5 Writing Tips From the Finals Week Craze

  It's that time of year - the final push to get everything turned in and every exam completed and all the junk out of your dorm room.  Well, maybe this no longer applies to you, but well...it still does to me, so this is the post you're stuck with. You're welcome. 5 Writing Tips We Can Learn from the Finals Week Craze: Time is limited. Nothing...

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Winners!

Happy Saturday, BB fans! Thanks to everyone who participated in our "puzzling" Friday giveaway! Keep all those facebook and Twitter notifications, coming! This week's winner is: Sharon (smoore at tcq dot net) - Submerged by Dani Pettrey! Congratulations, Sharon! Please use the button in the upper right side of this page to email me with your email address. Then, sit back and wait for your book to arrive. Thank you all so much for stopping...

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Weekly Drawing

It's fun Friday at The Borrowed Book!To enter:Follow Us! Followers are automatically entered. Or...Leave the time it took you to complete the puzzle in the comments section. Winners will be drawn from ALL of the times, so the person with the fastest time may not be the actual winner, but by leaving your time, you double your chances.Want another entry? Tweet your puzzle time and mention The Borrowed Book, get another entry. RETWEET our Tweet, get...

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Dani Pettry Interview

I am happy to have Dani Pettrey as a guest on The Borrowed Book today. Dani  is a wfe, homeschooling mom and author. She feels blessed to write inspirational romantic suspense because it incorporates so many things she loves–the thrill of adventure, nail-biting suspense, the deepening of one’s faith and plenty of romance. She’s a huge fan of dark chocolate, is always...

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Did You Know?~Tetanus (Lockjaw)

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Upcoming Release Spotlight: Double Exposure by Susan Sleeman

A PICTURE WORTH KILLING FOR Photographer Jennie Buchanan unknowingly captures a drug-cartel meeting on film. And now she has become a killer's next target. Even worse, her only protection from the danger that threatens her life is the man who threatens her heart. Dodging bullet almost seems safer than facing the feelings stirred up by seeing former FBI agent and ex-boyfriend...

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Audiobooks, Anyone?

Over the past month or so I've listened to Legend by Marie Lu on audiobook, which I bought on iTunes. I just finished the book this past weekend. Now, I think discussing the book itself (a young adult, dystopian novel) could take up its own post - but today I'd rather discuss the format. Two different narrators - one for the sections from the heroine's (June's) point...

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Winners!!

Happy Saturday, BB fans! Thanks to everyone who participated in our "puzzling" Friday giveaway! Keep all those facebook and Twitter notifications, coming! This week's winner is: marybelle - Rainbow's End by Valerie Comer! Congratulations, marybelle! Please use the button in the upper right side of this page to email me with your email address. Then, sit back and wait for your book to arrive. Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed...

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Weekly Drawing

It's fun Friday at The Borrowed Book!To enter:Follow Us! Followers are automatically entered. Or...Leave the time it took you to complete the puzzle in the comments section. Winners will be drawn from ALL of the times, so the person with the fastest time may not be the actual winner, but by leaving your time, you double your chances.Want another entry? Tweet your puzzle time and mention The Borrowed Book, get another entry. RETWEET our Tweet, get...

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Valerie Comer Interview

I'm delighted to have Valerie Comer as a guest on The Borrowed Book today. Valerie's life on a small farm in western Canada provides the seed for stories of contemporary inspirational romance. Like many of her characters, Valerie grows much of her own food and is active in the local food movement as well as her church. She only hopes her imaginary friends enjoy their happily...

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Write Right~1888 Recipe for a Cough

I came across this cough remedy in a 1888 magazine. Wow. Talk about packing a punch! Take equal quantities of hoarhound and liquorice root, make a strong decocotion, and to three-fourths of a pint of this liquid add the following ingredients: A drachm and a half of dried squills, half a drachm of camphor, half a drachm of pure opium, half a drachm of oil of anise-seed, half a drachm of bensoin, and two ounces of honey. Simmer in an earthen...

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Upcoming Release Spotlight: Mary's Blessing by Lena Nelson Dooley

Description:Mary Lenora Caine knows she is adopted. As she was growing up, her mother called her “God’s blessing.” But now that she’s gone, Mary no longer feels like any kind of blessing. Her father, in his grief, has cut himself off from the family, leaving the running of the home entirely in Mary’s hands. As she nears her eighteenth birthday, Mary can’t see anything...

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Christy Nominees Announced!

The Christy Advisory Board is pleased to announce nominees in nine categories for the 2012 Christy Awards honoring Christian fiction. The 2012 Christy Award nominees are:CONTEMPORARY ROMANCEMy Foolish Heart by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)Larkspur Cove by Lisa Wingate (Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group)Wolfsbane by Ronie Kendig (Barbour Publishing)CONTEMPORARY...

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Winners!!

Happy Saturday, BB fans! Thanks to everyone who participated in our "puzzling" Friday giveaway! Keep all those facebook and Twitter notifications, coming!This week's winner is:Cindy W - Lady Anne's Quest by Susan Page Davis!Congratulations,Cindy W ! Please use the button in the upper right side of this page to email me with your email address. Then, sit back and wait for your book to arrive.Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed...

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Weekly Drawing

It's fun Friday at The Borrowed Book!To enter:Follow Us! Followers are automatically entered. Or...Leave the time it took you to complete the puzzle in the comments section. Winners will be drawn from ALL of the times, so the person with the fastest time may not be the actual winner, but by leaving your time, you double your chances.Want another entry? Tweet your puzzle time and mention The Borrowed Book, get another entry. RETWEET our Tweet, get...

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Susan Page Davis Interview

I'm thrilled to have my good friend Susan Page Davis on The Borrowed Book today. Susan grew up in Maine and lived there for years with her husband and six children that she homeschooled. In 2010 her husband retired from the newspaper business, and they moved to Kentucky. Susan has over 40 books published and is an award winning author. To find out more about her, check...

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Write Right~1850s Cure for Asthma

Two weeks ago I developed a chest cold, and because I sometimes struggle with asthma, that means three weeks of coughing misery. Fortunately I have medication that helps. But I started to wonder what people did before the advent of modern asthma inhalers and treatments. Here’s one old remedy I found: Take the root of skunk cabbage, and boil it until very strong, then strain off the liquor; to which add, one table-spoonful of garlic juice...

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Upcoming Release Spotlight: The Chase by DiAnn Mills

Description:To the FBI it's a cold case. To Kariss Walker it's a hot idea that could either reshape or ruin her writing career. And it's a burning mission to revisit an event she can never forget. Five years ago, an unidentified little girl was found starved to death in the woods behind a Houston apartment complex. A TV news anchor at the time, Kariss reported on the terrifying...

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