R.J. Conte's Blog, page 11
April 7, 2018
Exordia!
Sacrifices must be made.
On a desert planet, all citizens must cooperate to survive. The scientific organization, Pallagen, protects the colony city of Exordia–whether they want it or not.
Rebels must be broken.
Ex-Pallagen researcher Lena Ward isn’t going down without a fight. Her team of Exordia rejects is ready to pierce Pallagen’s benevolent exterior and expose the truth of their horrible agenda.
Loyalty must be programmed.
Amnesiac Alex Kleric is reclaiming her life as an Enforcer dedica...
April 3, 2018
HELP! Angel-Lover Rising to the Top!
[image error] Please help me beat the book in the #1 place, which is an LGBT story that defames Christians!! :-O 
March 22, 2018
Open Letters to Persecuted Christians – From My Children
We’ve been praying through Voice of the Martyrs prayer calendar – praying for a different persecuted country every day. This has been very eye-opening to my two oldest
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girls – children who’ve known peace, safety, and security all their lives.
Today we studied a passage on heaven and Jesus’s second coming. At the end of the passage, Paul tells people to encourage each other with these words. I mentioned that thinking about eternity in heaven was probably v...
March 13, 2018
Preciously Precocious Children – Part 3
[image error]Eleven-year-old Gem has traveled from his home planet of Topha to meet with ten extraordinary children, all sixteen and under. These children have been given the RJ Conte label of “Preciously Precocious” and are heroes[image error] of their own stories.
Gem, future possible savior of his fragile planet, is prepping to take on the planet’s core with the power of his mind. For motivation, he’s interviewing child heroes.
And now for the final installment of interviews! And make sure you check out each...
March 9, 2018
Preciously Precocious Children – Part 2
Gem’s back to interview more children heroes – middle grade and young adult books that [image error]can be enjoyed by your kids. 
March 7, 2018
Preciously Precocious Children – Part 1
[image error]Eleven-year-old Gem has traveled from his home planet of Topha to meet with ten extraordinary children, all sixteen and under. These children have been given the RJ Conte label of “Preciously Precocious” and are heroes of their own stories.
[image error]Gem, future possible savior of his fragile planet, wanted to meet other inspiring young people: children who stop dragon trafficking, who protect their families when their mothers go through deep clinical depression, children that speak up to bullies and s...
March 4, 2018
Eating Grubs, Missionary Stories, and The Girl Who Could See
[image error]Say hello to Kara Swanson! I met her at Realm Makers in Reno last year, and we quickly bonded. She’s a kindred spirit, an ENFJ, and an old soul even though she’s a decade younger than I am. She’s got great connections and great thoughts, and they translate to beautiful words on the written page. I was able to be a beta reader for her amazing book, Skyridge, during the month of December. And now she’s currently writing a Peter Pan retelling that I’m super excited about. This girl is go...
March 1, 2018
Rosalie, Butterfly Rider
Piece of today’s section:
Rosalie never got tired of flying.
She tore her hair free of the bun and let it sail behind her, the wind rushing past her face to tangle in her pale locks. Tiny insect houses dotted the landscape like colorful flowers below her. Butterflies played in free-floating spirals of joyful buzzing, their larvae crawling up stalks to watch an...
February 21, 2018
Winner!
February 18, 2018
TWO DAYS
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