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Book Review: Brothers
Alex Van Halen's memoir is a tribute to the unbreakable bond between two brothers who chased a sound, not fame — and whose shared love of music became the bedrock of rock-and-roll history.
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Happy Birthday, Legacies!
When Losses Become Legacies turns two, and we're celebrating with reader reviews and a giveaway — because your words help others discover the book.
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Summer Reading
Three essential reads for the season: a life-changing book on metabolic health, a defense of free speech in an age of rage, and a manual for Christian dissidents facing soft totalitarianism.
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Win a Book, Read It, and Review It!
Book reviews are manna for authors and readers alike. This final giveaway invites you to win a copy of Legacies, read it, and share what you think.
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Man's Search for Logos
Viktor Frankl taught that meaning is the primary force driving human life. In a culture drowning in division and despair, the search for logos — for meaning rooted in something eternal — has never mattered more.
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Who's That Guy? Enter to Win a Book!
Can you name the man in the picture and his connection to When Losses Become Legacies? This week's anniversary giveaway puts your knowledge to the test.
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A Giveaway to Honor Mom
In one sentence, capture the woman who shaped you. This Mother's Day giveaway invites readers to honor their moms — whether here or on the other side of time.
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When Losses Become Legacies Turns One
To celebrate one year of When Losses Become Legacies, my co-author and I are hosting three weeks of book giveaways centered on honoring moms, art, and the power of reader reviews.
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The Three Dimensions of Character
Surface behaviors, backstory, and high-stakes choices — fiction gives us access to all three dimensions of character. Larry Brooks explains how to develop and integrate each one.
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Friday Fact: On Little House
Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't start writing the Little House series until she was in her sixties. For all of us with writing projects on the back burner: hope is immune to all viruses.
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Monday Quote: On Doing What We Can't
Wading into fiction after twenty years of journalism is freeing and daunting. During this pandemic season, may we push beyond our comfort zones and make ourselves good at something new.
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Friday Fact: On Publishing Books
Thirty years ago, there were half a million books on the market. Today, a new book may compete against fifteen million titles.
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Book Review: Love and Ruin
Paula McLain's novel reveals Martha Gellhorn — war correspondent, D-Day witness, and Hemingway's third wife — as far more than a footnote to someone else's life.
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Book Review: The Alice Network
Kate Quinn's raw, vivid novel about a WWI spy and a young American searching for her lost cousin sent me on a journey through wartime courage, female resilience, and the redemptive truth that we don't need to stay broken.
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Book Review: Lilac Girls
Martha Hall Kelly's debut novel masterfully weaves fiction and history to illuminate Ravensbrück, Hitler's only all-women concentration camp — a place I never knew existed until I turned these pages.
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A Conversation with Jerry Jenkins
Best-selling author Jerry Jenkins reminded our writing group that a good book idea can ripen with age, that family comes first, and that great writers never stop learning.
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