Mary C. Findley's Blog, page 56

After Christmas Sale!

All of our e-books are now marked down for our After Christmas sale. Unillustrated books are now $2.99 and illustrated books are $6.99. (The Teachers Edition of Biblical Studies remains at 99 cents, however.) If you got an e-book reader … Continue reading →

Writing and Reading Science Fiction and Fantasy

Science Fiction can glorify God if the writer can keep his facts straight. It's a haven for uniformitarianism, the perfectibility of man, in short, secularism of all kinds. But since true Science is based in the Scriptures, true Science Fiction … Continue reading →

Put a Little Adult Historical Romantic Suspense on Your EReader

Our books don't quite pigeonhole easily into one genre, so we try to give them descriptions like the one above. The three books featured today are Send a White Rose, The Baron of Larcondale, and Vienta. In the spirit of … Continue reading →

Review of Karis by R.M. Strong

We all need heroes, and some of us even need to be heroes. The vigilante seeking justice is certainly not a new or original idea, but R.M. Strong has put, for me, a highly desirable twist on it with the … Continue reading →

Historical Fiction for the Young and the Young Adult

Writing fiction for and/or about children (roughly eight to fifteen years of age) is a tricky business. It is easy to appeal to their vivid imaginations, their need to be "special," accepted by peers, to become independent of adults, and … Continue reading →

Kindle Keyboard Compared to Kindle Fire

Michael's further observations on the two devices: In May 2011 our son bought me a Kindle. Though we own hundreds of paperbound print books, this one device has almost completely replaced our entire library. Print books are just too large … Continue reading →

Books for All Kinds of Readers (Devices and People) Part One: Non-Fiction

Recently I joined my first forum claiming to be especially for Christians. I won't name it, but I will say in my brief experience poking around over the last few days I am amazed at the wide variety of people … Continue reading →

Part Three: Your Book, Where It Should Go, How It Will Look

Our e-publishing journey now comes to the formats and how your book will look in each one. Smashwords has great information on this topic from a mechanics standpoint. As a previous post we made on the subject said, http://elkjerkyforthesoul.wordpress.c... , although almost … Continue reading →

The Camel's Complaint: A Christmas Puppet Play

Our Christmas gift to all: A puppet play I wrote some years ago. Merry Christmas! The Camel's Complaint Characters: Caliph the Camel Hannah the Horse Daniel the Donkey Lucius the Lion Ollie the Ox Sarah the Sheep Scene One| Setting: … Continue reading →

Part 2 1/2: Cover It Beautifully

I'm calling this 2 1/2, because I meant to have a 3-part series, yet this post about covers took on a life of its own. So it is 2 1/2, and the third, about Kindles, is still to come. Editing … Continue reading →