Wednesday, October 30, 2013

FLYING FOR JESUS - Lee Carver - One Free Book or Ebook

Welcome back, Lee. What would you like for our readers to know about you personally?
I lived in one house in a small Alabama town with a lot of brothers until going to college. Since marrying Darrel, we’ve lived in eight states, seven countries, and traveled to over forty countries. We retired to Texas to care for his parents at the ends of their lives.

Tell us about your family.
We have an adult son and daughter and five grandchildren between age 7 and 16. Unfortunately, they live in distant states. Last summer the three teenagers came for Granny Camp. We flew them out and had a blast from Cowtown (Fort Worth) to Galveston Beach.

Have you written other nonfiction books?
Yes, though it’s nothing at all like Flying for Jesus. The Most Excellent Adventure is a fun book, complete with imaginative cartoons, of anecdotes of life in foreign countries. These and my first novel, Love’s Second Verse, are all available in print and Kindle by Amazon.com.

Do you have any other books in the works right now?
I’ve had trouble finding a traditional publisher for two novels because of their foreign settings, so now I’m writing a light contemporary story with a romantic thread set entirely in Texas. After treating several heavy subjects, like World War II, this book is a delight to write.

What kinds of hobbies and leisure activities do you enjoy?
The list is long, including lots of home crafts—sewing, quilting, crocheting for Prayer Shawl Ministry, and gardening. I sing in the choir and a women’s chorus and play piano. My newest challenges are mentoring a troubled fourth grader and studying to become a Stephen Minister, which is adult Christian mentoring. Other writerly activities include freelance copy editing, formatting, and uploading authors’ books for print and ebooks.

Why did you write the featured book?
Hundreds of people asked me to tell the amazing journey of leaving the world of international banking to be volunteer missionaries in the Brazilian Amazon. At the time, rumors flew that Darrel bought the plane for smuggling or drug running, I think because a calling from God made no sense to them. We wanted our children and grandchildren to understand that calling and, as I wrote in the Preface, why we spent their inheritance in the jungle. The book is being sold without profit, because I want everyone to be able to read it.

What do you want the reader to take away from the book?
If God calls you to do something amazing, something so totally off the wall, do it. That will be the most awesome adventure of your life.

Where on the Internet can the readers find you?
On FaceBook as Lee Carver
Two web sites:
Blog:
http://LeeCarverWriter.blogspot.com

Thank you, Lee. I'm really excited about your new book.

Readers, here are links to the book. By using one when you order, you help support this blog.
Flying for Jesus - paperback
Flying for Jesus - Kindle
(These books are very affordable.)

Leave a comment for a chance to win a free copy of the book. Winners in the US will receive a choice of a print or ebook. If the winner is from a foreign country, an ebook will be given. Please tell us where you live, at least the state or territory. (Comments containing links may be subject to removal by blog owner.)

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

THE PAWNBROKER'S RING - Justina Prima - One Free Book

Readers, this is another author who is new to my blog. 

Welcome, Justina. Tell us how much of yourself you write into your characters.
How many times have you heard it said to write about what you know? Then it’s believable. I don’t do it deliberately, and then reading for edits, I see my failings glaring at me.

What is the quirkiest thing you have ever done
An episode of “House Hunters” yesterday underlines what you think you would never do: move to a place you don’t know or change your living style. A couple decided they wanted pick up and move to Melbourne, Australia, never having lived there and would have to find jobs. When I share with someone just what would be the best thing I have ever done, they stare at me wide-eyed.

“You didn’t!” “How did you survive?” or “I just don’t believe it.”

After having kept you in suspense, here it is. Getting caught up with belongings, jobs, entertainment—you know, how life is out here, but doesn’t have to be? We knew a geologist who owned 1,000 acres in the Marble Mountains, just kitty-corner from Mt. Shasta in northern California. Believe it or not, northern California is not San Francisco. We are talking about almost to the Oregon border. It had a miner’s cabin on it, and you had to cross a large creek to get to it. We rented it for a whopping $1.00 a year. Not only was it on 1,000 acres, but even that was set in the middle of BLM land, which meant our nearest neighbor was 20 miles away. No electricity, just a generator. No running water, but the glorious creek of snow run off and beaver free. Propane refrigerator and stove, and a whopping woodstove. We cut down and seasoned the wood the summer before each year we were there. Yes, three summers of hard work.

The geologist owned grazing land and another 1,000 acres next to us. A mile into the pasture and next to the school bus stop was a tiny trailer with electricity. From early morning to when the school bus came back at 3, I could be found in there with a little Brother computer/typewriter. My dad had bought it for me saying, “To do a good job, you need the proper tools.” This is where I wrote my first book, Stardust. One day I will polish it and submit. It’s a true story of my mom and dad, WWII, and Dad was a Japanese POW taken at the Baton Death March. He is the one who should have written a book!

Tell us the range of the kinds of books you enjoy reading.
I absolutely love mysteries and biographies of the civil war generals. It’s finding the time to read that’s the problem. And I am one of those authors who cannot read anything while I’m writing. Just doesn’t work.

How do you keep your sanity in our run, run, run world? 
It was the three-year hiatus from the world where I bonded with what Christ was asking of us—to live simply, ask for nothing, and love-love-love and to see Christ in each and everyone. Difficult to do sometimes, but we are asked to do the difficult things! 

How do you choose your characters’ names? 
Since I write historical, I draw up names from the year on the internet. Gee, no longer having to spend long hours at the library…Then the name has to fit the description of the character. Tomboyish, glamorous, handsome—that kind of thing. Dickens was big on that, but he named people for who they were!

What is the accomplishment that you are most proud of? 
Definitely, the publishing of my novel, but the top of the list would have to be earning my RN. My goal was to be a Hospice nurse, so I started off at the bottom with my Certified Nurse’s Aide, then an LPN and worked full-time on my RN.  It’s the hardest job I’ve ever loved.

If you were an animal, which one would you be, and why? 
A horse, beautiful or not, but definitely a loved horse by a young girl. Talk about pampered…

What is your favorite food? 
MandMs.  Hamburgers. Hmmm…and MandM hamburger. That’s a thought. (I changed the spelling of the name of the candy, because ampersands don’t do well on Blogger. Lena)

What is the problem with writing that was your greatest roadblock, and how did you overcome it? 
My younger sister (the book is dedicated to her) was my best friend. I took care of her until she passed to God’s Hands after suffering from a very rare form of breast cancer. She would read each chapter and then send it back with comments. She didn’t make it to the end of the book but told me over and over that it would be a great success. It was six months before I could write another line.

Tell us about the featured book.
I am going back on what I said regarding how much of me goes into the characters. This book is about jealousy and envy. Though I suffer from many other things, I have seen what this has done to people. It isn’t pretty. This story follows Mrs. Blackburn, who is set on destroying one other woman, Adela Seward, because of these two passions. It is only by delving deep into herself with the help of God that she finally overcomes it. Of course, Adela has her own problems, Mrs. Blackburn being the first and foremost. She asks herself, “How can I love someone I loathe as God requires of us?” Adela is a single mother of Mendel, now eighteen. Her husband had left her for privateering in the War of 1812, just as they were starting a family and opening the business Adela has nurtured in his absence.

Adela walks to Collins Cove every morning. For the first few years it was to look for the sails of the schooner that had taken him away, but now it is from habit. As she walks, she turns away a few steps too soon, missing a bottle that has washed ashore.

This novel follows the ruby ring as it drifts through lives, each time passing through the hands of the pawnbroker. Is it looking for the rightful owner?

Please give us the first page of the book.
Chapter I
Adela had walked long enough and turned toward town. She took hold of her hem and attempted to shake free from the clinging water and sand. She’d been careless. It was too late to change her clothing now.

“Mum?”

 Adela glanced up with surprise. It was her son’s smile, the freshness of his face that brought such joy to her.

“Mendel, you’re following me,” she chided. “Can’t a mother have a moment alone?”

Mendel put his arm around her small shoulders and gave an affectionate squeeze. “Mum, would you rather I open the shop today?”

“And why would I want that?” She gestured to her left. “Fetch my shoes on the bench for me, Mendel. My cape and gloves, too. There’s a good boy.”

“Hardly a boy at eighteen, Mother.” He squared his large frame. “Please take a long, hard look. I am a man today.”

Hadn’t his father said these very words, or similar to them, eighteen years ago before boarding Fame, the schooner bound for Nova Scotia? He was twenty-one when he left, Adela a mere sixteen. She begged him not to leave, fearing what could happen. It was August 1812. The country was at war with England again, and privateering was the lure for better things. It was too great a risk, especially then. Adela had taken her husband’s hand and placed it on the slight swell of her belly, but he only smiled and assured her, promised her, he would beback within the year. Now, Adela saw that same smile, that same confidence in her son, the living portrait of his father.

“A man you are, Mendel,” she said as she brushed her fingertips against his cheek; its natural pink glow was heightened by exercise. “This is your birthday, and you should spend it as you please, not at the shop. Zachariah could use the extra money. Now, please, bring my things and be off to your own devices.”

He did, and as she watched, he disappeared from view, eastward down the beach.

“Yes, and I will lose you, too, one day,” she whispered.

 Adela squared her shoulders and shook her mind free of dismal thoughts. This would not be a day to dwell on any sadness, but rather she would think of the past eighteen years and what she had accomplished raising Mendel.

She was proud of her success. But it had come at a price. Her husband had embarked on the business only three months before he set sail, leaving her with the responsibility of not only raising a child alone but developing it as her only means of support. The Ship’s Chandler enjoyed its singular status in this port of call as supplier of replacement parts, food, and provisions. It was a service in high demand, and she was committed to retain it for years to come.

 As she walked at a leisurely pace, she thought of the ongoing social classes in New England, still dividing themselves along rigid, and, for the most part, impenetrable boundaries. She now rested at the top, secure in her tenure as untitled aristocrat―a merchant rubbing shoulders with landholders and successful manufacturers. Adela used local merchants and farmers for replenishments, setting her in good standing and gaining the respect of all the local tradesmen—but not the respect of their wives. The ladies of Salem objected less to her than to their husbands’ admiration, even fondness, for her. She had grown accustomed to their distaste. What better dish on the buffet of gossip than she? “What they know of me is what they see,” she often told herself, and she knew what they saw—an unmarried woman widowed young, successful, and defying convention.

She wore the finest of dress but refused the confinement of the corset. She covered her head with fashionable bonnets of current fashion but allowed long tendrils of hair to fall free. Even now, as she made her way towards town, bare feet peeked from below the muddied hem. Before turning left off Essex onto Orange, just three blocks from her shop, she stopped and glanced about her. There was a limit to how far she would nudge propriety. Assuring herself that she was unobserved, she brushed the sand from her feet, pulled on her stockings, and stepped into her boots.

How can readers find you on the Internet?
http://justinaprima.weebly.com

Thank you, Justina, for sharing this story of Salem in 1820 with us.

The book will be available the first week in November on Amazon and in bookstores.


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Monday, October 28, 2013

MUSIC FOR YOUR HEART - Ace Collins - One Free Book

Welcome back, Ace. What would you like for our readers to know about you personally?
For me the best part of each week is Sunday night when my wife and I feed between 25-50 college kids at our house. These young people give me such optimism for the future. They are service minded, and I believe they will fix many of the problems my generation caused.

Tell us about your family.
My wife Kathy is a professor in the education department at Ouachita Baptist University. She is an incredible, dynamic and charismatic woman who is the perfect mentor for a new generation of teachers. We have two sons, both single. Clint works in Dallas, and Rance is in California.

I attended Ouachita back when it was still a college, the first two and a half of my college years. Have you written other nonfiction books?
I have written more than forty nonfiction books. I tend to go back and forth between novels and nonfiction. My bestsellers in the nonfiction area are Lassie A Dog’s Life, The Stories Behind The Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, and Stories Behind The Great Traditions of Christmas.

Do you have any other books in the works right now?
I have three novels and a book on dog heroes that are scheduled for release in the next year. The first of those is a tense mystery, The Color of Justice, and the next will be Man’s Best Hero.

What kinds of hobbies and leisure activities do you enjoy?
I love college sports and see as many games and matches featuring college kids as I can in person. I have a 1957 Wurlitzer Jukebox that keeps me busy and a 1934 Auburn 652Y sedan that I drive often. I also collect old radio shows.

Why did you write the featured book?
I have written devotionals for years and have found the ones that have resonated the longest have been wrapped around music. So Music For Your Heart was born from those experiences. I wanted to include popular or hit songs that everyone knew in order to reach a larger audience. My goal was to pen a devotional book that even folks who normally didn’t read devotional books would want to read.

What do you want the reader to take away from the book?
My goal is to give readers a book they will enjoy while presenting a few spiritual concepts that might give them a way to put faith into action.

Where on the Internet can the readers find you?
My website is www.acecollins.com and you can find me on Facebook too.

Thank you, Ace. I love devotionals that feature music. Music has been such an important part of my life.

Readers, here are links to the book. By using one when you order, you help support this blog.
Music for Your Heart - Christianbook.com
Music for Your Heart: Reflections from Your Favorite Songs - Amazon.com
Music for Your Heart: Reflections from Your Favorite Songs and Hymns - Kindle


Leave a comment for a chance to win a free copy of the book. Please tell us where you live, at least the state or territory. (Comments containing links may be subject to removal by blog owner.)

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Sunday, October 27, 2013

WINNERS

Terri Clark (MI) is the winner of A Christmas Gift for Rose by Tricia Goyer.
Cindi (AL) is the winner of Glittering Promises by Lisa T Bergren.
Bonnie (CA) is the winner of Dark Biology by Bonnie Doran.
Melanie (TX) is the winner of One Holy Night by J M Hochstetler.
Amy (TX) is the winner of One Prince, Two Kingdoms by Jana Grissom.
Emma (PA) is the winner of The Journey of Josephine Cain by Nancy Moser.


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Friday, October 25, 2013

UNFORESEEABLE - Nancy Mehl - One Free Book

Welcome back, Nancy. God has really been moving in your writing life. What do you see on the horizon?
I find myself being stretched, something I didn’t expect, but I’m grateful for it. Besides my books for Bethany House, I will be writing cozy mystery for Guideposts. I love cozy mysteries and have written quite a few, but I usually write in first person. These books are in third person. Being able to write in both points of view makes me a stronger, more well-rounded writer. Also, I’m working with a team of editors and writers, which some authors might think is a negative, but I’m finding it fun, challenging and enjoyable. It’s great to bounce ideas off someone else. Actually reduces the stress of plotting everything yourself!

I see continued challenges ahead, but I’m excited! I’m not sure what God has planned, but I’m looking forward to finding out!

Tell us a little about your family.
I’ve been married to my wonderful husband, Norman, for forty years. I’ve known him since I was sixteen. We have an incredible son, Danny, who married the perfect woman. Her name is Shaen, and she is more my daughter than my daughter-in-law. I also have the world’s cutest, smartest grandson. (You can’t tell I’m proud of my family, can you?)

We are in the process of moving to Missouri to be near them. I can hardly wait!

Has your writing changed your reading habits? If so, how?
I wrote book reviews for many years. First for online sites, and then for a large Kansas newspaper. To be honest, I’m a bit burned out when it comes to reading. I realize that’s a bad thing. Writers need to read. I’m working on it though. The challenge is trying to concentrate on the story instead of the author’s writing style. Right now, I’m reading Tosca Lee, Dani Pettrey, Ellen Kennedy, J. Mark Bertrand and Davis Bunn. I find their writing exhilarating so I’m able to stay in the story.

What are you working on right now?
I’m writing the first book in my new series for Bethany House. It’s titled Gathering Shadows. The series will be called Finding Sanctuary. I’m also outlining my book with Guideposts, preparing to write that. A third book in the Curl Up and Dye series will release in eBook form this year, and I’m also working with another author to bring back new stories from my Ivy Towers Series. All this in the middle of moving. Obviously, I will be working hard the rest of the year. (And leaning on God!)

Leaning on God is the best place to be. What outside interests do you have?
I love spending time with my family. I like to go for walks, and in my down time (when there is any) I love watching “Masterpiece Mystery” and Doctor Who. I am a real Whovian!

How do you choose your settings for each book?
Since I’ve been writing Mennonite-themed suspense, my settings have been already chosen for me. However, up to now, all of my Mennonite towns have been in Kansas. But Gathering Shadows will take place in Missouri. I’m excited about discovering more and more about the Show Me state. I do love small towns, so all my stories have been set in little rural burgs.

My dream is to live in a small town where everyone knows each other and where I can actually hear birds singing in the morning instead of cars racing down the street.

If you could spend an evening with one historical person, who would it be and why?
Well, of course my answer would be Jesus, but I don’t think that’s what you’re really asking. Besides, He’s not really historical since He’s still alive!

I would have to say Paul, the apostle. I’d like to ask him what he thinks of our world today. What he thinks we should do about the rampant sin and disregard for human life raging through the entire planet.

After Paul, I would love to talk to Joseph. I absolutely adore him for his unwavering moral stand and his faith in God’s promise to him. He’s one of my heroes!

What is the one thing you wish you had known before you started writing novels?
I wish I’d listened to the people who told me to read what publishers publish and submit work geared to fit their needs. I would have saved myself a lot of time.

What new lessons is the Lord teaching you right now?
One lesson that repeats over and over (because I still don’t have a handle on it) is patience. I’m not naturally a patient person. And trust. Believing God loves me and isn’t mad at me. I’m working on that one too.

What are the three best things you can tell other authors to do to be successful?
Study. Learn the craft of writing.
Join American Christian Fiction Writers. You need the support and advice.
Never, ever give up.

Tell us about the featured book.
Callie Hoffman has a good life in Kingdom, Kansas. She's engaged to Levi Housler, the new pastor of Kingdom Mennonite Church, and she spends her days working with Lizzie Housler, her friend and soon-to-be sister-in-law, at the town cafe.

When a body is discovered on the road outside Kingdom and the deceased turns out to be the victim of a serial killer, the new county sheriff begins questioning Kingdom residents. Unsettled at the prospect of a killer in Kingdom, Callie is desperate to find answers for herself, especially when her own fiancé seems to know more about the murder than he's telling.

As the town battles an entirely unforeseen danger and Callie's very life is threatened, the stakes are as high as they've ever been and the people of Kingdom must learn anew to put their trust in God alone.

Please give us the first page of the book.
“Murder and meatloaf just don’t go together,” Lizzie grumbled. “Why did the elders agree to let the new sheriff come here? To my restaurant? No one asked my permission.”

“It’s absurd to think a serial killer could possibly be hiding out in Kingdom,” I replied. “I don’t see why the sheriff needs to bother us with this.”

Lizzie chopped a large onion with a little too much gusto. “Well, your fiancé’s the one who suggested it, Callie. Maybe you need to ask him what’s behind it.”

I sat a tray of dirty dishes on the counter and sighed. “Levi says they’re bringing Sheriff Timmons here after his meeting with the elders so they can properly introduce him. After that, he plans to speak to us.” After washing my hands, I leaned against the sink and frowned at Lizzie. “Levi says the sheriff feels it’s important to warn us about these … murders.”

“Levi says. Levi says.” Lizzie shook her head. “You’re so funny. I can’t remember the last time I saw anyone so much in love.”

I pointed my finger at her. “Besides you and Noah, you mean?”

A quick smile flitted across her face and then disappeared.

How can readers find you on the Internet?
My website is: www.nancymehl.com.
My newsletter can be found at: www.nancymehl.blogspot.com.
I’m also active on The Suspense Sisters: www.suspensesisters.blogspot.com.
I’m also easy to find on Facebook.

Thank you, Nancy, for sharing this new book with us today. Unforseeable is on the top of my to-be-read pile. I should start reading it this weekend. I can hardly wait.

Readers, here are links to the book. By using one when you order, you help support this blog.
Unforeseeable - Christianbook.com
Unforeseeable (Road to Kingdom) - Amazon
Unforeseeable (Road to Kingdom Book #3) - Kindle


Leave a comment for a chance to win a free copy of the book. Please tell us where you live, at least the state or territory. (Comments containing links may be subject to removal by blog owner.)

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

THEN THERE WAS GRACE - Tina Pinson - One Free Book

Welcome back, Tina. God has really been moving in your writing life. What do you see on the horizon?
After the fourth in my Shadow Series, This Shadowed Land, comes out early 2014, I don't have any other books contracted. Yet.

Tell us a little about your family.
My husband Danny and I have been married for 33+ years, I have three sons, two daughters-in-law and seven grandchildren ranging from one to ten years old. Right now, hubby and I live in Arizona as does one of our boys, his wife, and three grandchildren. We miss being able to see the rest of the family as much as we used to when we all lived in Colorado.

Has your writing changed your reading habits? If so, how?
My writing has actually slowed some. I've spent more time in edits and marketing which cuts into my time. And probably more time wondering about readers and whether the next book will get their attention.

What are you working on right now?
I'm trying to finish a couple of books that have been languishing on the shelf. I also finished a novella, Black Rain, which looks at life in the coal camps during the Civil War. Joseph McCormick dreams of a life beyond the black world of coal, a darkness that lines the creases of his skin and probably filling his lungs with black death. He dreams of taking his family west to the sunshine, to open land, but it's hard enough to keep food on the table as it is.

With the conflict between the states on, he fears he’ll wake up and find his name on the conscription lists and he’ll end up going to war and leaving his family behind to fend for themselves. The only way he can get out of the draft is to save $300.00 and pay his way out, which would take a miracle. And miracles are hard to come by in his dark world. Joseph is holding on to faith, but when tragedy strikes he questions himself and God and wonders if he’ll ever be able to dream again. This is a prequel to a full-length novel Winds Across the Rockies that follows the family from the coal mines of the east to the silver mines of Leadville, Colorado.

What outside interests do you have?
I go to women’s bible study. I like to bike ride and walk. Although since we’ve been moving, we haven’t done much getting out. Hopefully now that we’re settling in, we can get out more. I like to grow vegetables but I so far I'm still getting the hang of how to do that in Arizona.

How do you choose your settings for each book?
My settings come from places I’ve visited or want to visit. Also from tidbits of lore about something that happened in that area. If I want to set my character in a specific time in history, then of course, I try to use the proper settings. Unless it’s a time travel where certain aspects of that point in history have been altered.

If you could spend an evening with one historical person, who would it be and why?
Maybe one of the presidents especially those who were in office during war time, like Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and even Bush 43. I think it might be interesting to talk to woman whose lost loved ones during the Civil War and get her view on the war and life during the that time. Forgive me. I can’t just pick one. I could get chatty with a lot of people through history. There is some much to know beyond what history books tell us.

That’s so true. What is the one thing you wish you had known before you started writing novels?
I don’t know if there’s one thing I wished to know before writing novels because I’ve been writing them since I was a girl. Now with what happens after getting published, all the heartaches and joys and waiting and marketing and editing and such, it might been nice to know more in each area. I read and asked others what they did, and while some things they did worked for me, others didn’t. I think at some point, you just have to walk through the process and learn the whys and wherefores and the things that work for you and don’t.

What new lessons is the Lord teaching you right now?
What Grace really means. And how much He loves me. He’s also been teaching me to rely on Him.

What are the three best things you can tell other authors to do to be successful?
Well, I say don’t beat yourself up. Write your voice and heart. You weren’t called to write like someone else. Successful doesn't always mean you make gobs of money and get national recognition. Successful more often means using the talents you’ve been given and getting the story done.

Tell us about the featured book.
Then There Was Grace is the story of Adam Christianson. After seven years of marriage Adam is ready to leave his wife Grace, when he loses her in a terrorist attack, leaving him to raise their twin daughters Faith and Hope. Forcing him to take a look at himself and the woman he was ready to leave. As he begins to uncover the beauty of Grace and her love for him, he begins to see himself in a different light as well and learns that he is worthy of God’s grace for him.

Please give us the first page of the book.
Jostled and bumped, Grace managed to hold her balance as a crush of people moved her from the car and onto the platform. Clutching her belongings like a running back, she angled her way to the rail and held fast so she wouldn’t be carried away or trampled by the alighting hordes. Once the stream of people abated, she released her grip, took a deep breath, and pushed it out in a huff.

“You did it,” she told herself, a touch of pride in her words, her breath painting the crisp morning air.

She’d ridden the “L” alone and lived to tell about it.

“And ...” She took another breath. “You'll never do it again.” She chuckled and, holding her bags to her stomach with a trembling hand, headed down the stairs before the next train arrived and she found herself in another rush of people.

She wasn’t an adventurer by any means, but she had navigated the “L” on her own. She should have told Aimee to meet her at the hospital, but she decided to be brave. She’d put on her big girl panties and made her way in the wide world of Chicago.

She’d need a better pair of underwear next time she decided to go it alone, because this pair seemed to be fraying right along with her nerves.

Swinging her case to the cradle of her underarm, Grace checked the street signs against the GPS on her cell phone.

“Right stop,” she said, sucking a breath. “Thank heaven.” A few blocks north and she’d reach her destination. The Markham Towers.

Grace joined another group of people at the curb and waited for the signal to change. Once the light blinked to cross, she looked around and took a step, only to be forced back by the blare of a passing taxi turning right in front of her.

“Can’t you see the green light?” someone yelled and flipped off the driver, just as the crowd at the light moved into the street, darting through traffic even with the light on their side.

Grace remained on the curb, waiting for the lights to cycle again as she tamped down her mounting anxiety. This time when the light changed, she fell in amongst the new group of crossers, hoping they would protect her.

After maneuvering her way with the flow over a few blocks, she ducked into a storefront to get her bearings.

How can readers find you on the Internet?
Twitter:@Tina_Pinson
Book links for Then There Was Grace:
Barnes & Noble

Thank you, Tina, for visiting with us today.

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

HEART FAILURE - Richard L Mabry, MD - One Free Book

Bio: Dr. Richard Mabry is a retired physician, past Vice-President of the American Christian Fiction Writers, and the author of six published novels of medical suspense. His books have been finalists in competitions including ACFW’s Carol Award and Romantic Times’ Inspirational Book of the Year. His novel, Lethal Remedy, won a 2012 Selah Award from the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference. His medical thriller, Stress Test (Thomas Nelson), garnered rave reviews from Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly. Richard’s latest novel, Heart Failure, was released on October 15.

How did you come up with the idea for this story?
The story is a product of two things—an article I read and the question Alton Gansky taught me to ask—“What if…?” I read an article about a man in the Witness Protection Program (which I learned is really called the Witness Security Program, or WITSEC for short). Then I began to wonder—what if the man fell in love? Would he tell his intended about his past, or try to keep it a secret? What if something happened that forced his hand and made him tell about his past? What would her response be? I wrestled with all that for a while, but eventually came up with Heart Failure.

If you were planning a party with Christian authors of contemporary fiction, what six people would you invite and why?
Since most of the Christian fiction I read is in the genre of thrillers and suspense, the invitation list is going to lean heavily toward those authors, with no disrespect to all the others out there. I’d invite Jim Rubart and Harry Kraus because I know they’d keep the conversation lively, even if they were just talking with each other. Then I’d ask James Scott Bell and Brandilyn Collins, because I’m certain they’d have a lot to say about the continuing changes in the publishing paradigm. Finally, I’d ask the two ladies who comprise the trio we’ve dubbed The Medical Musketeers, Candace Calvert and Jordyn Redwood, because, sooner or later, conversation at all the dinner parties I attend includes a medical question, and maybe one of them would answer it and give me a rest.

And I’d want to be a fly on the wall, so I could listen in. What about the guest list for a party of six non-authors? Who would you invite and why?
I’d start with my pastor, Chuck Swindoll. I suspect that Chuck could fill the entire evening with anecdotes, his laughter is infectious, and with him there I wouldn’t have to do grace before the meal myself. Then I’d include my friend/golf partner/attorney Jerry Gilmore, because he and his wife, Janie, must know most of the people in the world. We could spend much of the night just playing “three degrees of separation” with them. I’d want to invite pitching legend Nolan Ryan, not only to regale us with baseball stories, but to give us the inside scoop on the Texas Rangers. And, if I could get him, I’d ask professional golfer Phil Mickelson to join us and perhaps tell us how he manages to maintain his clean-cut image as a family man when so many professional athletes are no longer role models. My wife, Kay, would have to be there, of course, since she’s actually the glue that keeps me together in social situations—she’s gracious, thoughtful, and the perfect hostess.

With this one, maybe I could be part of the wait staff who could listen in. Many times, people (and other authors) think you have it made with so many books published. What is your most difficult problem with writing at this time in your career?
Just as in sports, where a player is only as good as his last game, an author is only as good as his or her last book. I was fortunate enough to have my first four books published by Abingdon Press, but those four books involved three separate contracts. After that I got a three-book contract from Thomas Nelson. But when that expires, I’ll need to come up with additional ideas, put them in the form of a proposal, and see if I can get yet another contract. So at present, I’m working on what would be my eighth novel. Right now it’s difficult for me to make myself write when there’s no guarantee of publication. But that’s what writers have to do—even multi-published ones.

Yes, and in the current publishing climate a lot of good, multi-published authors are in the same place. Tell us about the featured book.
Here’s the back cover copy for Heart Failure.
When her fiancé’s dangerous secrets turn her world upside-down, a beautiful doctor must choose between her own safety and the man she loves—and thought she knew.

Dr. Carrie Markham’s heart was broken by the death of her husband two years ago. Now, just as her medical practice is taking off, her fresh engagement to paralegal Adam Davidson seems almost too good to be true . . . until a drive-by shooting leaves Carrie on the floor of his car with glass falling around her.

When he confesses that Adam isn’t his real name and that he fled the witness protection program, Carrie is left with an impossible choice: should she abandon the fiancé she isn’t sure she really knows, or accept his claim of innocence and help him fight back against this faceless menace?

Please give us an excerpt from the book.
This is the end of the first scene in the book:
…Carrie found the garage remote on her key ring and raised the door. When they were inside the house, with the garage door closed, she took a seat on the living room sofa. Adam went through the small house, drawing drapes, closing blinds, and making sure all the doors and windows were locked.

Finally, he returned to where Carrie waited. He started to sit beside her on the sofa, apparently thought better of it, and sank into a chair. “I’ve wrestled with this all the way home. I thought I was finally safe, but maybe I’m not. I know what I’m going to tell you may change things between us, but you deserve an explanation.”

That was the understatement of the year. Thirty minutes ago, she and Adam were a newly engaged couple, winding down an enjoyable evening. By now they should be feeding each other ice cream like two lovebirds, talking seriously and making plans about their future together. But instead… “Yes,” she said, “you owe me an explanation, a big one. So explain.”

“Let me say this first. What I’m about to tell you started long before I met you. My life has changed in the past eight months. I’m different, and it’s because of you. I’m …” Adam leaned toward her. He clenched and unclenched his fists. “To begin with, Adam Davidson isn’t my real name.”

My book just arrived this week. I will start reading it today. Can’t wait. How can readers find you on the Internet?
They can learn more about me at my website, and read my blog posts twice a week. I’m on Twitter and have a Facebook Fan Page. I’m also on Goodreads, although I don’t make it there as often as I probably should.

Thank you, Richard, for sharing this new book with us. You know that both my husband and I love reading your medical suspense novels.

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Heart Failure - Christianbook.com
Heart Failure - Amazon.com
Heart Failure - Kindle


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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

SILVER BELLS - Deborah Raney - One Free Book

Bio: DEBORAH RANEY's first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched her writing career after 20 happy years as a stay-at-home mom. Since then, her books have won numerous awards including the RITA, National Readers Choice Award, HOLT Medallion, the Carol Award, and have twice been Christy Award finalists. Deb's 23rd novel, The Face of the Earth, released from Howard/Simon & Schuster in May and her new Christmas novel, Silver Bells, just came out from Guideposts. She is currently working on a five-book series for Abingdon Press Fiction. Deb enjoys teaching at writers' conferences across the country. She and her husband, Ken Raney, recently traded small-town life in Kansas––the setting of many of Deb's novels––for life in the (relatively) big city of Wichita where they enjoy gardening, antiquing, movies and traveling to visit four children and a growing brood of grandchildren who all live much too far away.

Welcome back, Deborah. Tell us about the book’s cover and what makes it unique.
I had a vision for this cover––and it wasn’t the traditional red/green Christmas book cover. I sent a photo of a couple crossing a bridge in the snow to the designers and they took it from there. They captured my vision so well and I couldn’t be more pleased with the final cover!

How much research did you have to do for this book?
Since I grew up in the sixties and seventies, my research was reaching back to my own childhood years! But it took more research than I expected just because I had to be careful that if I mentioned a song it had actually become popular by the month my scene was set.

What inspired and surprised you while you were writing the book?
It really struck me how drastically our world has changed in the last 40-50 years! Technology has made a vast difference in how we live––connected minute by minute by cell phones and iPads and GPS and a myriad of other gadgets. And yet in some ways, things haven’t changed at all! It’s still relationships that make the world go ’round. It’s still people who are most important. And of course, God has never changed. He is still there, loving us and showering His grace on us.

What is the next project you’re working on?
I’m working on a five-book series for Abingdon Press, The Chicory Inn novels. The first title, Home to Chicory Lane, will release next summer. And I’m working on Book 2 now. These books follow the members of the Whitman family––an empty-nest couple who spend their retirement savings to renovate their family home into a bed-and-breakfast inn, and their five grown children who return home in various ways.

What do you do when you have to get away from the story for a while?
I love working in the yard with my husband. We moved to a new home in the (relatively) big city of Wichita––quite a change from the small towns we’ve lived in most of our marriage. But we are enjoying the adventure and being outside has been a good way to meet our neighbors. I’m also a lover of antiques and enjoy hunting for great finds at antique shops, garage sales, Goodwill, flea markets...anywhere they might be found.

Please give us the first page of the book.
Chapter One
“Good morning, Kansas!” The radio scratched out static over deejay Kris Kristiansen’s lilting baritone. “Keepin’ cool on another hot, hot August day. Thanks for waking up to KGRV. . . music to get you in the groove and out the door.”

Out the door? Michelle Penn squinted at the clock on her nightstand. Six thirty. She flopped onto her belly and covered her head with the plump feather pillow. Too early. And she’d thought Mom’s “Yoo-hoos” were bad, floating up the farmhouse stairs at the crack of dawn every morning. Now, while she was glad to have her own place in town, no deejay could serve up the aromas of bacon and French toast that had always come with Mom’s wake-up calls.

Outside the third-story window of her apartment, the leaves of the locust tree brushed the window screens and some sort of yellow-breasted bird sang his heart out. Already it was so hot that she was tempted to turn on the air cooler propped in the window of her kitchenette. But by the time the cool air made it back to her bedroom, she’d be out the door. Besides, her landlord had warned her to watch her electric bill if she ran the cooler. And her budget didn’t leave much room for error. At least not until her first payday.

But it was all worth having her own place, and she did love her cozy apartment over the Jacksons’ nineteenth-century Victorian.

How can readers find you on the Internet?
http://novelgarden.blogspot.com/

Thank you, Deborah, for sharing this lovely book with us.

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Silver Bells - Christianbook.com
Silver Bells (Songs of the Season series) - Amazon.com
Silver Bells (Songs of the season™) - Kindle


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Monday, October 21, 2013

INFERNAL GATES - Michael J Webb - One Free ebook

Bio: Michael J. Webb graduated summa cum laude from the University of Florida and obtained his J. D. from the same university.  Over the past forty years he has travelled the world in search of adventure.

He is a history buff, both ancient and modern, and is fascinated by the intersection of the scientific, supernatural, and Biblical world views, and has studied and taught from the Bible extensively for more than twenty-five years. He is also intrigued by recent discoveries in quantum physics that are now providing extraordinary insights into the reality of the spirit realm, especially as it relates to the study of Light.  He incorporates all of the above into his supernatural thrillers.


Michael and his wife make their home in North Carolina.

Welcome back, Michael. Why do you write the kind of books you do?
Someone once said, "Inside every fat book is a thin book trying to get out . . ." I can't help myself--I write "fat" books! I've tried to write books under one hundred thousand words, but no matter how hard I try, I just can't seem to lose the weight.

My very first novel started out at over two hundred thousand words—and became a trilogy. I've tried writing short stories, and they turn into novellas. I've tried novellas and they turn into full-blown novels. I'm a hopeless lover of deep characterization and back story, lots of action, and page-turning plots, something nearly impossible for me to do in less than one hundred thousand words.

I'm a storyteller at heart, and I love entertaining readers with pulse-pounding action, flawed—but intriguing—characters, and fascinating plots that have my readers asking, "How did he come up with that?" My tagline is "stories that ignite imaginations and stir souls..." I like to get people thinking about the world they live in from a very different perspective than they are used to, especially as it relates to the realm of the spirit, angels and demons, and the intersection of the biblical, scientific, and historical disciplines.

There is an ancient battle being fought around us on an hourly basis in the realm of the spirit. It regularly manifests in the natural, terrestrial realm, yet few people really understand the true nature of the battle. Hence, many perish for lack of knowledge. Like Toto in the Wizard of Oz, I love pulling back the curtain and exposing "the wizard" for who he is—a short, balding, fat man from Kansas! That’s not to say the wizard doesn’t have power, he does. But with the proper weapons of warfare we may lose a few battles, but we ultimately win the war. I like to think that in some small way my stories have the potential to function like the red pill Nero took in The Matrix—we awaken and discover just how deep the rabbit hole is. Once that happens, like Nero, we are accountable for our knowledge.

Nevertheless, while all of my suspense thrillers, including Infernal Gates, have the purpose of provoking my readers to examine their belief system, at their core I hope they are simply good stories, the kind that keep you turning pages long after the sun goes down and make you wish there was more to read once you've finished. My heart is to figuratively serve up a ten-course meal with each new story I tell and leave my readers hungry for their next serving.
Don't get me wrong, there is definitely a place in this world for short stories, novellas, and novels under a hundred thousand words. I just won't be writing them anytime soon.

Besides when you came to know the Lord, what is the happiest day in your life?
The day I married my beautiful, Proverbs 31 wife.

How has being published changed your life?
It hasn’t yet. I’m still working hard to get to the point where I can write full time. Once that happens, I’ll be comfortable saying my life has changed.

What are you reading right now?
Here’s what is sitting on my desk next to my computer:

The Source Field Investigations by David Wilcock
Beneath the Pyramids by Andrew Collins
The Genius of the Few by Christian O’Brien
Hitler’s Jewish Soldiers by Bryan Mark Rigg
Plot and Structure by James Scott Bell
Writing 21st Century Fiction by my agent Don Maass
Genes, Giants, Monsters, and Men by Joseph Farrell
DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman, M.D.
Forbidden Gates by Tom Horn
The Thrones of our Souls by Paul Keith Davis.

What is your current work in progress?
Devil’s Cauldron. A follow up to my newly released thriller, Infernal Gates. A good part of the action takes place in Antarctica, a place I’m fascinated with and a place that’s on my “bucket list” to visit. It is sort of a parallel universe meets Dan Brown kind of historical conspiracy meets the occult meets angels and demons battling for the souls of mankind.
           
Here’s a teaser from the Prologue:
It is a sunny, crystal clear, late Southern California afternoon, and something wicked is brewing deep within the bowels of the old house.

The house is large, imposing, and very expensive, one of the many pre-war mansions dating from the turn of the century that line South Orange Grove Avenue like guardians of another time and place. To the casual observer there is nothing obvious to suggest that anything is out of the ordinary at the two-story home located on a quiet, typically American street that has come to be known by locals as Millionaire’s Row.

The only portent of evil hovering over the stately home like a ravenous predator is an odd blue-grey haze that suddenly appears just before five p.m. and swiftly shrouds the San Gabriel Mountains overlooking the city, obscuring the pristine-white snow-capped peaks . . .

What would be your dream vacation?
I have more than one! J Lately, my wife and I have been talking about doing an extended Alaska trip, combining a cruise, a long train ride, and a stay at a remote-star wilderness lodge.

How do you choose your settings for each book?
I start with a rough idea of the plot. Then I do a great deal of research. In the process, I discover locales that are pertinent to the action sequences. I look for places that fascinate me and hope they will be interesting to readers. For the most part, the core action of my stories determines locations and I expand upon that.

In the book I’m working on now, for instance, I knew before I started writing that the last quarter of the book would unfold in Antarctica.

I love reading about exotic locations in thrillers by other authors, and I hope my readers enjoy the interesting and sometimes unique locales I use for settings.

If you could spend an evening with one person who is currently alive, who would it be and why?
Benjamin Netanyahu. Prime Minister Netanyahu is God’s chosen man for this hour in Israel. We are the generation that will experience the return of Jesus Christ, and soon the entire world’s attention will be focused on events unfolding in Israel and the Middle East. As God’s Divine plan continues to unfold at breakneck speed, with its climax racing toward us at the speed of a freight train, Israel will more and more take center stage. Jerusalem, God’s holy city, and the apple of His eye, has been—and will continue to be—a stumbling block to the unbelieving nations of the world. God made a covenant promise with Abraham that He would bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel.

I would love to sit down one-on-one and pick Mr. Netanyahu’s brain about his perspective of current events in the Middle East, his vision for Israel, and what he sees unfolding in the next few years.

What are your hobbies, besides writing and reading?
My wife and I love to travel, both for ministry and fun. We have numerous places on our bucket list to visit: Iceland, Australia/New Zealand, and Chile. I want to visit Antarctica, climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and to the Base Camp on Everest. We love to snorkel, and our favorite place to get away from it all is St. Johns in the U.S. Virgin Islands. We also enjoy hiking, and I love horseback riding, although I don’t get to do it often. We are “foodies” who love to try new and different restaurants and cuisines, and going to movies.

What is your most difficult writing obstacle, and how do you overcome it?
I don’t really have a particular writing obstacle I wrestle with, except lack of time to write all the stories rolling around in my head. Outside of that, my biggest challenge right now is getting the word out to large numbers of people that I have five thrillers published and one non-fiction book and finding key influencers to help me spread the word. Consequently, I spend much more time marketing that I would like. I’m two years into a five year plan. In three years my goal is to be writing full time. I have a lot of stories I want to tell and have always desired to get highly compensated for doing the thing I absolutely enjoy—writing. I also love to teach, and part of my business plan is to use the successful and full-time author platform, once I achieve that, as a springboard for travelling and teaching.

What advice would you give to a beginning author?
Be clear about why you write and who your audience is. Become knowledgeable about your craft and the market. Be passionate about your writing. Seek out those who can help you succeed whenever and wherever possible (writing is ultimately a very solitary habit). Do whatever it takes to refine your craft and tell a great story with memorable characters. Read my agent Don Maass’, book, The Fire in Fiction, to learn about the extraordinary power of “micro-tension,” and Writing 21st Century Fiction to understand where fiction is headed in the next few years.
Last, but not least: “Never, never, never, ever give up” (courtesy of Winston Churchill.) Speak those words over yourself in those dark moments of the soul when you feel there is no point in writing another word. Keep writing what you believe in and have a passion to share with others—and trust God to do the rest.

Tell us about the featured book.
Ethan Freeman, ex-Special Forces Ranger, wakes up to discover he is the sole survivor of a fiery commercial airline crash that killed his entire family. His nightmare is only beginning when he becomes the FBI’s prime suspect. Only Ethan knows he’s not a cold-hearted murderer, but he has no idea what happened to him—and why he alone survived.

He finds an unlikely ally in Sam Weaver, the NTSB Chief Investigator. An ex-military pilot, Sam senses Ethan is innocent. She tries to remain dispassionate in her investigation of the crash even as she finds herself attracted to the man who may be America=s worst homegrown mass-murderer.

Neither Ethan nor Sam realize that shadowy spiritual forces are at work which will alter their lives forever.

A monstrous evil, imprisoned since the time of the Pharaohs, has been released by The Nine, a sinister group of powerful men and women who believe they are the direct descendants of the Anunnaki, ancient Sumerian gods. The demon they have unleashed intends to free The Destroyer from The Abyss, the angelic prison referred to in the Book of Revelation, and unleash a worldwide reign of terror and annihilation.

Facing impossible odds, time is running out for Ethan and all of humanity as he is drawn into an ever-deeper conspiracy—millennia in the making—and learns that he is the key to stopping The Nine.

Please give us the first page of the book.
Less than ten minutes before we’re all dead, thought Ethan Freeman, and there is nothing I can do about it!

The stricken A320 Airbus—originally bound for St. Thomas and now limping back to Charlotte, North Carolina—shuddered like a bird suffering a mortal wound, then shook violently. Shouting and screaming from the rear of the plane drowned out the prayer of the older couple seated in front of them, “Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy kingdom come—”

Lisa, Ethan’s wife, sobbed beside him.

Across the aisle his eighteen year-old son, Josh, yelled, “Dad—are we going to crash?”

“No, son,” he lied. “We-are-not-going-to-crash.”

Megan, his sixteen year-old daughter, seated next to her brother, screamed, “The engine is on FIRE!”

Lisa clung to the seat arms so hard her fingers turned white and whimpered, “We’re all going to die—just like Greg,” then moaned, “I don’t want to die—”

Ethan reached for his wife’s hand as a thunderous explosion shook the plane and slammed him against the window, knocking breath out of him. He cried out in agony as the palm of his right hand was sliced open by a jagged metal clasp sticking up on the arm rest between him and Lisa. Blood gushed out of the ugly-looking wound and splattered the back of the seat in front of him.

The plane banked hard to the right and the nose suddenly pointed toward the ground, six miles below, as if the commercial airliner was being plucked from the cloudless, crystal blue heavens by a giant unseen hand. Ethan glanced toward the rear of the aircraft. A gaping hole replaced the emergency exit. Loose debris disappeared violently out of the plane—and there were at least two rows of seats missing!

How can readers find you on the Internet?
Social Media and Buy Links:

Connect with Michael J. Webb:
Amazon Author Page: http://amzn.to/P2CLn1

Infernal Gates: http://amzn.to/18HrDjY

The Oldest Enemy:
Book Video Trailer http://bit.ly/WkK5dL

GIANTS IN THE EARTH TRILOGY
The Master’s Quilt:

The Nephilim Parchments:

The Song of the Seraphim:

Non-Fiction
In the Cleft of the Rock:
Insights into the Blood of Jesus, Resurrection Power and Saving the Soul:
Paperback http://amzn.to/19V7CLM  

Thank you, Michael, for visiting with us today.

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