Title: Called to Controversy

Author: Ruth Rosen

Pages: 320

Year: 2012

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Note: I received a complimentary copy of the book from BookSneeze for an honest review. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.…

Title: Called to Controversy

Author: Ruth Rosen

Pages: 320

Year: 2012

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Note: I received a complimentary copy of the book from BookSneeze for an honest review. The opinions expressed are strictly my own.…

Let’s start with the basics. Where did you grow up? Did your childhood contribute to your desire to be a writer? If so, how?

I grew up on the west side of Cincinnati. When I think back to my childhood, I realize it’s no wonder I became a mystery writer. My parents,…

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Do you know that is an actual phrase?

Really?

Here’s a snippet of a conversation I have recently engaged in with a complete and total stranger…

How old?

11, almost 12.

Your oldest?

My only.

Oh and you don’t want anymore?

No.

Why?

Because I don’t.

Aren’t you afraid that he will have issues in relationships being the only child?

(what the…

The film opens as a father watches home movies of a sweet baby boy who grows into a happy toddler before our eyes. He grows into a little boy and then a middle-schooler. As we watch the boy play and clown for the camera, his father describes him, but somberly and (we slowly come to realize) in past tense. We immediately recognize the…

Television We Love

Small Potatoes is the new short-form series from Josh Selig and Little Airplane Productions. Selig is the creator of the clever children’s series Wonder Pets and3rd and Bird. Episodes of Small Potatoes appear throughout the day between regularly scheduled…

 Marinda Askes: M is for MP3, but where do I shelve it??

Hi there!

The store has been live for a month and it has been an interesting four

weeks. It seems that people don’t quite know what to make of South African

audio books in downloadable format.

The response from readers who have browsed our digital shop has ranged from

“Finally! Here you are. South African audio books!”  to “OK. So when do

you post my CD?” or even to “So…

New post available to view on Lynsey The Mother Duck outlining why at 33 I am going to start facing my fears!

http://lynseythemotherduck.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/on-my-last-day-of-being-32.html

Katy Perry seems to have overcome the divorce and is enjoying a new love. Over the weekend, she was photographed kissing and hugging with the band's guitarist Florence + The Machine, Robert Ackroyd, during the last day of Coachella. A week earlier, the couple had been walking hand in hand clicked in the same festival.

It's great to…

 Finding your voice. That does sound so euphoric, but it has a good ring to

it. Take the example below:

Like most actors living in London, I attended classes at the Actor’s

Centre, in an attempt to hone my skills. I especially liked the one-on-one

sessions with a vocal coach. My vocal coach was always extremely

interested in my accent as she didn’t meet many South African actors. She

said she had never had an Afrikaans student at all. Well…






Lots of new bloggers looking out to connect with you in Exposure 99% weekday Blog hop. Come link up your  blogs, reviews, giveaways, facebook pages, twitter and many more in the linky list; and most importantly make some new bloggy friends :-)

While you're…

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New Giveaway, from 4/21 to 5/5 Author Penny Zeller writes Historical Romance novels. I am hosting the giveaway of her First book in Montana Skies Series, McKenzie. You can read more about her book and a chance to get it on my blog, http://dawnsdelightsart.com/2012/04/mckenzie-montana-skies-series-g...…

Darkness

What happen to the light

I can no longer see the pictures in my mind

I can no longer see with my heart

I have wondered into a room

It was locked with a thought

My mind let me come in

A lock over-ride

A mental mistake

Power failure

Alone in the dark

Without a thought

The worst state to be…

Bound

Gagged!

I can’t breathe!

HELP!

SCREAMING IN MY MIND

I am innocent

I committed NO CRIME!

I collapsed on the floor

Tired, hungry

How long I have been here

I am not sure

*

I begin to pray

Pray like I never have before

Dear Lord, I am in dismay

What am I to do?

Please take…

Reprint with permission from author, Katrina Parker Williams

Writers struggle with how to write the introduction to a story. If the introduction is dull and unexciting, the reader is apt to put it down, never to even read the second paragraph. If the introduction is engaging and interesting,…

A new Reasons To Be Cheerful blog post available on Lynsey The Mother Duck :

http://lynseythemotherduck.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/what-has-made-me-cheerful-this-week_28.html

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http://passionmeetsfashion.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/the-denim-lust/