Mesu Andrews's Blog, page 42
April 3, 2014
Christian Fiction Spring Scavenger Hunt
Follow the clues for a chance to win: Grand Prize: Kindle Fire HDX & $100 Gift Cert ~OR~ Two Second Prize Winners Get: All 32 novels! Welcome to the Spring Scavenger Hunt! You’ve arrived at the 3rd stop! The hunt begins at noon (Mountain time) on April 4, 2014. You may have arrived here before the official … Read More
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April 1, 2014
Aronofsky’s “Noah”—A Titanic Experience
In 2007, my hubby accepted his first college faculty position, and we moved from Indiana to the Great Pacific Northwest. He began teaching at Multnomah Bible College, and I was thrilled to have access to their amazing library resources. Besides the fantastic research possibilities, I also scoured their shelves for biblical novels and found an … Read More
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Aronofsy’s “Noah”—A Titanic Experience
In 2007, my hubby accepted his first college faculty position, and we moved from Indiana to the Great Pacific Northwest. He began teaching at Multnomah Bible College, and I was thrilled to have access to their amazing library resources. Besides the fantastic research possibilities, I also scoured their shelves for biblical novels and found an … Read More
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March 31, 2014
How Much Can God Really Redeem? by Tina Chen
While I enjoyed the book In the Shadow of Jezebel very much, there was something that started really bothering me when I realized that Ahaziah was Athaliah’s son. Ahaziah is in the kingly line of David which means that he is an ancestor of Jesus. But as Athaliah’s son, that means Ahaziah is the grandson of Ahab. … Read More
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March 28, 2014
Author Interview-Tosca Lee’s Iscariot
Welcome, Tosca Lee! Tosca’s book, Havah, is one of my all-time favorite biblical novels, and I was so anxious to read Iscariot because she’s tackled such a difficult character! I’ve reviewed Iscariot in my April 1st Newsletter, but we wanted to give a preview of Tosca’s writing process and a few other tidbits… Mesu: Why do you write biblical novels? … Read More
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March 24, 2014
Urim & Thumim by Becky Hartsfield
Reading about the ancient use of the Urim and Thummim in this book, In the Shadow of Jezebel, written by Mesu, I’m reminded of when I was much, MUCH younger and found myself inexplicably drawn to subjects dealing with the occult. After many years of experimenting with all kinds of crazy things that led to … Read More
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March 21, 2014
Tracy Higley–Queen’s Handmaid Review
I Love Epics The grander, the better. Old or new, doesn’t matter. I loved Cecil B. DeMille’s Ten Commandments, and I love Mel Gibson in Braveheart. Give me an afternoon of Dances With Wolves, Gladiator, or Troy, and I’m as happy as a pig in the mud on a sunny day. Maybe even happier. Tracy Higley Thinks EPIC! So, when I … Read More
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March 18, 2014
Liz Higgs’ New eBook, Mercy Like Sunlight
Meet a modern Mary Magdalene in Liz Curtis Higgs’s new eBook novella, Mercy Like Sunlight Who Will Set Her Free from the Darkness Inside? Mary Margaret Delaney hides in the shadows, her arms scarred, her heart wounded by grief and weighed down with regret. Adrift on the streets of Chicago, she is surrounded by strangers … Read More
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March 17, 2014
Book Cover Process: In the Shadow of Jezebel by Mesu Andrews
Can I just say…I love my book covers. And since I have almost nothing to do with that creative process, I can brag and compliment the Revell design team with my WHOLE HEART!!! I’ve loved each cover for different reasons, and every cover endured a unique process to arrive at the final masterpiece. The First … Read More
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March 14, 2014
Meet Obadiah–In the Shadow of Jezebel
Picture it with me… It’s 12:03am on Monday, March 3rd, and my rough draft was due to arrive in my new editor’s inbox in nine hours. I’d just written the last sentence of my 111,655-word Pharaoh’s Daughter manuscript, and I emailed the final two chapters to my sweet husband for proofreading. This was my third … Read More
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