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Review of Cruel Logic by Brian Godawa

We don't do many book reviews here nowadays. But sometimes I do read a book, and I couldn't let this one go. Spoiler alert. I do get specific, because it's important. This reader wants great Christian apologetic fiction. The world needs Christian authors who demonstrate how to teach people of all ages strong belief in … Continue reading Review of Cruel Logic by Brian Godawa

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August 10, 2024Bible, Christian Fiction Review, Christian upbringing, Christianity, Dangerous philosophy, faith, jesus, Serial Killer, theology, University ProfessorLeave a comment
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22 Free and 99 Cent books: the Sequel

Eleven 99 cent books Not only do we have eleven free books, we have eleven 99 cent books as well! That’s 22 books you can get from FFVP for under a dollar! Come take a look! Benny 1 Teacher https://payhip.com/b/Mu9i https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1074214 myBook.to/BBR1-Teacher-Study-Guide books2read.com/Benny1-teacher http://bit.ly/2Cj5aTv Benny 1 Student https://payhip.com/b/WLa6 https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1074185 myBook.to/BBR1-Study-Student books2read.com/Benny-study-student http://bit.ly/2BPMCt2 The Acolyte's Education … Continue reading 22 Free and 99 Cent books: the Sequel

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April 12, 202299cent ebooksLeave a comment
Publishing, Writing, Writing, Reviewing, Publishing, and about Blogging

No, It Won’t Look Simple, But …

Conference room from pixabay public domain Simple formatting using Atlantis Word Processor and Libre Office Writer. Updated 4/6/2025. I know something this long won’t seem simple, but take it one step at a time and try not to stress like I did re-inventing the wheel to come up with this.  I use Atlantis Word Processor … Continue reading No, It Won’t Look Simple, But …

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March 30, 2022April 6, 2025Leave a comment
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Most Fortunate of Men

Jael of Cairnsford Cairnsford was so small, and it lay so close to the borderlands, that any day its people expected to see the enemy army march into the dusty town square. Squire Duncan’s daughter Jael could not help being nervous as she drove her pigs to the village well. Not that the people lacked … Continue reading Most Fortunate of Men

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October 20, 2021January 31, 2022arranged marriage, Courage in hardship, delayed romance, finding true love, war misfortunesLeave a comment
Bible Teaching, Current Issues, Everyday observations, Humor, social media, Travel, Humor, Everyday observations, winter weather, Writing

Sunday Snowstorm Thankfulness

Accuweather snip from their website We in eastern Oklahoma are hunkering down for very cold temps and lots of snow. I am about to burst with thankfulness, though, and I want to say why. Graphic by Mary Findey Thankful for my hubby. He braves all kinds of conditions to drive his truck and earn a … Continue reading Sunday Snowstorm Thankfulness

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February 14, 2021February 14, 2021comfort, friends and neighbors, power outages, thankfulness, Winter stormLeave a comment
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There’s Always Dust When You Move — And a New Release! Post by Mary C. Findley

dusty fingers snapping In the course of redesigning the blog, we chose to make do with less storage space. In the course of clearing out space to make way for new content and posts, some old images have been removed from blog posts written in the past. We hope you'll excuse the absence of some … Continue reading There’s Always Dust When You Move — And a New Release! Post by Mary C. Findley

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January 5, 2020March 9, 2020book series, Classic literary characters, images, moving, steampunk2 Comments
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Beatitudes & Woes: A One-of-a-Kind Anthology — post by Mary C. Findley

From the Amazon book description -- "Explore the Beatitudes and Woes of the Bible through the stories of thirteen Christian authors in this uniquely powerful anthology. These science fiction and fantasy stories will bring you to the point of tears, make you laugh, surprise you, amaze you, and inspire you. " Contributions in this amazing … Continue reading Beatitudes & Woes: A One-of-a-Kind Anthology — post by Mary C. Findley

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August 22, 2019Allegory, Christian fiction, fantasy, fiction collection, Science FictionLeave a comment
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A Warm Heart — A Very Short Story by Mary C. Findley

Image of female EMT from Depositphotos “Whoa. Your hands are cold.” Eric Morrow winced. “Sorry. Sorry.” The EMT shoved her hands inside her jacket. Eric tried to smile through his grimace of pain. “I guess that’s pretty petty of me, complaining about your cold hands, Erin,” He whispered, reading her ID badge as she went … Continue reading A Warm Heart — A Very Short Story by Mary C. Findley

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June 8, 2019June 24, 2019chance meeting, heart transplant, Medical emergency, personal sacrifice, triumph out of tragedy2 Comments
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Mapped Out Murders Ready for Readers

Sarah Groben is an LAPD Homicide detective and a pastor's wife. She's got six murders she wants to solve by Sunday. Members of a fledgling group for 10-40 window transplants seeking Christianity are being killed. A Muslim charity interested in better relations with Americans seems to be connected by the death of a former financial … Continue reading Mapped Out Murders Ready for Readers

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April 11, 2019April 13, 2019Christian suspense, Detective story, LAPD, murder mystery, pastor's wife, persecution, police proceduralLeave a comment
Bible Teaching, Everyday observations, Humor, Writing

What My Daughter’s Cat Is Teaching Me

Some people are dog people. Some are cat people. I am both, but for many years we have had only cats because we have so many outside the home responsibilities and cats are better with being home alone. For eight years I rode in a semi with my hubby around the 48 states and Canada … Continue reading What My Daughter’s Cat Is Teaching Me

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February 10, 2019February 11, 2019cats, companionship, hearing loss, home life, life lessons2 Comments
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Mapped Out Murders: a NaNoWriMo Project by Mary C. Findley

  My NaNoWrimo project for this year is called Mapped Out Murders. NaNoWriMo, by the way, is a project to write at least 50,000 words on a new novel project during the month of November. You need to write a little under 1700 words a day to reach that goal. I won’t tell you how … Continue reading Mapped Out Murders: a NaNoWriMo Project by Mary C. Findley

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November 21, 2018April 29, 2019Christian fiction, detective, Homicide, husband and wife team, persecution4 Comments
cover design, Publishing, Writing, Writing, Reviewing, Publishing, and about Blogging

When Moving Day Comes: CreateSpace to KDP

Among my indie author friends, I am seeing a good deal of excitement and concern over the fact that CreateSpace, the go-to print book destination for many of us, is closing down. Our books will now be merged with Kindle Direct Publishing. I am going through this conversion now, and, with 50 titles in print, … Continue reading When Moving Day Comes: CreateSpace to KDP

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September 22, 2018advice, Kindle Direct Publishing, print books, technology, writing2 Comments
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The Write Stuff with Parker J. Cole: Interview Time!

Parker J. Cole has a radio show called The Write Stuff. It exists specifically to encourage and showcase writers of all kinds. Earlier this year she asked many authors to join a group to help her line up guests for her show. I had wanted to do this for some time, but when we lived … Continue reading The Write Stuff with Parker J. Cole: Interview Time!

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September 11, 2018June 24, 2019hurting people, Internet, leaving church, radio blog, trustLeave a comment
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Book Giveaway With KDP Select Starting Tomorrow

From my author friend Russell Sherrard: My book "Genesis: Book of Beginnings" is FREE for 5 Days Monday, September 3 to Friday, September 7. This book is a Bible Study of the Book of Genesis in the Holy Bible. The Bible text used for this study is the King James Version (KJV). This Book is … Continue reading Book Giveaway With KDP Select Starting Tomorrow

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September 2, 2018Bible study, Creation, free book, PEntateuch, study guide2 Comments
Excerpts from our Fiction Books, Publishing, Writing, Writing, Reviewing, Publishing, and about Blogging

The Men of the Realmlands: Finally a Series

If you look at The Baron's Ring up on Amazon, it may shock you to discover that it was published in 2010. Yes, ten years ago I produced this Historical Romantic Suspense story of a handsome prince, Tristan, literally swept away from his father's funeral to a land where a damsel in distress, enslaved by … Continue reading The Men of the Realmlands: Finally a Series

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July 22, 2018May 24, 2020Christian fiction, faith, fantasy, friendship, Historical Fiction, RomanceLeave a comment
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Why I am, For Now, Staying on Facebook — post by Michael J. Findley

Friends, other people; it really is that simple. If I could, I would leave. But the people I like and often love are not on these other sites. These are people I trust. Friends who supply better news links than the MSN, better sports analysis than ESPN, funny animal videos, wacky UFO/paranormal humor, touching military … Continue reading Why I am, For Now, Staying on Facebook — post by Michael J. Findley

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March 30, 2018friendship, Internet, relationships, social media, truth1 Comment
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New Giveaway! Historical Romantic Suspense in New Mexico

We really want you to subscribe to our newsletter, and hope you'll share it with friends who may want to read what we have written. Click on the link right below the search box on the left-hand side of the page. And, of course, readers love free books, so we're going to offer a very … Continue reading New Giveaway! Historical Romantic Suspense in New Mexico

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March 30, 2018Christian fiction, free book, Historical romance, newsletter signup, subscribersLeave a comment
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This Is One Crazy Free Book Offer

Some of our readers have taken advantage of the free first book in my The Great Thirst serial archaeological mystery. It has a nice collection of reviews. However, I am working on a promotion for The Great Thirst Boxed Set, the complete seven-part series, and it has not been so blessed with reviews. In hopes … Continue reading This Is One Crazy Free Book Offer

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March 7, 2018Ancient technology, Elon Musk, high school, media bias, suspense story, Tesla auto, Young Adult FictionLeave a comment
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Writer Alert! Here’s your chance to win a free book!

One of my goals for this year was to revise my writing and publishing advice book, Write for the King of Glory. I've learned a few things since the first edition of this book, and you are the ones to benefit if you want to learn how to make your writing distinctively Christian plus get … Continue reading Writer Alert! Here’s your chance to win a free book!

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February 27, 2018February 27, 2018advice, Christianity, indie publishing, inspiration, marketing4 Comments
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Waiting for a Sign? — Post by Mary C. Findley

  Many people know that I've spent the last two years not writing much of anything. A few blog posts, some editing work, but the only publications in those two years have been volume 5 of our homeschool curriculum, Conflict of the Ages V: The Ancient World, Student and Teacher Editions and the summary version, … Continue reading Waiting for a Sign? — Post by Mary C. Findley

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December 27, 2017February 10, 2018Allegory, demons, fantasy, interdimensional beings, Nephilim, spiritual warfare4 Comments

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