From April 23, 2009 Interview with Sibella Giorello, Part Two                    To continue getting to know gifted author Sibella Giorello . . .   13.Marketing novels can be the bane of some authors and quite enjoyable for others. Is it a necessary evil or a fun opportunity for you?   A little of both. You have…

               Dani Pettrey's second novel in her Chesapeake Valor Series, Still Life presents a talented photographer (Avery) who takes crime scene photos, the private Crime Scene Investigator (Parker) for whom she once worked, and a young, talented but psychopathic photographer whose obsession with Avery's troubled friend (Skylar) makes him the prime suspect when Skylar disappears on one of the biggest nights of…

                          Yeah, the 60's music. Can't beat it.   Father, you knew us all . . . then and now. Thank you for rescuing me. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

     Father, thank you for sending those warriors who fought for noble purpose based on the principles you have given us. Thank you for those throughout the ages who've sacrificed their lives for freedom and the glory of godly ideals. Thank you for the USA and those who've given it all to protect it. Thank…

Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit,    and wickedness as with cart ropes, to those who say, "Let God hurry,    let him hasten his work    so we may see it. Let it approach,    let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come,    so we may…

  The scales of justice as they're called sometimes get unbalanced. In both directions. The guilty go free. The innocent are imprisoned. And it's not "fair". As children we often cried and sputtered, "It's not fair!" And, no, it might not have been - or it could've been. At the time we probably didn't have the…

From April 22nd, 2009        (The original cover is on the left, the contemporary cover on the right in keeping with the newer cover themes.)   Interview with author Sibella Giorello, Part One Pacific Northwest author of The Stones Cry Out and The Rivers Run Dry and former award winning journalist Sibella Giorello was gracious…

         Yay! Is it really the "final adventure"? Hoping not. There's always another good pirate tale. Right?   Father, you hear my prayers for souls. May it be your will. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.  

               Snapshots from a vintage movie and a great old song to match.   Lord, we've always been desperate for you whether we've known it or not. In the Name of Jesus.  

                I'm not the "Love Inspired" kind of reader, but I was intrigued by Shannon Taylor Vannatter's little romance novel Winning Over the Cowboy. I became aware of it when Shannon did an interview with Brenda S. Anderson on her blog, and I won a copy! Yay!  No one is more surprised than Landry Malone when her best friend…