Peering Through Life's Window

A Warm Welcome to David Arp David will give away an e-Book OR print copy (U.S. residents only) of  Orb . Winner's Choice. To enter to win leave a comment and email address below. Thank you for having me as a guest and allowing me to introduce my newest novel, Orb.  It's my pleasure to have you.   First, tell us a little bit about yourself. I’ve had a birthday since I last visited, my 61st, and I’m still employed as a drilling foreman for an oil company, offshore Louisiana. I’m an old roughneck who likes to write when he has the time. Happy Belated Birthday. What besides God and family do you really love?  • The handshake of a friend. • A warm shoulder from a sleeping baby. • A good horse. • The aroma of saddle leather, burnt gunpowder and gun oil. • Early mornings and cowboy coffee. • The smell of fresh cut hay. • An honest man. • Good humor. • Standing in a cold stream with a fly rod. • Caddying for my son. • Morning frost in

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A Warm Welcome to Jennifer Uhlarik Jennifer will give away an eBook of Sand Creek Serenade. To enter to win leave a comment and an email address below. Hi Jennifer, tell us a little about yourself. Let’s see. I am a wife to a retired cop, with a step-son, a son, and a grandson. (I’m surrounded by boys—and I love it!) My husband and I are empty-nesters for the most part, as my step-son lives on his own, and my son is in college. The college kiddo stays with us on school breaks and summers, but otherwise, it’s just the two of us. I love to travel, though I don’t get to do big trips nearly often enough. Instead, we do short weekend getaways a couple of times a year within driving distance of home—with a larger, more expensive/longer distance trip every few years. When we do get away, we like to explore Civil War battlefields, quaint towns, art and history museums, old homes, and the like. I love to explore those historic places and sites in hopes that someday, I can use them

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website . Children's: The Case of the Missing Firehouse Dog by Daphne Self -- Majesty, the firehouse dog, is missing. Willie and Jax are on the case to discover who is the dognapping culprit. Could it be their neighbor, Mr. Applebee? Or maybe it is Ms. Thornton? Join the Pintail Duo, Wilhelmina van der Coup and Jackson Barnaby, as they follow the clues to rescue Majesty in The Case of the Missing Firehouse Dog. (Children’s from Ambassador International) Contemporary Romance: When He Found Me by Victoria Bylin -- With his career and faith in tatters, a disillusioned baseball player falls for an optimistic single mom secretly battling cervical cancer. (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published) His Secret Daughter by Lisa Carter -- He just found out he’s a father… But is he ready to be a dad? When veteran Jake McAbee learns he has a daughter, he

A Warm Welcome To Kimberly Miller Hi Kimberly, Thanks for stopping by to tell us about writing Forgiving Tess. My recently-published novel, Forgiving Tess, explores some of the nuances of forgiveness in our lives—not just the obvious issues like forgiving others or praying that they will fully forgive us when we’ve wronged them, but also the challenge of truly and completely forgiving ourselves. The last one can sometimes be the hardest of all. Isn’t it fascinating that the Bible is filled with scriptures that encourage us to ask forgiveness and then let God’s grace wash over us, the healing balm we need and so often, and so sadly, we refuse, thinking we can do it all ourselves? As I worked through this novel, I imagined I’d use a Bible verse or two to help tell Tess’s story and the ways in which she learns, eventually, to accept others’ forgiveness and ultimately to embrace her own as well. What I found was that I had such a difficult time scaling down all the scriptur

                                                                                  Valentine Courtesy of Pixabay Talking Love At Valentine’s Day we think of romantic love, but there are many kinds of love—love of children, Moms, Dads and friends. They all enrich our lives.  At first it seemed odd to me that I’d think of an atheist on a day celebrating love, but maybe not. When I was in college I used to run into him in the small cafe where we gathered for sodas, hamburgers and French fries after class. I tried to avoid him, because he always hopped over to my table and started an argument about my faith. He was angry at me because I am a Christian. Even though today I can’t recall which verses he used, he’d take passages from the Bible and try to make me say they weren’t true. When I wouldn’t, he’d retort with a scientific argument and claim it had to be right. It was the mention of God's love that finally silenced him. That's why he comes to mind on Valen

A Warm Welcome to Victoria Caine Victoria shares her favorite Bible verse, a Smashwords link to a free short story, "In The Shadow Of My Heart," and the first chapter of  Cotton. (See below). Favorite Bible Verse Ecclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. This verse was a big part of my first novel, Alvarado Gold, available on  Amazon Favorite Recipe Corn Bread  1 cup flour 1 cup corn meal 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons sugar 1 ½ cups milk 2 tablespoons melted shorting 1 egg Mix all ingredients together and bake at 425 degrees until golden brown. My mother, who is almost 104, wrote on the back of the recipe – Good luck Dear. Eat a piece for me – Love you, Mom About Cotton Running from a life of poverty, 16 year old Cotton Ramsey escapes the Savannah River bottomland to New York. Twenty years later, she has changed her name and runs a large