New Release: Daily Wisdom for Women 2018 Devotional Collection

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Daily Wisdom for Women 2018 Devotional Collection by Barbour Publishing Month of November written by Darlene Franklin Release date: November 1, 2017 ISBN: 9781683222118   About the book:  Experience an intimate connection to your heavenly Father with the Daily Wisdom for Women devotional collection. Featuring a powerful devotional reading and prayer for every day of 2018,this beautiful volume provides inspiration and encouragement for your soul. In these pages you’ll find comfort, challenge, and spiritual blessing as you experience an intimate connection with the Savior all 365 days of 2018.   About the CAN contributing author:  Best-selling hybrid author Darlene Franklin’s greatest claim to…

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For Things Important to a Writer

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Bob Hostetler here, offering another prayer for writers: Abba, Father, Lord God, thank you that I can type so fast, that the internet makes research relatively easy (if dangerous), that I can work at home or in a coffee shop. Thank you that I can send manuscripts and galleys via email, that I can quickly search a document, that I can access, order, and download books online.

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A Chat with Author Kimberly Rose Johnson

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Greetings from Kevin Thompson on the peninsula more and more people are finding as home. The roads are getting more and more swamped (pun intended). We’re sitting here on the front porch, sipping lemonade with mango, and munching on Late July brand Organic Sea Salt & Lime tortilla chips. Today, I have the privilege of sharing an interview with fellow author Kimberly Rose Johnson. Welcome, Kimberly! And congratulations on your most recent book! Tell us about your book. A Waltz for Amber is a Christmas novella and the third book in my Melodies of Love series. A dance teacher is…

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My Favorite Book. Is It Yours? By Darlene Franklin

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My Favorite Book. It Is Yours? by Darlene Franklin     Since I’m an author, it’s not surprising that I read. Some books I never finish, some I’ve read five times. But even with my favorite books, I reach a saturation point and let them gather dust on a special shelf. But there is one book I started reading as a child which I find as endlessly fascinating and worthy of study as the first time I opened it over fifty years ago: my Bible. No other book stirs so much discussion with friends and strangers. Whenever I’m sad, it gives me…

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In The News This Month

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Book Fun Magazine http://www.bookfun.org Ane Mulligan graces the cover of the October issue of Book Fun Magazine with an accompanying cover article. Darlene Franklin’s fantastic article, “When Paths Cross” is in the same issue. And Cecil Murphy has a heart-provoking article about “Sharing the Faith.”

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Hearing God…or Not

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They say it’s your birthday. It’s my birthday, too, yeah. I’m glad it’s your birthday. We’re gonna have a good time. –Lennon/McCartney Today is my birthday. Now that my feet are firmly planted in my sixth decade, I have questions that must be answered. What happened to my nice, thick eyebrows, and why are they now growing on my upper lip? When did I become my mother? Will I ever remember all the words to Bohemian Rhapsody? When will I stop acting like a spoiled child? When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a…

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A Chat with Author Kathleen Rouser

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Greetings from Colorado. Davalynn Spencer, here, with author Kathleen Rouser. So happy to visit with you today, Kathleen. Tell us about your latest book, Secrets and Wishes. When their sons collide in a fist fight, Maggie Galloway and Thomas Harper also collide with words. Both widowed and rearing rambunctious children, they have more in common than they like to admit. From Maggie nursing Thomas back to health to confronting a dangerous charlatan together, their children see they’re a match. Uncertain of their future, Maggie plans on returning to her hometown. Thomas can’t fight his feelings for her any longer. Is…

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BEING A DIGITAL MISSIONARY by Julie Cosgrove

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Being a Digital Missionary  by Julie Cosgrove Before I began writing fiction, I became a freelance writer. My late husband’s job required us to move a lot (28 times in 35 years.) The best way I could bring in income was to click away at the keyboard. Wherever there was an internet connection, my customers could find me! I immediately landed bids. In thanksgiving, I tithed my work day to God, writing for Him first. I came across a devotional blog site through Truth Media, Christian Women Today. I queried them in 2008, and from then on wrote two devos…

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Orchid Beauty

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By Cynthia Simmons “Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary” ( Psalm 96:6). I grow cattellya orchids indoors, and I love to watch the fragile buds swell until they pop so the delicate petals can unfurl a little at a time. Breathtaking! I feel as if I am seeing the hand of God at work. The frilly lip is the last to open, and then a light fragrance tinges the air. The sweet aroma lasts during the day until the flower starts to fade. My favorite orchid produces a spray of five or six…

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