YA Paranormal Book Spotlight ~ Haunting Joy

My cover designer is getting ready to release her next YA book in October - a light paranormal novella titled Haunting Joy, the first in a new series. I had the pleasure of editing the book, and I'm putting together the blog tour, which will be happening in a few weeks. If you're looking for an intriguing, quick, and meaningful read, Haunting Joy is your ticket to Halloween...

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Winners!!

Good morning, 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:  Lis (garfsgirl@hotmail.com) - A Little Bit of Charm by Mary Ellis. Congratulations, Lis! Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Book....

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Sunday Devotional: Where is Home?

They say the places you dream about are the ones that are indelibly etched on your soul. I still dream occasionally about the house in the country where I grew up, even though I’ve lived where we are now for five years longer than I lived there. Now, we suddenly face leaving this place. I wonder if I’ll dream about it later, because I feel a connection to and understanding of this place, as none other. And yet, as I’m often reminded and have been...

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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 puzzles 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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Publication-Readiness: A Quiz For Writers

In her visit with us today, author Mary Ellis plays teacher. Not one to waste time, she's already giving a quiz! If you're a writer who hasn't yet been published, take your seats, please. This is for you...  Are you hampering your chances of getting published in fiction?  (because of your perceptions of the writing process or the publishing industry?) Take...

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Did You Know? ~ Little Known Facts About the Alamo

Author Janelle Mowery’s book Always Remembered is set during the turbulent time before the battle of the Alamo. When I read the book, I could tell Janelle had put in a lot of time researching. I asked her for some little known facts about the Alamo to share with our readers. 1. There were many Tejanos (Texans of Hispanic descent. Texas was...

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Researching in Amish Country by Author Mary Ellis

If there’s one thing this writer loves, it’s research. What fun to jump into my car with my laptop, GPS, camera, spiral notebook, handful of pens, of our course, my cell phone. But when you’re researching the Amish in remote rural areas it can get rather tricky. Those who cherish privacy and seclusion often live on rutted, unpaved roads often not on maps and far from gas...

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Fantasy Book Cover Reveal ~ Goddess Tithe

Author Anne Elisabeth Stengl is releasing a new story in the "Tales of Goldstone Wood" series - a novella titled Goddess Tithe. Look for it this November...and read on to learn more about the book and it's epic cover! The Vengeful Goddess  Demands Her Tithe  When a stowaway is discovered aboard the merchant ship Kulap Kanya, Munny, a cabin boy on his first...

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Winners!!

Good morning, 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:  Judy (judyjohn2004(at)yahoo(dot)com) - Serenity to Accept by Elizabeth Maddrey. Congratulations, Judy! Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Book....

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Sunday Devotion: Wars and Rumors of Wars

Wars and rumors of wars. The news has been filled with it this month. So was my personal life. It’s been on my mind how full scripture is with military metaphors, and for good reason. Any way you look at it, we’re surrounded by warfare. We are hammered daily with doubt and discouragement. Battered by the temptation to jealousy or anger. Our children sometimes only need to walk into the same room as a sibling for war to break out. Never mind what...

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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 puzzles 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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The Writing Life, by Elizabeth Maddrey

The Writing Life. It sounds so idyllic, doesn’t it? When I think of “the writing life,” I get an image of someone sitting by a pond with a journal, blissfully scribbling away their thoughts. Or maybe typing because they’d like to be able to read those thoughts again later. And then I think about my “writing life” and I have to laugh. A typical day in the life for me...

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Did You Know? ~ Vintage Exercise and Diet Ads

I'm two weeks into a new eating and exercise regimen. Doing that made me wonder about the history of exercise and eating. Turns out it's a large topic that I can't possibly cover in one blog, but I did discover some interesting pictures and ads for things that make me grateful for my modern recumbent bike, hand weights, and Bowflex machine. I thought our readers might...

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Gleaning Plot Ideas by Elizabeth Maddrey

I don’t get a lot of people asking me questions about what it’s like to be a writer. I suspect some of that is because I don’t tend to tell a whole bunch of people that I am one. It’s not that I’m embarrassed; it just never seems to come up…probably because most of the time I’m surrounded by two adorable little boys who steal all my limelight.  Regardless, I have lots...

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