a note or two before I pass the baton to Marion . . .

As I have been haunting the internet in the last two years I have come across some very fascinating people who are talented authors. One in particular is also a media guru. Not the self-proclaimed type on twitter who thinks they are going to help you conquer the world if you emulate their superior online marketing skillz (you know, the ones who follow thousands of people but themselves only have fifty followers), but the REAL kind of m...

You can call me Grandpa

I have been really lax about my blog lately. Too busy I suppose. I am working on my galleys now and hope to have them done within a week or so. Once those are back in to Valor Publishing, the proofs will go to press and it won't be long before I see ARC copies. I am getting really excited to see my book in print!

In order to be more consistent with my blog, perhaps a schedule with specific types of things to blog about each day of the week would do me some good. I'll have to give that some tho...

Book Cover Announcement! The Chronicles of Gan - The Thorn

Here is the cover for my book!

The artist: Cash Case

Didn't he do an awesome job?  Let me know what you think!



























Stay tuned for more exciting announcements such as book signings, contests with prizes, etc.!

Happy Thanksgiving

I am very grateful today for all of the blessings I have. As I think about each of the privileges which I enjoy, my mind keeps coming back to the meaning of this holiday--why it was instituted and by whom.

It is a national holiday, one which finds its roots in the hopes and desires of men and women willing to sacrifice all, even what very, very little they had, in order to come to a free land so that they might live out their dreams. They dreamed to be free from oppressive government, to be fr...

Branding - It Stinks But You've Gotta Do It

Recently, I have spent a fair amount of time reading about social media and promotion. Whereas social sites like Facebook and Twitter used to be the magical realms where only the brave, computer savvy individual would dare tread, more and more people have started to ride the wave. But individuals are not the only ones who have taken notice. Businesses are starting to build and manage their own accounts on these sites so that they can quickly and efficiently disseminate information to their...

Did I ever mention that sometimes I sing?

I am sorry about the lighting in this video, but the sound turned out pretty good, considering. This is a double-quartet that I participated in this evening. We assembled at 6pm to do a warmup/practice before our Stake General Priesthood Meeting at 7pm. My friend Rob Robertson brought his Flip camera.

I am the 4th from the left, in the back. We were in a semi-circle so it looks like I am really short.  Whereas I am a Baritone and usually sing Tenor in a SATB arrangement, this arrangement is ac...

NaNoWriMo Pep Talk - by J. Scott Savage

This post by Jeff Scott Savage was too good to not share. For those of you who are writers, and perhaps are participating in the NaNoWriMo challenge, here is a link to a super pep-talk.

http://sixldswriters.blogspot.com/2009/11/you-have-to-convince-yourself-first.html

Enjoy!

And keep writing!

Happy Veteran's Day

My father was in the National Guard. Grandpa Fred Fraley was in the Navy in WWII. I still have his navy cap and his navy training manual. My father-in-law Wilmer 'Doc' Farley (no, that is not a typo) was in the Army in Korea, and both of his brothers served too: Lowell, in the Air Force, and Darrell, in the Marines (I think). My mother-in-law tells me that one day Doc saw Darrell walk over a hill towards him, and they had a short, surprise-reunion there in Korea. My wife also has nephews who ...

Do Christians Believe There Are Other Planets With People?

Picture from NASA: Farthest galaxy cluster ever imaged.  


This is a follow-up to my last post "Can a Mormon write Christian Fiction". Because of comments posted there, I would like to know if Christians of various faiths believe that there are other planets which have people on them.

Do you believe that God created other solar systems in this vast universe which have inhabited planets with humans, plants, and animals on them?

Or do you believe that God only peopled this one? In other words, do ...

Can a Mormon write Christian Fiction?

Those of you who follow this blog know that I have a book being released in March with Valor Publishing. The book is categorized as Speculative Fiction because of the setting and subject matter. But in my mind, the book also touches an area which book sellers call Christian Fiction. There are references to Jesus Christ in the book. Lots of them. In fact, the entire premise of the story is that there is a world peopled with believing souls, most of which recognize that there will be a Savior b...