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Favorite 2020 Reads

January 20, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  29 Comments

Each January each year, I ponder which books I read the year before that were the most rewarding, stayed with me the longest (not in a bad way, like indigestion), and were the most exquisitely written. Below are my favorite …

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Books for book clubs? What do you suggest?

January 17, 2021 //  by Rachel Kent//  15 Comments

First, Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. day! I hope you are able to celebrate what he stood for and take some time off today for some peaceful reflection and relaxation. If you are working today, hang in there! And thanks …

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Surviving the Threat of Social Media Nuclear Meltdown

January 13, 2021 //  by Barb Roose//  15 Comments

“Duck and Cover.”

This was the name of a 1950’s animated movie featuring “Bert the Turtle” and he taught American school-age children how to respond to a nuclear bomb attack. Bert the Turtle taught the kids to drop to …

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We Hold These Truths

January 11, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  31 Comments

We hold these truths…but they’re not always as self-evident as you’d think.

Professional writing holds a number of truths that sometimes receive a mere nod rather than being adopted as habit, developed as practice, and sustained until the Chicago Manual …

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Introducing a New Literary Agent

January 6, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  19 Comments

With the entrance of 2021, Books & Such is adding a gem of a new literary agent to our roster, Mary DeMuth. Mary has been a part of the Christian publishing industry for decades, having written 40 books, both fiction …

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Does Your Writing Career Need a Diet?

January 4, 2021 //  by Barb Roose//  19 Comments

Does your writing career need to go on a diet so that it can get stronger again? 

It’s no secret that losing weight is one of the most common new year’s resolutions. The resolution is triggered by an ah-ha moment …

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New Year’s Meanderings

December 30, 2020 //  by Janet Grant//  10 Comments

I wrote this blog post for New Year’s 2009 (you know, during the economic recession). As I pondered leaving behind 2020 (thank, God!) and looking through the dark hours of the pandemic, I realized my 2009 meanderings are just as …

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Celebrating Until Twelfth Night

December 27, 2020 //  by Wendy Lawton//  10 Comments

I’ve always loved the old English carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas, partly because I was born during the twelve days of Christmas. (Think: Goose.) I was also married on the Seven Swans Day. Christmas marks the first day …

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What Could Make Any Christmas the Best Ever?

December 24, 2020 //  by Janet Grant//  4 Comments

This year I find myself realizing that not having a large family Christmas gathering leaves plenty of space to think about what we’re really celebrating at Christmas. To slow my heart to a more tempered pace this 2020 Christmas, I’m …

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A Favorite Christmas Book

December 21, 2020 //  by Rachel Kent//  6 Comments

Do you have a favorite children’s Christmas book? Mine isn’t a typical one. I just read it to my kids two nights ago. The book is Jingle the Christmas Clown by Tomie dePaola. When I was in second grade, my …

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