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And Suddenly … a Full Calendar

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Remember my blog post of two or three weeks ago about taking time to breathe. I included a photo of my deadline whiteboard with nothing on it. Felt so good. Almost like I was on vacation.

Gracious. How things can change in so short a time period!

My first pass pages ofKeeper of the Stars have arrived from the publisher. My corrections, along with my discussion questions, are due back to them in a couple of weeks. Proofing and correcting the manuscript isn’t hard,...

Authors Who Inspire | Sarah Sundin (with a Giveaway)

Sarah Sundin is the author of seven historical novels, including Through Waters Deep (Revell, August 2015). Her novel On Distant Shores was a double finalist for the 2014 Golden Scroll Awards. A mother of three, Sarah lives in northern California, works on-call as a hospital pharmacist, and teaches Sunday school and women’s Bible studies. You can find her at www.sarahsundin.com.

Who was the first author who inspired you to write?

I honestly can’t remember. When I was little, I read anything...

July Wrap Up

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BIBLE READING:

Our church spent all of July continuing to work our way through1 Corinthians.

My morning Bible reading included (in part or in full) the books of Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, and Isaiah.

BOOKS READ:

I completed reading four books in the month of July. One novel and three non-fiction. All were good books, but the book I have to feature isThe Silencing: How the Left is Killing Free Speech by Kirsten Powers.

Ms. Powers identifies herse...

Spotlight: Midnight on the Mississippi

MIDNIGHT ON THE MISSISSIPPI
by Mary Ellis

What Lies Beneath the Black Water of the Bayou?

Hunter Galen, a New Orleans securities broker, suspects his business partner, James Nowak, of embezzling their clients money, but hes reluctant to jeopardize their friendship. After James turns up dead, Hunter realizes his unwillingness to confront a problem may have cost James his life.

Nicki Price, a newly minted PI, intends to solve the stockbrokers murder as she establishes herself in the career sh...

The Books Authors Read | Olivia Newport (with a Giveaway)

Olivia Newports books twist through time to find where faith and passions meet. She lives in Colorado, where her husband and two twenty-something children keep her life in balance. Brightest and Best is the third of her Amish Turns of Time series, which also includes Wonderful Lonesome and Meek and Mild.

What was your favorite book as a child?

Hands down, The Secret Garden. It was fun so many years later to give my own daughter a copy that came with a lock and a tiny key. Not too long ago sh...

The Books Authors Read | Elizabeth Musser (with a Giveaway)

Elizabeth Musser, a native of Atlanta, Georgia now living in France, is a novelist who writes what she calls ‘entertainment with a soul.’ For over 25 years, Elizabeth and her husband, Paul, have been involved in mission work with International Teams.

What was your favorite book as a child?

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

What book did you read that first made you want to be an author?

I started writing poems and stories almost before I started readingwhen I was just sixbut A L...

Time to Breathe

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My summers for the past 30 years have included deadlines. Often pressing deadlines, which meant I was writing every day, no matter what else was going on, no matter the beautiful weather, no matter family get-togethers, et al. My summer travel was more likely than not tied to a writer’s conference rather than being a true vacation. Conferencesare fun but they are also work.

So I have to confess to being a little disoriented by thewhiteboardthat hangs on my...

The Books Authors Read | Beth K Vogt (with a Giveaway)

Beth K. Vogt is a non-fiction author who said shed never write fiction, the wife of an Air Force physician who said shed never marry anyone in the military and a mom of four who said shed never have kids. Vogt believes Gods best often waits behind the doors marked never. A 2015 RITA Finalist and a 2015 and 2014 CarolAward finalist, her 2014 novel, Somebody Like You, was one of Publishers Weeklys Best Books of 2014. She lives in Colorado with her husband, Rob, and their youngest daughter.

For...

The Books Authors Read | Melissa Jagears (with a Giveaway)

Much to her introverted selfs delight, Melissa Jagears hardly needs to leave her home to be a homeschool teacher, day-care provider, church financial secretary, and historical romance novelist. She doesnt have to leave her house to be a housekeeper either, but shes doubtful she meets the minimum qualifications to claim to be one in her official bio. Her passion is to help Christian believers mature in their faith and judge rightly. Find her online at www.melissajagears.com, Facebook, Pinteres...

First Amendment and First Commandment

Recently, a friend said in an email, “I believe in the First Amendment and the First Commandment.” Those words have resonated in my heart ever since.

First Amendment:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

First Commandment:

You shall have no other gods before Me...