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For quite sometime, I’ve had serious blogger’s block that is negatively impacting other areas and I’ve finally figured out why. God had called me to break my personal rules of being professional. Note I’ve been defining being professional defined as presenting one’s self as an expert who is perfect, has it all together, with no problems, weaknesses, or struggles. That is, to risk being vulnerable in public, making people uncomfortable, and destroying my reputation by losing people’s respect. In other words, my rules of professionalism look a lot like the rules of an abusive family on keeping silence on the abuse and presenting yourself andRead More →

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If you’re looking for the CSFF Tour of The Wolf of Tebron by C. S. Lakin (AMG) I wanted to drop a quick note to say, yes, I have a new devotional series you nearly found posted today instead. Yes, I plan to post a review, too, but on Wednesday, since I’m still reading it. The going is a bit slower than I hoped. This time, when I review it, I will try not to unfairly nitpick the stopping the action cold for back story and a few, more subtle forms of telling that have me stopping to mentally edit. We’re not critiquing here, afterRead More →

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I’ve been a very bad blogger. Most of the advice I get asked is private, and well, consistency has never been a strong suit when, as my husband put it once, “if ADD exists, you have it.” Probably a “duh” to anyone who has tried to read my rambling columns. Editing is my friend. My thoughts tend to be scrambled and rather disoraganized–and the internal disorganization has a frustrating tendency to leak out into my house. Grr. But that’s another story. One thing I’ve learned in life is external structure–rigid scheduling and daily routines are sanity savers for me, which neither the book reviews norRead More →

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Top 10 Reasons to Love Tales of the Dim Knight By Adam Graham 10) You’re between the ages of 25-45 If you’re in this overly wide demographic, and enjoyed watching Saturday morning cartoons as a child, Tales of the Dim Knight will bring back great memories of shows like Superfriends, Batman: The Animated Series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman (the 1960s series version), Underdog, and Darkwing Duck. We even had one hopeful marketing conversation with a Mr. Terrance Mann, who said, “People will come, Adam. They’ll most definitely come. They’ll come to you to ask about the book, as innocent as children, longing for the past.Read More →

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Splashdown Books is seeking reviewers and influencers for  Tales of the Dim Knight, a superhero spoof by Adam and Andrea Graham. “A truly original premise, Tales of a Dim Knight is a light-hearted escape into the world of superheroes and villains with a thoughtful twist as to what matters most in life,” says Jill Williamson, Christy-award winning author of By Darkness Hid In Tales of the Dim Knight, Mild-mannered janitor and superhero fanboy Dave Johnson gets all his wishes at once when a symbiotic alien gives him supernatural powers. But what’s he to do with them? Follow his zany adventures as he fights crime and corruption while trying toRead More →