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August 11, 2014
Jumping into the Deep End
“If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me, and Your right hand will lay hold of me.� ~Psalm 139:9b&10~ How do you like to enter the water? Nowadays I’m a cautious, toe-dipping, a smidgeon-at-a-time kind of gal. But when I was young I couldn’t wait to �
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August 8, 2014
My Writing Process
If you were an author� �(And I know some of my readers are) how would you write your books? My friend, Tosca Lee, asked me to participate in a Writing Process Blog Hop in which each author on the hop answers four quick questions about how they put together their stories. Here are my answers: What are you writing �
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August 4, 2014
Danger and Duct Tape by Angie Arndt
As I scrolled through the NetFlix queue, I noticed an old show I enjoyed when I was younger, MacGyver. (Like him, I can fix almost anything with duct tape and glue gun.) Each episode had the handsome hero build amazing contraptions with found objects. And each show was filled with suspense as he beat the clock �
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July 28, 2014
A Safe Place to Rest by Angie Arndt
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.� Matthew 11:28-30 Driving down �
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July 25, 2014
Uncovering the Book Cover Process
Last week, you read a devotional written by one of my BFF (Biblical Fiction Fan) team members. This week, I want to show you the kind of preview information my BFF team members receive. The Book Cover The first draft of a book cover usually arrives 8-9 months before the book’s release. The author’s first peek is one �
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July 21, 2014
New BFF Members on the Way!
It’s time for us to add a few new members to our flock, but I wanted to chat with my original adventurers first! Y’all have been amazing. Patient and full of grace as we’ve worked out some of the kinks and learned together about marketing In the Shadow of Jezebel. Yay, Waterbrook/Multnomah! Most of y’all are aware �
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July 18, 2014
What Can You Share?
Today, we’re going to talk about BFFs–not “best friends forever,� but Biblical Fiction Fans. Last January, I asked fifty BFFs to join me in a special venture to help spread the word about my new release, In the Shadow of Jezebel, and I promised we’d add more members later in 2014. The time to add more BFFs �
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July 14, 2014
Who Has Bigger Hands by Renee Ann Smith
My grandmother fed people. The soup that simmered in her deep stock pot all winter long was ladled out to mailman and milkman and whoever happened by. Sunday meant roast and gravy and melt-in-your-mouth biscuits for those who gathered round her table. The typical bedtime snack for overnight guests would be root beer floats served �
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July 11, 2014
Mountaintop God
I’ve been at our friends� mountain cabin now for six days (It’s actually been a week, but I went home for a shower in the middle). This is the second year the Long’s have generously made their off-grid cabin available for my writing excursions. The place is amazing. Breath-taking view. Plush carpet, and a comfy �
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July 7, 2014
Through the Pain by Angie Arndt
If you have a chronic illness, disease or syndrome, you know what it’s like to be miserable and misunderstood. There are probably times when you are so depressed, you just want to disappear. There may be other times when you feel so good that you overdo and really pay for it the next day. Then �
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