This weekend a friend shared a link with me that honored Af-Am Women Soldiers who had fallen during their tours in Afghanistan or Iraq. It made me pause. Many of them were mothers. They are all someone’s child. As we celebrate this weekend, please carry them and their families in your heart.
If you would like for us to pay tribute to a fallen loved one, please leave their name in the comments.
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MILES TO GO
by Richard Paul Evans
When widower and former advertising executive Alan Christofferson loses everything, he makes a decision to walk from Washington state to Key West. But after he’s viciously stabbed on the side of the road, he’s homeless and bed bound until he is saved by a woman named Angel. She takes him into her home but she needs him to save her before he can continue his journey. Read the full review in May’s RT Book Reviews Magazine (on newsstands now or click here .)
Over the weekend while some waited with anticipation for The Rapture and others prepared their jokes about those who waited for The Rapture, my friend lost her battle with Cancer. God indeed took her up.
As I mourn for her, I am reminded of the two times I had to prepare myself for death. My final arrangements, my will, who will care for my daughter Selah, what must I tell her about life that she needs to know from me, Selah, how will she go on and grow into the sweet soul that I’ve worked hard for her to be, who will protect her for me, Selah… Both times I couldn’t prepare as well as I hoped.
I am so thankful He gave me more time. Aren’t you?
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Thursday I finally turned in Someone Bad and Something Blue to my editor. I took Friday off to relax my brain and read. I hope you all will help me write Book 3 (will begin plotting next week.) However, this morning I learned that you could read a sneak peak of A Good Excuse to Be Bad. It releases next month, so I’m pinching myself every day. Would love for you to check out and tell me how you feel. Here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/Good-Excuse-Be-Bad/dp/0758259506
Also, mirandaparker.com is a community site. I built it so that you could register share your stories, books, book clubs, whatever with me and others who like the stories I write and the things I like. So register, tell yourself something about me and let’s have a good excuse to get to know each other!!
Still waiting on some cupcake ideas for my A Good Excuse to Be Bad Cupcake. My book release party is in July, so put your thinking caps on.
The Christy Advisory Board is pleased to announce nominees in nine categories for the 2011 Christy Awards honoring Christian fiction.
The 2011 Christy Award nominees are:
by Lisa Harris (Zondervan)
by Kristin Heitzmann (WaterBrook Press)
by DiAnn Mills (Tyndale House Publishers)
by Nancy Rue (David C. Cook)
by Beverly Lewis (Bethany House Publishers,
a division of Baker Publishing Group)
by Suzanne Woods Fisher (Revell Books,
a division of Baker Publishing Group)
by Chris Fabry (Tyndale House Publishers)
by Susan Meissner (WaterBrook Press)
by Rusty Whitener (Kregel Publications)
by Gina Holmes (Tyndale House Publishers)
by Anne Elisabeth Stengl (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
by Rusty Whitener (Kregel Publications)
by Ginger Garrett (David C. Cook)
by Allison Pitman (Tyndale House Publishers)
by Lynn Austin (Bethany House Publishers,
a division of Baker Publishing Group)
by Julie Klassen (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
by Siri Mitchell (Bethany House Publishers,
a division of Baker Publishing Group)
by Tamera Alexander (Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
by Steven James (Revell Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group)
by Ted Dekker (Center Street) [George Kerrigan the book cover photographer for Dekker’s The Bride Collector also did my cover for A Good Excuse to Be Bad. How cool is that? :)]
by Terri Blackstock (Zondervan)
by Jill Williamson (Marcher Lord Press)
by Marc Schooley (Marcher Lord Press)
by David Gregory (WaterBrook Press)
by Jonathan Rogers (WaterBrook Press)
by Melanie Dickerson (Zondervan)
by Nancy Rue (Zondervan)
Congrats to all the nominees. However, I thought Stacy Hawkins Adams should have been a nominee for Contemporary Romance Standalone for The Someday List (Revell). Perhaps Revell nominated her and she didn’t make the end cut, but still. This book sparked a movement last summer. What do you think? FYI: I was a Christy Awards Judge for four years
Have you spent money on print products for your books and fees to place those print products at book events, to no avail? Don’t know if anyone seen the material? Saw your book marks in the trash?
What if you could promote your book to a specific book club at that event? What if you could be the only author pitched to them?
The 2011 Faith and Fiction Retreat has that opportunity for faith based publishing houses, authors, and or publicists, who cannot attend the event with our Book Club Retreat Gift Basket Promotion.
Here’s how it works…
For $149.99 the Faith & Fiction Retreat will create a special gift basket for one of our book clubs with a size larger than ten, that have registered for the 2011 Retreat (June 23-25 .) This basket will include:
your media kit by DeeGospel PR specifically designed for the retreat
a sales letter created by DeeGospel PR specifically designed for the retreat
10 of your paper bookmarks
10 autographed book plates (created by DeeGospel PR specifically designed for the retreat )
1 autographed book supplied by you
1 Digital CD of your book excerpt(we will create) and book trailer(if you have one)
Gift Basket goodies that fit the theme of your book
Chocolates
Fruit (Tangerines, Limes, Lemons)
1 Bottle Sparkling White Grape
10 bags of Beach Snacks (Trail Mix, Sunflower Seeds, or Pretzel)
Faith and Fiction retreat averages 10-15 national book clubs per year. This year we will prepare ten baskets. If you would like to have your book featured in a gift basket, please contact Dee Stewart at deegospelpr@gmail.com by June 6, 2011. She will invoice you for your basket, once the invoice is paid, she will schedule a time to chat with you about your book and the type of basket that needs to be created.
Booker T. Mattison is an author and filmmaker who wrote the screenplay for and directed the film adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s The Gilded Six-Bits, which aired on Showtime. His debut novel,Unsigned Hype, has been optioned, and he is currently writing the film adaptation of the book. Mattison has taught literary criticism at the College of New Rochelle, film production at Brooklyn College, and advanced directing and actor coaching at Regent University. Snitch is his second novel.
Snitch, which releases this month, has received praise from some of the most acclaimed movie producers of our time, such as Lisa Cortes(Precious) and Stephanie Allain Bray (Hustle & Flow) and has also received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly. What is even more fantastic about Mattison’s success is that he writes for Revell, a Christian publisher.
This month Christian Fiction Online Magazine speaks with Mattison about Snitch, a writer’s responsibility, and what defines Christian fiction. This is the end of our Thrilling the Romantic Soul Series. Read the interview here.
Good Monday. I am seeking Christian Fiction authors who have novels releasing in June, July & August for my Summer Beach Read 2011, to spotlighted on my blog, CFOM & some other spots. Publicists and/or authors message me. First five pages, synopsis, contact info. Book must have national in store distribution. Deadline 5/15/11. Email to deegospelpr at gmail dot com.
Psst… my debut novel, A Good Excuse to Be Bad releases June 28, 2011. If you would like to review it, message me.
