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I gotta admit every now and then I enjoy a sweet little romance. Call it a guilty pleasure if you like because I don’t indulge it very often—not necessarily because I don’t want to but because the good ones are hard to find. Enter the Revell Book Tour for Sharon Gillenwater’s Jenna’s Cowboy. The title…
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A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.” Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured. Mark 1:40-42 (NIV)
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FRIDAY Hutch opened his eyes to the illuminated red numbers on his clock reading 2 AM. He could hear sirens somewhere and rain drops outside his window. “Geez,” he groaned and contemplated getting any more sleep now that he was awake. So tired of waking up in the middle of the night . . .…
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Favorite colors: Black and Yellow Our racing colors (for our silks and equipment in horse racing) were red, black, and yellow because my favorite colors are black and yellow and my husband’s are black and red. Three of the more unusual names of horses we trained were Lunch Bag, Rattlesnake Dancer, and their son (years…
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Had enough yet? I bet you have. A singular event, combined with others of similar substance, and the thought processes which followed it prompted the past few posts on “disclaimers” in regard to writing. Some of you might know or remember that my first novel Hope Of Glory is a comprehensive story about American horse…
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Yesterday I said: “Personally, I value disclaimers, or I should say I would value them by an author for a very simple reason: honesty.” We can always hope that a reader who scans general genres for valuable reading, but focuses on specific genres, might land upon our work and venture into our stories resulting in…
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Disclaim: To deny or renounce any claim to or connection with; disown. To deny the validity of; repudiate. Disclaimer: A repudiation or denial of a claim. Let’s say there’s a product on the market making claims such as “miracle cleaner”. Oh wait, there are such products. Okay. If you pass on this information about the…
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Tyndale Fiction sent out copies of C. J. Darlington’s first novel, Thicker than Blood, to interested reviewers for a January release. Thicker than Blood began when the author was only 15 years old, but its polished version won the 2008 Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild Operation First Novel Contest. Some of you are familiar…
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In no particular order . . . Sitting in the sun reading a good novel Walking in our pasture–again in good weather Watching the TV shows I enjoy Walking the mall sometimes Drinking my morning Coca Cola Having read Mark’s, Dayle’s, Jessica’s, and Kristen’s writing Having the time I need to do most anything Worshipping…
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It is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way” — “A voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’” Mark 1:2-3 (NIV)
