Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I’m working from the East Coast this week so I decided to pull up one of my classic blog posts just in time for you to do some Christmas cooking. A few years back I shared about …
Christmas
How to Write Awesome Acknowledgments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
I love to read book acknowledgment pages. I feel as if I’m peeking into the Who’s Who in the creation of the work. But the acknowledgments I like best are those in which the author shows …
Flash Fiction Contest
Guest Blogger: Meagan Briggs
Show us your flash fiction skills.
Splickety Prime is hosting a nano fiction contest, and we want your entries. In 100 words or less, write a story that encompasses our holiday theme (see below) and meets …
Christmas Carols Tell the Story
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Oh little town of Bethlehem, it came upon a midnight clear
twas the birthday of the King, away in a manger on a silent night, holy night.
His was the breath of heaven. The first noel. …
Balancing Writing and Family During the Holidays
Blogger: Rachel Kent
We are well into the holiday season already! Wow. I’m still shocked that it is December and we have 20 days until Christmas! The holidays are a time to refresh and recharge before we all jump into …
Let the Juggling Begin
Blogger: Mary Keeley
This week my daughter emailed a photo of our dear grandchildren forming the dough for our family’s most cherished Christmas cookies. My first thought when I saw it was, Really . . . you’re that on top …
Christmas Books are Here (With a chance to get a free book!)
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Our clients’ Christmas releases are starting to arrive at the office. A couple of weeks ago, we received agency copies of Tricia Goyer, Sarah Sundin and Cara Putman’s Where Treetops Glisten and also An Amish Second Christmas…
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Slacking Off
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
This will be the last post of the year for Books & Such. We will resume daily blog posts on January 2nd, 2014. As you stop by and see this same post for some two+ weeks we …
Wrapping Up Christmas
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
If you’re like me, I spend untold hours toiling over how to decoratively present Christmas gifts. That becomes especially challenging if the gift is a bicycle, a car, or a pony. The quest for the perfect …
Building the Anticipation of Christmas
Blogger: Rachel Kent
The family Christmas tradition that I love is one that I now believe was established by accident and out of necessity. Every Christmas, my parents would have the children wait in the hallway with the door closed …