In today’s blog, Dienece would like to share her experience with launching a second book. Launching your second book might not go like the first one did. It might do better, or it might be worse. I ended up making more money off my second book, but I didn’t sell as many books. The lack …
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How Much Time Should I Give to God?
Have you ever wondered how much time you should give to God? What’s the ‘right amount’ so to speak? Is it okay that I only gave God ten minutes today? Am I less of a Christian because I barely get two sentences strung together in prayer before my kids interrupted me—again? Should I really be …
Book Review | Echoes of a Silent Song by Amanda Wen
Hi, it’s Dienece Darling here offering a book review of the split time romance Echoes of a Silent Song by Amanda Wen. Book Description: When a choral composer and conductor falls victim to creative block, he resorts to his fallback plan of teaching high school choir. Callum Knight’s goal at Peterson High is simple: rediscover …
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Devotional | A Precious Message
As an author, speaker, or your average Christian trying to share the gospel with someone, it’s hard to know how to please God and not chase the praise of men. I mean, if you aren’t relatable, likeable, or at least moderately proficient, no one will hear the precious message entrusted to you to share. So, …
Beyond the Page, Book Bonuses
Once upon a time, my family and I would pile into our van, drive to the bookstore, and spend way too much time and money there before cramming ourselves and our book hauls back into the van to go home. Then I’d lose myself in the books, being introduced to characters through their story, envisioning …
Devotional | Should I Stand Out?
Some people like to blend in, and others–like myself–chase the lure of standing out. I’d like us to look at both of these today. A friend shared a Bible verse which got me thinking about how I view and present myself. He must increase, but I must decrease. John 3:30 KJV So often in life …
Book Review | Small Town Harmony by Milla Holt
It’s Dienece Darling here today to share why I read and couldn’t put down Milla Holt’s Small Town Harmony! Book Description: She chased her dream. Now her marriage is paying the price. Ezra Falconer always took the lead—onstage with his brothers’ Christian band, and at home with his quiet, dependable wife, Martha. But everything changed …
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Devotion | Being Brave
When I think of the Apostle Paul, I picture a fearless man. Bold and unapologetic. No, trouble being brave. He was stoned, imprisoned, beaten, chased out of town, set on by mobs, hated by so many, and shipwrecked. Still, he kept on preaching. Such bravery! Me? I’m not so brave. I prefer to write because …
Book Review | The Truth about Irene by Suzie Peace Pybus
Today, Dienece Darling shares her book review of Suzie Peace Pybus’s The Truth about Irene, a woman’s fiction with a touch of mystery. Book Description: Sixty and widowed, Irene flees her big house on a farm for a tiny flat in a Tasmanian tourist town, leaving behind everything but a few personal belongings and her …
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Somebody to Him
Have you ever felt off, but you didn’t know why? That happened to me last year. I was definitely in a slump. I didn’t want to read novels, and I’ve loved reading since I was a little girl. I didn’t want to talk to my family, and my phone bill says I average over an …