Peering Through Life's Window

A Warm Welcome to Danielle Thorne   Congratulations on her Best-Selling New Book! A Proper Attire is now available on amazon for 99 cents   Go to www.daniellethorne.com  to get a FREE Smashwords copy of Turtle Soup         If You Had Been There   A Devotional by Danielle Thorne   I love the stories in the New Testament. We learn so much about the life and mission of Jesus Christ and about His apostles, too. We learn how to apply the principles of the gospel to our lives as we study them.   One of my favorite scriptures comes from the New Testament, from my favorite Bible story where Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. The verse says: "And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him." (John 11:15)   You may wonder why such a nondescript verse is close to my heart. It is at the core of the story. Jesus knew Lazarus was ill...

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    A Warm Welcome to Linda       Thanks for stopping by to discuss mysteries and The Shamrock Case . Ireland, what a great place to weave a story.     To enter to win Linda's e-book, leave a comment and an e-mail address below.       Enjoy A Romantic Cozy Mystery: The Shamrock Case There are many types of mysteries to choose from such as a cozy mystery, hard-boiled, soft-boiled, or the thriller. What is the difference? A cozy is an enjoyable story with a bit of humor. It can be slow paced but not boring by any means. The sleuth is always an intelligent and likeable woman. This genre is G-rated and focuses on the characters. A thriller has non-stop action and doesn’t let up until the climax of the story. The hard-boiled mystery has violence, plenty of action, and is R-rated. The soft-boiled mystery falls in the middle of the cozy and hard-boiled and has light humor. About the Amelia Moore Detectiv...

Meet My Character Sweet romance author Danielle Thorne has some thoughtful questions about my character, Margaret McWhorter, who is the heroine in Stopped Cold, an inspirational teen mystery. Before I tell you about Margaret (with her determination and loyalty to family and friends), let's talk a little about Danielle, who recommended I share more about Stopped Cold. Danielle Thorne freelanced for online and print magazines from 1998 through 2001, adding reviewing and editing to her resume. She has published poetry, short fiction and novels. Danielle is the author of sweet romantic adventure books, both historical and contemporary.   Other work has appeared with Espresso Fiction, Every Day Fiction, Arts and Prose Magazine, Mississippi Crow, The Nantahala Review, StorySouth, Bookideas, The Mid-West Review, and more. She won an Honorable Mention in Writer’s Digest’s 2006 annual writing competition and won the 2008 Awe-Struck Short Novel Contest. In 2009, Danielle won C...

Give a cheer for your favorite team and enter to win a $10.00 Starbuck’s gift card and an e-book of Stopped Cold in the Teens Read Too Room on  The Book Club Network  (Leave cheer under the Discussion Forum)   Join me at the Decatur Book Festival, August 30 and 31, booth 426, Sweet Romance, Mystery & Inspy Fiction Coming Soon Mountain of Love and Danger,  a Fairwilde Reflection Novella   Jack Greenthumb finds romance in Fairwilde Kingdom—a different day—a different girl. Then a cruel mystery begins. Dad’s beaten, the family farm destroyed and Jack’s true love, Gwendolyn Bante, kidnapped. Jack’s undercover operation reveals Gwenie’s a captive atop a mountain accessible only by helicopter. Reaching her is a dangerous expedition even for a champion rock climber like Jack. However, a Greenthumb Acres employee plants a miraculous seed from Heaven for the rescue. Suspense mounts as Jack scales the perilous cliff to face a brute and a treacherous d...

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  A Warm Welcome to Ada Brownell   Ada will give away a copy of Joe the Dreamer, either paper or e-book. To enter to win leave a comment and an e-mail address below.  When Joe's parents disappear, he becomes the target of the radical militant group that enslaves them and his fate could be worse than death.   Hi Ada, first, tell us a little about yourself. I’m the youngest of eight children, six of us redheads, not including Mama. One by one my family became born-again Christians after I was born. Our house was filled with gospel singing and instrumental music. I’ve been a Bible student most of my life and started writing for Christian publications at age 15. I worked as a reporter for 17 years, mostly for The Pueblo Chieftain in Colo, and have a degree in mass communications.  My husband was a telegraph operator for the Rio Grande Railroad . We lived in a cabin on top of Colorado’s Tennessee Pass, in railroad depots and even in a railr...