Monday, October 03, 2005

Michelle McKinney Hammond's Debut Novel

Michelle McKinney Hammond has penned a novel-The Last Ten Percent, set to be released March 2006.

What is the Last Ten Percent?

The statistics are frightening. There is a man shortage. What does that mean for all the women searching for love? Will their desires ever be fulfilled? How do you handle the prospect of living life alone? Is there any hope? Four friends grapple with this issue in The Last Ten Percent.

Tracy, after a cycle of repeated wrong relationships goes on sabbatical to search her own heart for the answer to her wrong choices. Muriel, scarred by past secret pain, has locked up her heart and thrown away the key but now finds herself confronted by the man of her dreams. Will she finally choose the path to healing and the love she has always longed for? Adrian has always been the perfect little Christian wife, yet her marriage is suddenly shattered, leaving her uncertain of her future. Felicia, who finds love where she can, is awakened by the consequences of her misdirected neediness, with an unwanted pregnancy. Then there is Carla, secure in a marriage with a loving husband, yet wrestling with the question if God is punishing her for past mistakes.

Through their friendship these women bond and search for the answers to some of life's hardest questions about love and true happiness and come to some surprising conclusions.


When I learn more of this novel i will tell you. However, I am a little suspect of this attempt. Because I'm not sure if Hammond has the chops for fiction. (i.e. Jakes' Covergirl was ghost written by a novelist we know.) So I'll have a close watch on these books.

Dee

Christian Detective Series: Christian Detective Series

Before I began writing my current WIP I was working on a christian mystery series-angel on the back pew. Well, since I'm almost complete with this WIP I thought I would go back and take a peak at old Angelina and see what she was up to. Tapping her pencil on her desk waiting for me to show up, so that she can continue to tell me about this mystery she solved. I got lost on the way and found an interesting blog-christiandetectiveseries. And I introduce you now to it...

Whodunit?” And with that the game is afoot. The sleuthing here is designed for readers trying to find Christian detective series and for librarians who might be attempting to augment their collection development in two related areas--Christian detective fiction series and materials for the study of Christian detective literature. Finding items that would aid this process is challenging. Hopefully this will provide a starting point in the process."

Dee

Focus on Fiction announces Final Edition

Click here to read the Focus on Fiction announcement. I began reviewing for the mag last month. Next month will be the last. If I owe you a book review, don't fret I will have your review and let you know where to find it.

Dee

Falcons crush the Vikings

Atlanta Falcons 30:Minnesota Vikings 10.
Vick suffered a right knee sprain in the first quarter when Vikings' lineman Erasmus James clipped him on the side of his leg. Vick's MRI will be released on Wednesday. Everyone played well. Todd Peterson, Duckett, KB, Demario Williams, Dunn. Whoah! Falcons rushed 245 yesterday. Great game. Security news: takes 2 hours to get into the Georgia Dome. Next week. Falcons vs. Superbowl champs the Patriots. Fast and pray. Fast and pray.

August Wilson Promoted to Glory

CHARLES ISHERWOOD of the New York Times reported in an article,"August Wilson, Theater's Poet of Black America, Is Dead at 60"

August Wilson, who chronicled the African-American experience in the 20th century in a series of plays that will stand as a landmark in the history of black culture, of American literature and of Broadway theater, died yesterday at a hospital in Seattle. He was 60 and lived in Seattle.

10.3.devotion.05

Yesterday evening my gal pal, buzz buzz novelist, Claudia Hawthorne Burney, called me. She is a lovely writer with an even lovelier voice. I have a very southern twang to mine. My i's sound like a's. And my a's sound like i's. Claudia writes from her heart and soul. I write from my soul and heart. There is a difference. Claudia would agree.
During our conversation we both discussed our blogs. She has now started a blog for writing, so that ragamuffin diva can retain its first focus--a devotion to God. I want to write about devotion. In fact, my lit journal that's now in its development stage's will be titled Devotion. This morning before I wake Selah(my daughter,)get her off to Kindergarten, start my busy writing day(believe me it's busy)and prepare for PTA meeting I want to spend this time for devotion. Claudie Claudie, you're rubbing off on me. :)

10.3.devotion.05

scripture lesson- Isaiah 40:31
...but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.

devotional hymn...
413. A Charge to Keep I Have Text: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
A charge to keep I have,
a God to glorify,
a never-dying soul to save,
and fit it for the sky.


Lord, yesterday was something.
Church, Sunday School, Girl Scouts, and Selah's great big hair.
Girl Scout fees, natural gas bills, my monthly budget already in red.
How am I going to do all this?
Jenna's baptism, Haley's birthday, Selah's Halo's Eve Party...Coreg...
Lord, tomorrow I meet Dr. Patten
Thank you for Dr. Patten
One day we will be old friends and we'll reminisce about
my kidney failure, lung failure, heart failure, lupus, sleep apnea
I didn't sleep much last night wondering about Girl Scouts.
I know there is an answer for me that will not come from a windfall of money to pay for all my bills, medications, and specials. It must come from a renewing of my mind.
I will be changed somehow because of all this petty, taxxing strife I inflict upon my wallet and my heart.
Lord yesterday was something. I wonder what today will bring.
Devotion to you? Forgetting all about those little things? Living by a different creed?
Afterall you healed me from lupus, renal failure, lung failure, my heart function is at 40%. I can dance, run and walk without going faint. I think I can make it through this month without doing the same. I cling to you now. Gaspard is silent. I cling to you forever.
Selah.

Writing to see what the end's gon' be,
Dee
Photo credit. Heartlight.

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