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#bookreview: The Daughter of the Sea and Sky

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky by David Litwack has launched! This fabulous title is available now on all online retailers and in your local book stores. You aren't going to want to miss this new literary journey exploring the clash between reason and faith, and the power of hope and love.The BookAfter centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light—two different rea...

Guest post: Get Off The Writing Merry-Go-Round And Try Something New

Today Nikolas from Grammarly is guest posting on my blog! :)Get Off The Writing Merry-Go-Round And Try Something NewJust keep going and going and going…Ever feel like you’ve been doing the same thing repetitively? Feel like you’re stuck in a rut? No new ideas coming in and your creativity is at an all time low? Why do we do this to ourselves, writers? We keep trucking along, trying to finish our manuscript, when our writing is suffering. Stop riding the same horse and try something new. Your...

Guest post: David Litwack on backpacking and new beginnings

The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky by David Litwack has launched! This fabulous title is available now on all online retailers and in your local book stores. You aren't going to want to miss this new literary journey exploring the clash between reason and faith, and the power of hope and love.The BookAfter centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light—two different rea...

#fridayflash: placeholder

Are you living a placeholder life?

Carrie stared at the screen, the words seeming to grow bigger the more she contemplated them. She wasn't sure what they were supposed to mean. It was if someone had planted the thought into her subconscious and they had flowed through her fingers onto the e-mail that she was writing. She deleted the line and continued her letter.

At any rate, Michael won't be back until the 21st, so maybe we could catch up some time before then. I feel so awkwardly free when h...

#bookreview: The Key by Jennifer Anne Davis

The Key by Jennifer Anne Davis
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Seventeen-year-old peasant Rema should be happy - the Crown Prince has picked her to be his wife. The problem is she hates his cruel guts, was blackmailed into submitting to his proposal, and she may be in love with his brother, Prince Darmik.

Prince Darmik can't help thinking about that girl he met in the forest - but he's too busy trying to quash the rumour that a legitimate blood heir to the throne exists and is trying to overthrow Darmi...

Writing Process Blog Tour

Thank you for stopping by for this week's Writing Process Blog Tour!

This is a travelling blog tour that pops up every Monday for writers to share a little about what, how and why they write. If you're a writer, I hope it cheers you on on your journey - and if you're not, hopefully it will give you some little insight into the lives of the people who create the stories you love!


The tour was passed on to me by an online friend of mine, Corinne O'Flynn. We met through the indomitable Damyanti wh...

#review: Sinbad the #musical

It probably doesn't make much of a difference whether I review this now or not, since there are only two more shows in this run - Saturday, 8.30pm and Sunday, 3.00pm. - and I heard that they're sold out. Then again, I suppose feedback is always good.

I enjoyed watching Sinbad, despite the kind of weak storyline as well as the kind of pathetic ending. I'm not sure what the actual Sinbad canon is supposed to be, except that he's this dashing sailor/pirate person, but for this musical, the storyl...

Post #atozchallenge reflections

I'd wanted to do this reflection post earlier (like say Monday) but life got in the way, the same way it's been doing all through April.

My goals for the challenge, other than finishing the challenge, was to visit and comment more on other participants' blogs. So how did I do?

I finished the challenge.
Yay! Though I "cheated" a little bit - I wrote some of the Friday and Saturday posts really late... as in... I posted Friday's post on Saturday (hey, it was still Friday in the US) and t...

#bookreview: Stolen Woman by Kimberly Rae

Stolen Woman: What Would You Risk to Rescue a Trafficked Friend? by Kimberly Rae
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Kimberly Rae tells an interesting story of Asha, who was adopted as a baby by American parents, and how she makes a faith-filled trip to volunteer at an orphanage in India, the home of her birth. Part of her mission is to find out more about her heritage, the other is to discover if God wants her to be a missionary.
There, she meets Mark Stephens, a third-generation missionary, and Rani, a g...

Announcing the #loveinpenang #giveaway winners!

Our two winners are Aila Namira Azizul from Malaysia and Samantha from Australia!

I'll be sending an e-mail out to the winners soon!

Congratulations! And a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all who entered!