Weekly Drawing

 It's Fun Friday at The Borrowed Book! To enter: Leave the time it took you to complete the puzzle in the comments section as well as your email address for notifying you if you've won. 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....

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The Writing Life: A Peek Into My Office, by Stephanie Landsem

I didn’t always have a great writing space in my house. My husband worked from home most of the time and the office was his domain. Therefore, most of The Well was written on the dining room table, in coffee shops, or while waiting on kids at guitar lessons or karate class. Then, my husband moved out. Don’t worry, he still lives with us. But now he has a shiny new...

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Did You Know? ~ Defininitions of Olde Cooking Words

In previous blog articles I've included recipes from the First American Cook Book 1796. I mentioned a few ingredients that I had to look up, and I thought a list of olde cooking terms might be in order. This list of words I've come across and is not by any means complete. If any of our readers have more to add, I'd love to hear from you. Bullace - a wild plum Custard kettle - double boiler Dutch Oven - iron kettle on three legs with flat bottom...

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Doing What I Love by Author Stephanie Landsem

Before we begin, we have exciting news! You can come back on Friday for a chance to win a copy of Stephanie's latest release. Think, summer reading. And now, this is what Stephanie wanted to share. . .  I didn’t start out wanting to write historical fiction. In high school and my first year of college, I loved science and knew—just knew—that was what I wanted...

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Romance Book Spotlight ~ Love's Miracles

I had the pleasure of helping Sandra Leesmith prepare this book for re-release, and I'm excited to have been a part of this journey! Check out my awesome client and Love's Miracles (with its beautiful new cover, designed by Lena Goldfinch) below:  About the Book "Dr. Margo Devaull came to Dominic Zanelli's mountain retreat confident that she could help this Vietnam...

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Sunday Devotional: To Praise the Beauty of Holiness

The king receives the news: “Your enemies are coming. There’s a huge army amassed and it’s on its way.” He knew they didn’t have the military strength to defend their nation. There was no time to call on their allies. So what did he do? He hit his knees—then he called for the entire nation to fast and pray with him. “O Lord God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is...

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“Undeniably Yours” by Becky Wade | Kindle Fire Giveaway and 5/29 Facebook Party!

Becky Wade is celebrating her latest swoon-worthy novel, Undeniably Yours (Bethany House), with a Kindle Fire giveaway and hosting an Author Chat party on Facebook {5/29}! One winner will receive: A Kindle Fire Undeniably Yours and My Stubborn Heart by Becky Wade Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends...

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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: Elaine K - A Heartbeat Away by S. Dionne Moore. Congratulations, Elaine! Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Book....

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Weekly Drawing

It's Fun Friday at The Borrowed Book! To enter: Leave the time it took you to complete the puzzle in the comments section as well as your email address for notifying you if you've won. 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...

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Got Popcorn? We Have a Video

We're excited about a new release this month by our own S. Dionne Moore. A Heartbeat Away is a civil war romance that takes place in Sharpsburg, Maryland. This is right near her home turf, the beautiful Cumberland Valley in South Central Pennsylvania. The book is Sandra's eleventh title altogether (three of which have been Carol Award finalists), and the seventh...

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The Mystery of Baby Mabel

This blog article is recycled from one of the first blog articles I wrote for The Borrowed Book. I hope our readers don't mind a re-run of sorts. We had family come into town that I hadn't seen in years, and my writing time got eaten up with hours of yakking.We shared so many memories, and some of them are family mysteries we will never solve because the people involved...

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The Myth of Writer's Block by Author S. Dionne Moore

        I hate to say this, but writer’s block might just be another way of saying “undisciplined.” It’s hard to write when the words aren’t flowing. I’ve been to that store and shopped in their gift store. Those days feel like walking through heavy, wet snow, at least 12” inches deep in the blowing, frigid wind, with a wind chill factor of 0 degrees....

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