Weekly Drawing

It's Fun Friday at The Borrowed Book! This week's prize is available to residents inside the continental US only. 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?...

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Meet Author Dianna T. Benson

Today we have the privilege of visiting with distinguished author Dianna Torscher Benson. She is a 2014 Selah Award winner, a 2011 Genesis Winner, a 2011 Genesis double Semi-Finalist, a 2010 Daphne de Maurier Finalist, and a 2007 Golden Palm Finalist. In 2012, she signed a nine-book contract with Ellechor Publishing House. She’s the author of The Hidden Son, her...

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Did You Know? ~ Mysterious North Brother Island

by Elizabeth Ludwig I stumbled across an interesting article the other day—about a place that should be familiar considering the amount of research I’ve conducted on New York City—but wasn’t. It’s a 20 acre strip of land called North Brother Island. The island, and its twin South Brother Island, is situated in New York City’s East river, between the Bronx and Rikers Island. North...

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Plotter vs Pantster: The Writing Process by Author Dianna Benson

Everyone is different, and every writer is no exception. When I started writing my first book in 1993, I heard about writing voice and writing process, not really understanding what either meant. By the time I completed my fifth book and signed with my first agent in 2007, I not only knew exactly what writing voice is, but I’d found mine and it was well developed; plus,...

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NA Fantasy Book Spotlight ~ Resistance

Something fresh has arisen in the world of New Adult fiction and Christian fantasy! Resistance is the first in an epic 6-book series by Jaye L. Knight. I had the pleasure of proofreading the book prior to publication, as well as organizing the cover reveal and blog tour. It's been quite the adventure, and I'm inspired by the author's commitment and care for each aspect...

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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:  KayM (may_dayzee(at)yahoo(dot)com) - Out of the Ruins by Karen Barnett. Congratulations, KayM! Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Book. ...

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Sunday Devotional: Psalm 13

Sometimes despite all we know about the Lord ... or however close to Him we’ve been ... there will be a time and a place where we feel like He’s just bailed on us. If it happened to the one God called a man after His own heart, we can be sure we aren’t immune. Some of us know already that this can happen, because we’ve walked through it. Some of us are walking through it right now. Psalm 13 (NKJV) – A Psalm of David How long, O Lord?...

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Weekly Drawing

It's Fun Friday at The Borrowed Book! This week's prize is available to residents inside the continental US only. 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?...

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Mystery the Dachshund, by Karen Barnett

I’d always been an animal lover, but I thought of myself as a cat person. Cats are affectionate and cute, but they’re also quiet and don’t demand as much attention or exercise. When my husband started hinting about wanting a dog, I stalled. IF we were to get a dog, I said, I’d like one that could chase a Frisbee. I’d always thought that would be fun. Something like...

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Did You Know? ~ Three Stories From 1890 Newspaper

I'm sitting on my bed tonight writing this blog article on my tiny laptop. Next to my laptop is a copy of the Kanas City Daily Journal, dated Monday, April 21, 1890. Yes, it's that old, and seriously yellow and brittle. (I would probably be yellow and brittle if I were over one hundred years old, too.) Anyway, I think it's ironic to have something that old next to this modern...

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Listen, Trust and Obey by Author Karen Barnett

“Write a book,” God said.  Okay, not exactly. Sounds a bit too much like, “Build an ark.” But I felt the Spirit nudge me, regardless.  The trouble was, writing a novel sounded even more difficult than building a 450-foot long boat. How many words go into a novel? To satisfy my curiosity, I went to the internet. According to several sources, novels typically...

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