"Pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." (James 5:16) When we first joined Facebook, it was simply to keep in touch with our children in their far-flung adventures (and ours). Eventually we began to make friends there, usually people we knew in "real" … Continue reading The Prayer Networks
Category: Writing, Reviewing, Publishing, and about Blogging
I am a big classics fan. I have, however, recently begun reviewing book by modern authors, and especially Indie writers, some of whom I've become friends and acquaintances with through author and reader sites I have joined. I have gotten good responses from the authors so far, even if I gave them the dreaded "three … Continue reading How to Write a Book Review the Author Will Love
(Pictured above are Rex, Nessie, Sonny and Sis from the Disciplesaurs Puppet Play Series) Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person (Colossians 4:6). Someone shared a link on Facebook the other day, in an authors' group to which … Continue reading Grace and Salt on Twitter (And some Light, Too, I Hope)
"Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out." Proverbs 17:14 NIV 1984 Etiquette puts the desire to be inoffensive above your own wants and desires. While this is not a complete list, the following rules will help you be more civil in your facebook discussion. 1) … Continue reading Facebook Etiquette
This novella is an excerpt from Hope and the Knight of the Black Lion. It is written as the diary of a crusader who was shipwrecked following the armada of Louis IX to Alexandria. He is disillusioned with his "holy quest" and sick of his adventure. Suddenly he is faced with the choice of … Continue reading Our Newest Baby Book: Diary of a Christian Dog
For many years of my life, I wanted to be successful. I put a lot of effort into that endeavor. I worked and worked and worked. If I joined an organization, I had to be president because I wanted the organization to be successful and I wanted to be seen as a success in the … Continue reading Ever Faithful — Guest Post by Author Staci Stallings
Like any religion which enthrones man in God's place, there is a desperate and irrational need to attack true religion. "Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence,"3 says Richard Dawkins. In the Bible, in the founding documents of US history and in the US court … Continue reading Belief Excerpts from Antidisestablishmentarianism I from Chapter 11. What Is Science to a Secular Humanist?
If any contemporary romance gave excellent advice to its readers, it's this one. It tells lovers, and readers, not to make assumptions. It reminded me a lot of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. There is a small amount of language and non-graphic sexual reference in the book dealt with appropriately for any adult or young … Continue reading They Got More Than Hannah’s Blessing — A review of Hannah’s Blessing by Collette Scott
We travel all over the forty-eight states, so we see a lot of life. This does not make us experts, but we want to attempt to show how our culture is on a downhill slide, mostly because of sin and secular humanism. There are people who don't speak English and don't intend to learn, people … Continue reading I am a Trucker’s Wife
Jefferson Bethke, from his Facebook page Jefferson Bethke of Tacoma, WA posted a Youtube video on 1/10/2012 which has 10,886,714 views as of 1/15/2012 which is entitled "Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus." Because of some of the more outlandish comments people posted, he posted this on his facebook page on Friday 1/13/2012 "If … Continue reading Viral Video by Jefferson Bethke: “Why I Hate Religion but Love Jesus.”
Some recent blog interviews for our books. Thank you! http://marjilaine.blogspot.com/2012/01/author-interview-with-mary-c-findley.html http://davidcleinman.com/writings/education/curiouser-and-curiouser-an-authors-adventures-in-twitterland/ http://nicolestorey.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/guest-post-by-mary-c-findley/ For the "I Want to Write Historical Fiction but I Don't Want to Research" Writer I write historical fiction, but I do not like a whole lot of detail in the books I read, nor do I really like to write it. Hope … Continue reading Author interviews and Historical Research for Hope and the Knight and the Black Lion
Cogsworth, Lumiere, and Mrs. Potts, in full "Be Our Guest" mode, from the stage show of Beauty and the Beast at Walt Disney World. It was a great show!Our journey in self-publishing, or indie-publishing, or whatever it is that we do, has recently begun to include the concept of guest-posting. This is when another blogger, … Continue reading Guest-Posting
I belong to a Facebook page called Indie Writers Unite! As part of our "membership," we share blog space with the other writers in the group in something called "blog hops." Today Helmy Kusuma has the floor. Welcome, Helmy! I am Helmy Kusuma and a writer from Indonesia. I mostly write in English, though. My … Continue reading Guest Post by Helmy Kusuma
I set up a Twitter account awhile back because that was on my promotional "to-do" list. However, I did not really understand what it was for, so I did not use it much. I tweeted our blog posts, and that was pretty much it. My experience with Twitter was somewhat like Alice staring down the … Continue reading Curiouser and Curiouser … An Author’s Adventures in Twitterland
Also, please check out our cover redesigns and let us know what you think! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.351117068247836.100610.149992491693629&type=1 Every Star Trek the fan must admit that nothing exciting ever happens until someone does something incredibly stupid. By writing this story from the first person point of view of a 17-year-old girl, Mary Findley makes the opening chapters very … Continue reading Review of Hope and the Knight of the Black Lion by Michael Findley and Guest blog “Character Interview”for Vienta
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,300 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 22 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the … Continue reading 2011 in review
The writer in yesterday's post said to me, "using profanity is not a sin but being judgmental is." She says this like a doctrinal statement, like she knows it to be a fact. But I don't find a statement like that anywhere in the Scriptures. It sounds to me like a personal opinion. The Apostle … Continue reading How You, Too, Can Become Judgmental and Legalistic
Recently I offered to review a book for another author. She warned me that it contained some sex and language. I said I could objectively review a book that wasn't intended for Christians. But then she told me it was intended for Christians, so I wondered what I was getting myself into. I read the … Continue reading Judgmental Sinner … Yep, I Guess That’s Me
All of our e-books are now marked down for our After Christmas sale. Unillustrated books are now $2.99 and illustrated books are $6.99. (The Teachers Edition of Biblical Studies remains at 99 cents, however.) If you got an e-book reader for Christmas and haven't filled it up yet, follow the links on the right side … Continue reading After Christmas Sale!
Science Fiction can glorify God if the writer can keep his facts straight. It's a haven for uniformitarianism, the perfectibility of man, in short, secularism of all kinds. But since true Science is based in the Scriptures, true Science Fiction must be based in factual information and reasonable speculation based on what may happen. Man … Continue reading Writing and Reading Science Fiction and Fantasy
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