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
Elk Jerky for the Soul: It's tough, but you need it!
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!
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
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
Privacy Notice: This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for elkjerkyforthesoul.com. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following: What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared. What choices are available to you … Continue reading We Respect Your Privacy but Have to Share What’s New and What’s Free!
This is the record of the life of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Matthew 1:1 The Jews knew the Law, the Old Testament, and understood the Messiah. This introduction to the first gospel ever written, just a few years after the resurrection of the Messiah, was either a declaration … Continue reading The Beginning of the Gospel — Post by Michael J. Findley
Westminster Shorter Catechism: “Man’s chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.” Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:14 Let your light shine before people in such a way that they will see your good actions and glorify your Father in … Continue reading To Glorify God — Post by Michael J. Findley
Jesus and the disciples attended Jewish synagogues and temple worship. These services included stringed, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The book of Psalms was the hymn book of the second temple. After finishing the Passover meal they sang a hymn, presumably not a Psalm, and presumably without instruments, before walking across the Kidron Valley to … Continue reading Music In The Early Church — 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
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
Thoughts on Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time (from one who has not seen the movie) after just re-reading the book. I personally believe that Disney did us a favor by removing all mention of God from the movie version. The name Jesus is only mentioned one time in the book, and in that instance … Continue reading Thoughts on Madeline L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time — post by Michael J. Findley
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
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!
Four out of Five Stars. Highly recommended Romantic Women's Fiction If you like romances where opposites attract this is the book for you. What a tapestry of conflict and connection this book is. The ways in which Stone and Abigail turn out to be connected are stunning. It's like that bedraggled bush in her father's greenhouse. Layer by layer, as these two people intertwine … Continue reading Review: The Far Corner of the Greenhouse by K.V. Case
Aloha can mean both good-bye and hello in Hawaiian, or so I'm told. So it seems fitting as we try to plan for the new year, to say good-bye to some old friends, and hello to new plans for Findley Family Video Publications. First, a sad farewell to Smashwords as our upload site for all … Continue reading Good-bye and Hello
A Christmas Eve romance for Valentine's Day? Really? Well, why not? There's no bad time to read about Murali Nanda, a spy who comes in from the cold for reference librarian Karin Arthur. They've talked to online for years but never met in person. Will this be a blind date to die for when a … Continue reading A Valentine’s Day Link-up to Great Reading!
If you look down the left side of our blog you will see a newsletter subscription link. It's been there awhile, but, finally, we published our first newsletter! Now, if you missed it, because you're not a subscriber, we hope you'll sign up for the newsletter and help us build a line of communication you'll … Continue reading Yes, We Do Have a Newsletter!
"I've never won anything!" You know you've said it yourself. So have I. But yesterday I won something. My newly-published novella, His Sign: The Wait Is Over, won an award from Radiqx Press's Reality Calling: Christian Fiction. Peter Younghusband and David Bergsland both read and review Christian fiction, especially in the Speculative genre, for redemptive qualities. … Continue reading I Never Win Anything — by Mary C. Findley
Happy New Year from Findley Family Video Publications! Welcome to our updated and upgraded blog. You will find some new images and videos. We also now have no ads and our own domain, elkjerkyforthesoul.com. A little less to type, or to copy and paste. A little more to make things simpler and clearer, we hope. … Continue reading Ring in the New — 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
FINDLEY FAMILY VIDEO 