Sunday, January 06, 2008

BOM: Results and reader Reaction

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A couple of announcements before we jump into the topic for today:  First, the second book in the Fairlawn series, SHE ALWAYS WORE RED, is n...
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Saturday, January 05, 2008

BOM: The Editing

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I think it's fair to say that most of the editing occurred when Lori and I got together after the "merge" of our stories.  We...
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Friday, January 04, 2008

BOM: The Writing

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Each Heavenly Daze novel is almost like two novellas--Lori and I each had to write a 35,000 word story revolving around the inhabitants of o...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008

BOM: The Research

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One of the first things Lori and I did was book a trip to Maine.  (She lives in Missouri, and I live in Florida.  We didn't exactly know...
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008

BOM: How the Idea Germinated

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Syn er gy  |ˈsinərjē|  (also  syn er gism  |-ˌjizəm| ) noun the  interaction  or cooperation of two  or  more organizations, substances, or ...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Book of the Month: The Heavenly Daze Series

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Time for another BOM, and this month we'll do a series:   The Heavenly Daze series, co-written with Lori Copeland.  I get more email ...
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Monday, December 31, 2007

A Metaphor for the New Year . . .

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That meme was really instructive . . . it seems that every ten years, the Lord leads me in a different direction.  Which makes me look at wh...
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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Reading is Fundamental . . .

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One of my resolutions for 2008 is going to be "make more time for reading."  I do read a lot, but I often find myself reading in b...
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Saturday, December 29, 2007

A new meme

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Kay, aka " loop de loops "has tagged me with a meme.  And since I've spent the morning going through the "stock" boo...
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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Heavenly Daze fans . . . cheer up!

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Not a week goes by that I don't get three or four emails from people who want more Heavenly Daze books.  Well . . . you might get your ...
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The Day After

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The tree is coming down.  I feel a little Scrooge-ish for taking down my  Christmas tree on the day after, but I wanted to put it away with ...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Books! I get Books!

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For some inexplicable reason, my mailbox was flooded with books on Monday--and they're all books I'm thrilled to tell you about.   ...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Blessed Christmas to you!

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May your time with family be simple and significant.  May you take time to contemplate the mystery of Emmanuel, "God with us."  ...
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

How Precious . . .

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I got the sweetest letter the other day.    A couple of weeks ago I sent a bookplate to a friend whose co-worker's little girl has my b...
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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays

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This is brilliant.  Click on this link , then click on the red stoplight to begin the video.  Merry Tossmas!   Stickers . . . I can...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Not One Less

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Thank you for all the birthday wishes.  My day was very relaxed and fun . . . probably too relaxed, because I should have been working!  And...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Have in common . . .

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What do S haron Stone, Madonna, Ellen Degeneres, Prince, Michelle Pfeiffer, and I have in common?  We're all turning fifty!  In fact,...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Dear Friends and Family

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Instead of sharing something cute and funny today, I want to share a sobering truth. I recently received my friend Randy Alcorn's newsle...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

The New Huckabee ad

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If you haven't seen Mike Huckabee's latest ad, you can watch it here.  I've watched it several times, and I have to scratch my h...
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Back by request . . .

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Title Trakk has asked 31 authors about their most special Christmas memory.  If you'd like to read them, here's the link .  Back fr...
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