Janet Sketchley's Blog: Tenacity, page 41
September 14, 2018
Author Interview: Writing from the Trenches
Ten busy authors have banded together to create a how-to for writers at all stages on the writerly journey. Writing from the Trenches released Sept. 1, and I caught up with one of the authors, Michelle Griep, to learn more about the book.
Janet: Welcome, Michelle, and thanks for taking time to join us. Love the title! It tells me you’ve all been there, you’ve served your apprenticeships, and you have stories to tell and wisdom to share. What excites you most about this project?
Michelle: I lo...
September 11, 2018
Review: Dying to Remember, by Karin Kaufman
Dying to Remember (Smithwell Fairies Cozy Mystery #1), by Karin Kaufman (2018)
Smithwell, Maine. An ordinary town in an ordinary New England state. On her 50th birthday, newly-widowed Kate Brewer is feeling her ordinariness and wishing there was something – just a little bit – more to life.
But when she encounters a fairy, she’s terrified. Fairies don’t exist outside of folklore. Is she losing her mind?
When a neighbour is killed, Kate and her best friend, Emily, are sure it’s linked to a pre...
September 7, 2018
Field Trip: Unknown Enemy
Care for a whirlwind virtual tour of Lunenburg, NS?
The (fictional) Green Dory Inn is located outside of town, but the characters do venture in on occasion. Since I was curious what they might experience, I paid a few visits over the past year or so. If you pop over to the International Christian Fiction Writers blog, you can read my “Wandering Wednesdays” post — complete with photos. Here’s a sample:
Who says research can’t be fun?
September 4, 2018
New Releases in Christian Fiction (September 2018)
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website.
Contemporary Romance:
A Baby for the Minister by Laurel Blount — Jilted at the altar, Natalie Davis has no one she can turn to—until Jacob Stone steps in. The single minister’s drawn to the beautiful mommy-to-be and wants to help…even if it goes against his congregation’s wishes and could cost him his job. But when s...
August 31, 2018
Should You Try Harder? (Guest Post)
Photo credit: Pixabay
Should You Try Harder? by Steph Beth NickelI’ve never written a book review for Janet’s blog. But today I’d like to share one I wrote for HopeStreamRadio.
Before I purchased the e-version of You Don’t Have to Try Harder by Kathi Lipp and Cheri Gregory, I debated whether I needed one more book. I have hundreds, if not thousands, of physical and ebooks awaiting my attention, more than I’ll likely ever read. However, this was a purchase well worth making.
Below is my invit...
August 30, 2018
Labour Day Weekend Ebook Sale
Looking for some long weekend reading? Without Proof is only $2.99 for Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and iTunes until Sept. 4/18. (Sorry this sale only applies in Canada and the US.)
Yes, it’s book 3 in my Redemption’s Edge series, but it reads well as a stand-alone 
August 28, 2018
Review: The Lord’s My Shepherd and I Shall Not Want, by Debbie Viguié
The Lord’s My Shepherd and I Shall Not Want, by Debbie Viguié (Abingdon Press, 2013)
The Psalm 23 Mysteries series has 15 books, including one that released this year, and I expect there’ll be more. The titles haven’t finished the psalm yet.
These are cozy mysteries featuring church secretary Cindy Preston and her unlikely partner in amateur sleuthing, Rabbi Jeremiah Silverman from the synagogue next door to the church.
I found the first two as an ebook bundle. They’re clean reads, and treat...
August 24, 2018
40% off Ebooks: Christian Suspense
Use promo code 40AUG for 40% off Heaven’s Prey and Secrets and Lies at Kobo.com – ends Aug 27/18.
No Kobo? No problem. Their reading app is a free download, and new customers get $5 off their first order. That means you can grab these two books for pennies.
August 21, 2018
Review: Hidden Currents, by Christy Barritt
Hidden Currents, by Christy Barritt (River Heights, 2018)
Alias: Cassidy Livingston.
Occupation: operating a mobile ice cream truck.
Goal: stay incognito.
A detective with a price on her head must hide out in the small seacoast community of Lantern Beach until the gang leaders who want her dead go to trial.
The problem is, when a body washes up on shore Cassidy’s not at all convinced the local police will arrest the right person. She should stay out of it, but somehow she can’t.
Then there’s...
August 14, 2018
Review: Grace in the Shadows, by Christine Dillon
Grace in the Shadows, by Christine Dillon (2018)
Author Christine Dillon’s fiction tackles some of the hard issues that Christians face in the real world. In Grace in Strange Disguise, the challenge was “what happens when the prayer of faith doesn’t heal?” In Grace in the Shadows, it’s “how—and why—would God love me, after what I’ve done?”
Book one’s Esther believed her faith wasn’t good enough, and book two’s Rachel believes she isn’t good enough. They both must overcome negative father inf...
