No, the title of this post is not a typo. It’s what happens when a book group hostess is driven to last resorts. Tuesday evening I hosted a discussion of Walt Wangerin’s wonderful story, The Book of the Dun Cow. If you read my recent post on The Master’s Artist about Making a Book Group Fun, you […]
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I first encountered Billy Coffey in January, 2009, during a blog tour for Parting the Waters. Tina Howard of The Blog Tour Spot emailed me to let me know how the tour was shaping up and included a link to one early review she was sure I wouldn’t want to miss. It was Billy’s. I read Billy’s review, wiped
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Someday, some lucky literary agent is going to discover this guy, and when that happens, the clouds will part, the sun will splash through, and a color-drenched world will remember why it believes in magic. With Michael Snyder on a deadline-driven hiatus from The Master’s Artist, I’ve been filling some of his Thursday slots with
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It’s blog tour time for Jon Acuff’s hilarious book, Stuff Christians Like, not to be confused with his hilarious blog, Stuff Christians Like, though they are very similar. The biggest differences are that the book contains paper and some out-of-the-park, glow-in-the-dark illustrations that are guaranteed to make you laugh, both the first time you see
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The “omnis” give a lot of Christians trouble. If God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and in all places at all times, why do horrible things happen in His children’s lives? The answer I often hear is that God refuses to usurp the free will of man, and–since fallen men make lots of stupid, cruel choices–the rest
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Lisa Samson has been publishing novels for the Christian market for . . . a long time. I would be more specific, but my extensive research (her website and amazon) failed to produce a tidy time line. I know she started with historicals, moved on to contemporary women’s fiction (she won a Christy Award for
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Yesterday I featured Billy Coffey in my first “Twelve Days of Community” tribute. I also mentioned that Billy (in cahoots with the ever-sassy Katdish) masterminded the Ten Dollar Challenge. You can learn more about (and join!) the challenge by clicking the green box above, but in a nutshell, it’s simply this: Set aside ten dollars
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Today is the official release date of A Slow Burn, the second novel in the Defiance, Texas, trilogy by Mary DeMuth, who is not only a gifted author, she is also a dear friend. One of Mary’s greatest writing strengths is a vivid imagination. Through her characters she journeys to places in the mind and
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This is blog tour week for my cute, talented friend Mary and her wonderful new novel, Daisy Chain. Click HERE to read my review and to get more info on the book. Now that I’m (mostly) recovered from jet lag and (partially) caught up with my to-dos, I hope to start posting stories and photos
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I promise The View From Here hasn’t become a place exclusively devoted to all things Parting the Waters. But I do want you to know that the book is currently being featured in a blog tour. Fifty-four bloggers have read it and will post their reviews this week. You can find the complete list of
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