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First Friday: May 2015

This post is part of a once-a-month series on A Brighter Destiny. Each "First Friday," I'll glance over my mental list for that month and reveal to you some of the things to which I'm looking forward this month - both writerly and more personally.



FIRST FRIDAY: May 2015



As a side note: Spring seems to be flying by, doesn't it? 



What I'm thankful for: The way our God is ever patient with

Cover Reveal: Alicia A. Willis's GRACE TRIUMPHANT

Yes, I know! Some of you thought that I was revealing the cover of the sequel to The Fragrance of Geraniums!  Soon, friends, soon! :-)



For today, however, I'm participating in the cover reveal for fellow Christian historical fiction author Alicia A. Willis's Grace Triumphant, a novel about the British slave trade. Grace Triumphant has a planned release of November 2015, but for now, we can

Don't Chase After the Sparks, Ignore the Crows, & Trust the Master - Review & Giveaway for LESSONS FROM A SHEEPDOG

The Book:

Lessons from a Sheep Dog - A True Story of Transforming Love by Phillip Keller. {Published by Thomas Nelson.}







From the Back Cover:

When Lass the sheep dog came to live on the sheep ranch at Fairwinds, she was anything but. She was gaunt, angry, and seemingly untrainable - a product of years in the hands of an unloving master. In this newly revised edition of the classic

First Friday: April 2015

This post begins a new once-a-month series on A Brighter Destiny! Each "First Friday," I'll glance over my mental list for that month and reveal to you some of the things to which I'm looking forward this month - both writerly and more personally. I'm excited to start this series and hope that you enjoy it!


FIRST FRIDAY: April 2015



What I'm thankful for: God's continual lovingkindness toward

This Last Surrender: Giveaway Winner and Release Day!

Today is the RELEASE DAY for

THIS LAST SURRENDER: A 31-DAY DEVOTIONAL FOR WOMEN SEEKING A DEEPER WALK WITH JESUS CHRIST

by Rebekah Neal {Yes, she's my sister!} of the blog Ready to be Offered!







Thanks to everyone who entered the PRE-RELEASE GIVEAWAY for a hot-off-the-press paperback copy. The randomly-selected winner is... {drum-roll, please}



LAURA L.!

{winner has been e-mailed and

Book Release Spotlight: Ifeoma Samuel & "My 30-Days' Journey to a Fulfilled Life"

I first "met" Ifeoma Samuel through some blogs that we both frequented. Her desire to honor the Lord and to encourage others to do the same through her writing really shone as admirable to me. 

Back in mid-winter, Ifeoma let me know that she planned to release her first book - a devotional entitled My 30-Days' Journey to a Fulfilled Life - and that she wished me to design an e-book cover for her

This Last Surrender: Review and Giveaway!

I'm so excited to present to you a book today, the release of which I've long anticipated... my dear sister Rebekah Neal's devotional This Last Surrender! {Giveaway at the end of this post.}



The Book:


This Last Surrender: A 31-Day Devotional for Women Seeking a Deeper Walk with Jesus Christ

Releasing Thursday, March 19, 2015

In Paperback and Kindle








The Description:



Are you

Announcing the Winner of Rachel Rossano's HONOR

Lots of writing to do today on the sequel to The Fragrance of Geraniums! :-) Peep at that word-count meter on the left... It's actually moving again, as I've now finished all that "deep outlining" and am onto the writing part.



I'm just popping in here to let you all know who is the WINNER of the Kindle copy of Rachel Rossano's newest medieval-style fantasy novel HONOR {which has, I would like

New Release Book Review: Rachel Rossano's HONOR + a GIVEAWAY!

I've been wanting to read one of Rachel Rossano's novels for some time - having heard only good things about them - but I kept admonishing myself: "You already have 100+ books (mostly Kindle!) in your to-be-read pile... You ought not buy another one until you've read a few of those!"

Rossano's books lured me, however, and the opportunity to throw off all restraint ;-) came when Rossano

Writing Update: In Which I Discuss Sequels, Themes, Pugs, and Regency Books :-)

THE SEQUEL


Well, I promised you all a writing update this Friday -- particularly one about The Sequel to The Fragrance of Geraniums! :-) {Just typing that makes me smile... :-)}

I'm loving returning to these characters - Yes, even though The Sequel is {planned to be} a stand-alone {i.e. you shouldn't have to read The Fragrance of Geraniums before reading this one to understand what is going