Luke Alistar's Blog, page 16

Take the Wheel

On the way home tonight, I was thinking about what I'd just heard at church. How American Christians love their freedom and independence so much that they apply those ideas to their relationship with God and don't give him the control they should. Our life isn't ours, it's God's. We don't just live for him, [...]

The writing career plods on…one small step at a time

Today I had my first book signing. I was there with five other local self-published authors from the group I just joined. We had a little audience of less than 20 people, and we talked for a while about self-publishing, writing, and answered questions. Of the six authors there, I was the youngest by at [...]

Day 14: Footprints in the Snow

I didn't quite make it home this evening with my car…it's about a mile away at the bottom of our steep private road. When I got home (had to walk more than half a mile in the snow in the dark with a dying flashlight), I found little prints of bare feet on our deck. [...]

Day 13: My New Lucky Hat

Genuine leather fedora, made in America. Oh yeah. It's from the Henschel Hat Company, and I got it on Friday the 13th. So it's my 'lucky hat'. Not to be confused with The Hat. Filed under: 366 Day Photo Challenge

Day 12: All o' Me Own Books

Every book in every printed format I've published. Top row, left to right: Offset, Catalyst ZX-10, The Element of Surprise, Daughter of Thieves (6×9″ Lulu version), Daughter of Thieves (4×6″ Amazon version). Bottom row, left to right: Velvet's Wings (hardcover), Velvet's Wings (paperback), The Unseen (273-page Lulu version), The Unseen (316-page Amazon version), Circle of [...]

Subliminal, Chapter Twenty-Two

The ship had a sentient mind. Not quite in existence, not quite alive; but as it drifted in the empty spaces between times and places, it could direct its path and follow simple thoughts. One thought in particular—in fact the only thought it ever wanted to stop thinking—kept bothering it. A phantom airship, locked forever [...]

Day 11: A Small Paperback

This is the proof I just received of the Amazon version of Daughter of Thieves. It's an awesome little book, 4×6 inches and 120 pages. Not available yet, but it will be soon on Amazon for $6.75 Filed under: 366 Day Photo Challenge

Day 10: Castle, Season Two

I thoroughly love this TV show. I heard good things about it from some coworkers, and heard that it stars Nathan Fillion, from my most favorite TV show ever (Firefly), and I ended up buying the first season on DVD with a Wal-Mart gift card. Liked it so much I went back and bought the [...]