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Diary of a Murder, 1

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“We’ll get through this.” Carla reached out and grasped her best friend’s hand. “I know we will.” Diane shook her head and shifted uncomfortably on the hard plastic chair of the waiting room. Her dark curls fell forward over her lean face, casting deeper shadows on eyes already drawn by pain. “I don’t see how.” [...]

Dusk to Dawn: Finding God in the Solace of the Night

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The Stars Cry Out Their Names Last night, while I was staring up at the stars, two passages from Psalms came to mind, making me sigh with a feeling of relief – and blessing. The first was Psalm 8:3-5: When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which [...]

This Fine Life – Review

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This Fine Life is one of the more frustrating books I’ve read in a long time. First, because I wanted to abandon my other responsibilities in order to sit and read. Putting this book down became harder every time I picked it up. Second, Eva Marie Everson tells the story of Mariette and Thayne Scott [...]

31, 53, 64, 84

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Today is my birthday, which I thought an appropriate date to jumpstart this blog, which I’ve ignored for the past 2 ½ months. It’s been a strange time; one of transition and fear, prayer and tested trust. My mother has been repeatedly ill, a combination of heart and lung ailments—some recent and some long standing—and [...]

And the Prize Goes to…

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Joy Isley! Joy, please email me your address, and I’ll get the books in the mail to you this week. Thanks to EVERYONE who entered. The next prize package, Spring in the South, will be given on May 15. Click here for more details, including links to the books. More to come.

Contest Drawing Tomorrow!

Filed in: Contest Stuff    Tags: A Murder Among Friends | contests | Field of Danger | New Hampshire | The Face of Deceit | The Taking of Carly Bradford
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The drawing for my Winter in New Hampshire prizes will be tomorrow (2/15) at 5pm. Prizes include: * A Murder Among Friends, The Face of Deceit, and The Taking of Carly Bradford, autographed * Field of Danger, autographed * New Hampshire: A Living Landscape, Peter E. Randall * Assorted teas in a gift basket * [...]

Lead Dragons and Yellowed Pages

Filed in: Life | Wild Ramblings    Tags: Michael Moorcock | Philip K. Dick | Piers Anthony | Ral Partha | Roger Zelazny | South Bend | The Griffon | Valentine's Day
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“What,” my young friend asked, “do you get a guy for Valentine’s Day?” Hm. Now, I’ve been single a long time. But immediately my mind leaped backwards, over two boyfriends and into a time when I pondered the same thing about my husband. And before I could stop it, out of my mouth came, “Used [...]

Three AM Thinking, about life, love, and the pursuit of a writing career

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Any regular reader knows that I’m a night owl. I really do think it’s genetic. Rachel tends to be one as well. Even as a kid, I’d pretend to sleep until after my parents were in bed, then get up and read by the nightlight in the hall. The world is simply different at night. [...]

A Few Book Recommendations

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I’m early this week with the book column, but I decided not to wait until Wednesday. Below are the February releases from members of the American Christian Fiction Writers. I have already read, and highly recommend, Jennifer AIlee’s The Pastor’s Wife and Christa Allan’s Walking on Broken Glass. And those of you who’ve heard me [...]

Book Review: Waxing Poetic about Peace

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Welcome to my book review space – every other Wednesday I plan to post my thoughts on a book I’ve read. These may or may not take the form of a “real” review: summary followed by skilled evaluation. Sometimes I may just “wax poetic” because a book moves my heart, whether or not it’s a [...]