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Birds of Passage Anthology Helps Fight Poverty

I’m thrilled to be working on a story for the Birds of Passage anthology along with a great group of authors. All proceeds from the book will go to Passage Home a non-profit 501-c3, to help in their fight as they lift people out of the grip of poverty.  For more information visit http://edgychristianfiction.com/2015/07/31/anthology/

 

Easter Novel 2/18, 2/19 and 2/20 – A Fun, Entertaining, Uplifting Read

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Juan���s life is about to change, unfortunately, not for the better. ���This can���t be my life!” If you���ve ever felt trapped in a life that you wish had turned out differently, or wondered, “Where is God?” this suspense-filled Christian fantasy will captivate you. This is the story of two men whose paths cross briefly during their childhood, then again during adulthood. Juan does his best to lead a normal life, after a freakishly bizarre accident. While trying to establish some kind of normalcy and dealing with the strange side effects, he finds himself caught up in a web of suspense and danger as he tries to help a friend bring an evil, cunning, and power hungry ego-maniac to justice. In the process, Juan receives a very special gift.

“This is not a fairy tale…as you���re reading along don���t be surprised if you smile often and even laugh out loud. Diogenes is a great story teller.” – Fr. David McBriar O.F.M.

Hummus and Happy New Year Everyone

Well, it was a rough 2014 for EB. He was kidnapped by space aliens and taken to a carrot less planet.��They mistook him for their long lost ruler. It took them a while to realize their mistake. Late last month he was found by his old friend Mounir Saleh, wandering the streets of North Raleigh. EB had not eaten��any carrots or hummus since he last posted to his blog several month ago, and he was babbling something about baba-ganoush. Mounir took him in and saved EB from going completely loco by treating him to Sassool. (the best mediterranean restaurant in the solar system) He had fresh carrots, hummus and baclava. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sassool/423047231172249).

EB is on the mend and asked me to post a Happy New Year to everyone.

Wishing everyone a wonderful happy and healthy 2015.

Persistent Evil Book Trailer

Persistent Evil’s official launch date is December 1, 2014.  Here is a trailer for the book. Images used are from the Renaissance painting  The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch started in 1510 and finished in 1515.

The Inspiration Behind A Great Main Character

In Persistent Evil, The Demon Slayer, Fr. Oliver is a priest who finds himself in a fight with demonic evil that threatens the Catholic Church. Fr. Oliver is a cross between James Bond and Billy Graham. His character was inspired by Fr. William McConville, a Franciscan friar at St. Francis of Assisi in Raleigh. He is a great homilist and a friend to all. His stories about encounters with people and every day life are the type that could fuel a series of novels for a long time. The Double XX commercials got it all wrong. They should have cast Fr. Bill as “the most interesting man in the world.”

As we are introduced to Fr. Oliver in the book, he has a curious encounter while getting a hair cut. The dialogue between him and the hair dresser is pretty close to what actually happened to Fr. Bill.  Those that have seen him in a short sleeve shirt know that he’s got some serious muscle, which comes from years of body building. He does not fit the stereotype for a priest. This often results is amusing reactions by those that assume he’s a race car driver, bouncer, or maybe a US Marshal.

I’m grateful to Fr. Bill for sharing his real life stories with me and for being such a great role model as he passionately shares his faith.

I am happy to know this unusual and devoted man of God.

 

 

E-Reader Falling Out?

With all the news about e-books, I found this article enlightening.

“Print is where words go to die.” So went the theory in 2007 when Amazon launched the Kindle. In fact, so sure was the world that books were dead that when Ikea redesigned its ubiquitous Billy bookcase in 2011, it was thought to be so that it could accommodate knick-knacks rather than “archaic” paperbacks.

But while it’s true that e-books show no signs of disappearing – the new Kindle Voyage launches next month hot on the heels of the “Kindle Unlimited” subscription service that came to the UK last month – neither does print.

Recently, I realised that I had become so addicted to the speed of new book buying on my Kindle that I had barely bought anything in print in the past year. I had read Americanah and The Luminaries and tens of others on my e-reader, and I was sad that such great books were missing from my bookshelves. Worse than that, though, was a feeling that plots had started to blur, even with books that I had loved. The only way I could explain it is that they had never had a physicality. Not like the black and gold cover of The Secret History, or its weight when I picked it up from my bedside table.

So I decided…

Read the rest of it here:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/have-we-fallen-out-of-love-with-ereaders-9778559.html

From The Independent in the UK, Thursday 09 October 2014

Persistent Evil: The Demon Slayer

It didn’t start out as a series, it turned into one after a Rabbit’s Tale, An Easter Story was completed. The story continues and some big surprises are in store. I’m getting ready to start Book 3. Don’t know if it will be a three or four book series. We’ll see what happens.

Persistent Evil is scheduled to be released on December 1, 2014.  Look for it on Amazon.

Repercussion of Kindness

Lights, Camera, Action, Gas X

EB’s favorite action star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, really delivers some zingers. Sometimes you just gotta laugh.

Just Look Up – Good Heavens!

What a special place this little blue planet!