I don’t generally read young adult books, but the title and the book cover caught my attention. Ripple Effect is the first book in the Time Thriller Trilogy. It opens with best friends, Elizabeth and Jeff, having a conversation, or rather Elizabeth is venting about her parents while her friend listens. When she suggests running away, Jeff thinks his dramatic friend has taken things a little too far, but he needs to figure out a way to talk Elizabeth out of her crazy plan.
In a recent online marketing workshop, I discussed the need to take advantage of online opportunities. Some of these ventures may require costs, while others are free. I will layout both options further down. The most important factor with online promotion is time management. You don’t want to start too early, but you certainly don’t want to wait until the last minute. read more
Alisha Carlise is a dancer who’s always dreamed of having a dance studio. When she inherits a sum of money from her grandparents, she’s delighted to finally make her dream come true. Aisha dream begins to crumble when the owner of the building, where she’s renting space for her studio, decides to sell it. It becomes obvious there is no way she can get the funding to purchase the building. The thought of losing her beloved studio devastates Aisha.
Okay, I didn’t care too much for getting my essays or other papers back with red marks, but I don’t have anything against the red pen or pencil. I actually keep several around when I’m revising my chapters. I discovered that the revision part of the writing process is actually the best part. The hard part is getting the story down. Once you have the story, print out your hard copy, sit back with a red pen or pencil and let your characters start talking.
A few weeks ago, I discovered The Blood-Red Pencil blog. Several editors guest blog, leaving their various tips and sometimes gripes about the editing process. I encourage you to subscribe.
Recently, I’ve been studying Roman 8. There are moments in my life and I’m sure in yours where you know the flesh has more control than the Spirit. That usually is our fault because we’ve placed something first instead of God. To my delight, I came across the Romans 8 Movement and a couple of other goodies.
I came across this movement today when I decided to check out LifeChurch.tv. LifeChurch.tv have some of the best online, interactive sermon series. The current series is called Practical Athiest and the message really hit home. While perusing the scriptures in today’s sermon, I was led to YouVersion.com. YouVersion.com is an awesome bible study resource that provides a journal and a chance to interact with other believers. While reading Romans 8, I found the Romans 8 Movement in the Community section.
The folks behind the Romans 8 Movement wants to get as many people as possible to memorize the entire chapter of Romans 8. Since this has been my focus the past few weeks, I printed the flash cards and downloaded the music to go along with the scripture.
Check out the Youtube video below and then check out the site.
This morning I feel yucky in the throat area. As I sit with my lemon tea, I thought I would add an update about my writing ventures. I seem to have taken to the micro-blogging on Twitter more so than actually blogging. The 140 character limit is very encouraging. Plus you get more feedback. LOL!
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE. My manuscript When Rain Falls is officially with my editor, Robin Caldwell (jstandard on Twitter). She’s been a great encouragement to me the past few years and I’m looking forward to her edits on my first attempt at Romantic Suspense. It only took me two and half years to get the plot together. I learned a lot about writing from that novel and had definite sense of “sweetness” when I finally typed THE END.
I’ve used BibleGateway.com for years and it remains my favorite online bible search tool. Recently, I read where Gospel Communications were having some issues, which would leave this site and my other favorite site Think Christian looking for new online homes. Today, in Publisher’s Weekly Religion Bookline it mentions:
Zondervan has acquired BibleGateway.com, an online tool for reading and researching scripture, from Gospel Communications, a non-profit Christian organization aimed at spreading the Gospel through film, internet and other media. Originally launched in 1993, the site allows users to search, find and compare particular scripture passages based on keywords, phrases or scripture reference in more than 50 languages and 81 different translations. In the coming months, Zondervan intends to build out the current features of the site and add a selection of reference materials and other Bible study resources based on its proprietary content and author resources, as well as working in partnership with other content providers.
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