Welcome D. J. Blackmore to our blog today. We look forward to learning more about Deirdre. 1. Can you tell us a little about yourself? For many years I have enjoyed a grass roots lifestyle. I have lived my research, which includes spinning, beekeeping, milking cows, making cheese and growing food. I am a simple …
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Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today’s question is: What’s your view on sex or rape scenes In Christian fiction? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation by commenting on this post or on the blog …
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On the 18th of May 2022, I was getting ready for my work placement and I was really struggling, now battling to get there wasn’t a new thing because almost every day I contended to get there. My reasons varied but mainly because it was so exhausting for me, the 2 afternoons a week completely …
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Today's review is A Quilt for Christmas by Melody Carlson Blurb Christmas should be celebrated with family. But for Vera Swanson, that's not an option this year. Widowed and recently relocated, she is lonely in her condo-for-one--until little Fiona Albright knocks on her door needing help. With her mother seriously ill and her father out …
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Publishing a book is a forever thing. When one sends a book out into the world, one never knows where it might turn up—or in what format. Long-lived books continue to recycle in various formats and editions with covers to match new tastes. Ebooks, audio books, even film adaptations become possibilities never thought of a …
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Today, our guest is author Betsy St. Amant, who writes contemporary inspirational fiction as well as non-fiction and many other things! Welcome to ACW blog, Betsy! We’re glad to have you. Tea or coffee? COFFEEEEE! Because I’m pretty sure it makes up 45% of my bloodstream now. Contemporary or historical novels? If I’m writing, I …
Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat. This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week. Today’s question is: What's your view on billionaire romance? We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation by commenting on this post or on the blog post shared in our Australasian …
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“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Psalm 46:10 Have you ever felt like someone is calling you or trying to get your attention? You slow down whatever you are doing and try to listen as hard as you can. A …
I'll forever be grateful to Narelle Atkins for talking at an Omega conference in 2015 about the value of writing in a series. When I heard this, I'd just finished writing my third historical (Winning Miss Winthrop), and was primed to write a sequel to this as a NaNoWriMo project in November that year. Little …
To any avid reader, characters Dumbledore and Ishmael are household names. Whether you like wizardry and whales is beside the point, the ‘Harry Potter’ series and ‘Moby Dick’ are familiar titles. Unfamiliar to some is their status; while both novels use engaging language, only one is considered literature. Is one more important than the other, …
