Janet Sketchley's Blog: Tenacity, page 40
October 27, 2018
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October 26, 2018
Overcoming Overwhelm (Guest Post)
Do you have a sense of anticipation when you wake up? Or would you rather pull the covers over your head, roll over, and go back to sleep?
Recently, I’ve found myself in the latter category—at least more often than I’d like.
So, what can we do about it if that’s the case?
Take a good hard look at our To Do list.
If it’s already full to overflowing, we must learn that putting off pursuing our shiny new idea, declining a request to take on another proje...
October 23, 2018
Review: Stealthy Steps, by Vikki Kestell
Stealthy Steps, by Vikki Kestell (Faith-Filled Fiction, 2015)
Gemma Keyes tells readers her story in first person, as she writes an account of what happened one fateful day in her physicist friend’s secret lab. She’s funny, direct, and sometimes speaks directly to the reader.
She’ll tell you why she’s in hiding and who’s chasing her. She’ll explain enough of the nanotechnology (microscopic bits like computer chips, if I understand) but she’ll reassure you it’s okay if you don’t get it. She do...
October 16, 2018
Review: When a Secret Kills, by Lynette Eason
When a Secret Kills, by Lynette Eason (Revell, 2013)
Three friends, separated the night of their high school graduation. Alexia left town as planned, to escape her troubled home life. Serena went on to university. Jillian fled, terrified by something she’d witnessed—a secret that could still kill her ten years later.
In fact, the danger’s mounting. Her enemies have discovered her new identity. She can’t let them find out about her daughter.
Jillian returns to her hometown to find the evidence...
October 9, 2018
Review: Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade, by Deborah Barr, Edward G. Shaw, and Gary Chapman
Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade, by Deborah Barr, Edward G. Shaw, and Gary Chapman (Northfield Publishing, 2016)
This book includes personal stories, practical information, and candid responses from people walking this “unchosen journey” with loved ones. It relies on input from studies and other key books on the subject of dementia and caregiving.
Don’t stop half-way through, daunted by the prospect of what Alzheimer’s can bring. Once the authors have given that grounding, they move on t...
October 2, 2018
New Releases in Christian Fiction (October 2018)
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website.
Contemporary Romance:
A Christmas to Remember by Julie Arduini, Valerie Comer, Janet W. Ferguson, Kimberly Rose Johnson, Deb Kastner, Elizabeth Maddrey, Lindi Peterson, and Ginger Solomon — Eight authors from the popular blog Inspy Romance each share a Christmas-themed novella to put you in the mood for the season. (Co...
September 28, 2018
What They Write and Why (Guest Post)
What They Write and Why By Steph Beth Nickel Are you part of a writers’ group?
The ladies I’ve met with over the past decade are diverse, as is their writing. But we’ve learned much during our time together, including what we want to write and why—for now at least.
Memoir
Barbara is working on a talk she will be giving to the ladies at her church in December. Her husband passed away from ALS, and she will be sharing some of that journey. This is a highly emotional topic, but one she feels re...
September 25, 2018
Review: When a Heart Stops, by Lynette Eason
When a Heart Stops, by Lynette Eason (Revell, 2012)
Work becomes personal for Medical Examiner Serena Hopkins when she realizes the victims of a copycat serial killer are all members of her high school graduating class. Tension grows as the killer (or killers) seem to be stalking Serena herself.
Meanwhile, she’s also being targeted by someone who wants documents she’s been entrusted with by her friend Jillian, who vanished at graduation after witnessing something too terrifying to share with...
September 21, 2018
Writers? Quitters?
Writers… are you sometimes tempted to quit? I’ll never forget lamenting to a friend and fellow-writer that I wanted to give up. She shot back, “Go ahead and quit. See how long it lasts.”
Because we’d both been there, done that. And we both knew why it wouldn’t last. Writers are wired to write.
Recently, I had the opportunity to share a guest post, “Quitting Time?” at the Seriously Write blog. You’re invited to pop over and join the conversation.
September 18, 2018
Review: Worlds Unseen, by Rachel Starr Thomson
Worlds Unseen, by Rachel Starr Thomson (Little Dozen Press, 2007)
A richly-imagined fantasy set in a vaguely British Isles world, in a time where the weapons are sword and spears, and transportation is by horse, boat, or train.
Maggie Sheffield’s world is upended when she takes on a simple quest that makes her a target for evil beyond her imagination. Along the way, she befriends a boy who can hear what animals say, meets Gypsies and revolutionaries, and learns that there’s more to see than t...
