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Here's the newest fiction from Cindy Woodsmall!

The Bridge of Peace

Releases date Tuesday, August 31, 2010!



Headstrong schoolteacher Lena Kauffman finds herself at the center of controversy in her Amish community when a young man in her classroom refuses to submit to her authority. As her friends and family rally around her, especially longtime friend Grey Graber, things go from bad to worse when Grey's wife, Elsie, becomes an accidental target in trouble meant for Lena. As the present unravels ...

Last week I mentioned how much I enjoyed writing the first draft of Whisper on the Wind. I'd been away from writing, and once I sat down to write again it was as if God were next to me, affirming that He'd wired me to write and I was doing exactly what He wanted me to do: writing for Him.

But once the words gushed out and I counted them, I knew the manuscript was too long. I just couldn't see where to cut. When I wrote historicals in the 80s, books were often published at...

In the last couple of posts I shared where I got the idea for writing Whisper on the Wind. This week and next I want to tell you a little about the process of writing—and then re-writing—the actual book.

I mentioned before there was a time in my life when I wasn't writing. Fifteen years or so. My goodness, that makes me feel old! Fifteen years seems like forever, but as a percentage of my life that's…well, let's not count. Let's just say I'm not nearly as old as this typewriter, but the passag...

Last week I told you about how I'd been away from writing for a number of years but in my passion for reading about the First World War era I came across a reference to a valiant little newspaper called La Libre Belgique.

The origin of this Belgian newspaper is a rich one, and began before the First World War. In 1884, two brothers, Victor and Louis Jourdain, began printing a newspaper called The Patriot, which became one of the leading newspapers printed independently but a...

This week, I'm pleased to share with you a book from my friend Jill Eileen Smith...the story of Abigail, one of the books from Jill's Wives of David series. Abigail is the second book, following Michal which was a bestseller. (Easy to guess why! It was a terrific book.) I'm eagerly awaiting the final story, Bathsheba, which will release in the spring of next year.

Here's a little about Abigail:

What price must she pay for true love?

Her days marked by turmoil and faded dreams, Abigail has resign...

Within the last few days, I received the first hot-off-the-press issue of my newest book, Whisper on the Wind. Tyndale sends me one in advance of the rest of the author copies (because it gets here quicker) just as they prepare to distribute orders to booksellers. I don't care how many books I write, this will always be an exciting event! During the next few weeks, it should start arriving in bookstores and be available online.

Every book an author writes is like adding ...

Here's the latest from my friend Allie Pleiter - can't wait to read this one!

The gallant sequel to Pleiter's San Francisco historical, "Masked by Moonlight," MISSION OF HOPE follows an unlikely hero and his surprising young love as the pair help the city heal from it's massive 1906 earthquake.

MISSION OF HOPE

by Allie Pleiter

Steeple Hill Love Inspired Historical

August 2010

ISBN#: 978-0-373-82842-5



A note from Alllie:
Those Amazing Details

I was pouring through a history book on the 1906 San Fra...

I always thought I was a book junkie, until my daughter grew up and perfected this particular addiction. She currently requires a two-bedroom condo just so one of the rooms can hold all of her books. Every inch of wall space is covered with shelving, and the closet doors in the room remain open because the shelving in there is on overflow with stacks from the floor into tall, teetering towers. I'm just waiting for the day she announces her need for a bigger place to house yet more books.

I bou...

If you've been to New York City recently and happened to walk down Times Square, you might have spotted the American Eagle Outfitter store that allows customers their "fifteen seconds of fame." As a thank you for any purchase, they plaster your picture up on a huge, sparkling billboard that hovers just above their store in the heart of Times Square.

Well…since I was in New York on a research trip for my next book, and being shameless enough to want to coax a chuckle out of my editors and marke...

[image error][image error][image error][image error]This week's New Fiction Feature is from Stephen Bly, and his latest book is titled Cowboy For A Rainy Afternoon.

A 10-year-old boy with red straw cowboy hat, cap gun, and silver-painted wooden bullets. Six story-telling, cribbage playing old cowboys. A '49 Plymouth with open trunk. A damsel in distress. All the fixings for a summer's day adventure at the Matador Hotel in 1954 Albuquerque.

Maybe you weren't born 100 years too late!

SUMMARY :

Cowboy For A...