> Sam Bracken & Echo Garret with THE ORANGE DUFFLE BAG Press Release for BOOKS ALIVE! Jefferson, TX – Here is the following official program for the 5th Anniversary of BOOKS ALIVE, a Christian and Inspirational Book Festival, a fundraiser for her church, The First United Methodist Church of Jefferson, Texas for their mission and outreach programs. All ticket money …
>Introducing the lovely C.S. Lakin
> Today is NATIONAL AUTHORS DAY! And it’s my pleasure to introduce you to an author who has just exploded on the publishing scene. You see, a while back I started hearing the name Susanne Lakin pop up on the blogs and networks I frequent. She and my friend, Camille Eide, were two of the three finalists for the Zondervan/Mount …
>Proud Moment: BROKEN WINGS COVER
> It’s here: the cover of BROKEN WINGS !!! FaithWords has done an amazing job again on the cover art for my book which releases next summer: Mark your calendars: JUNE 3, 2011. Available for pre-order on Amazon. Here’s a bit about the book: Onstage, the singing duo of Gabe and Mitzi Steiner captured America’s heart for more than two …
>CAFE SPECIAL OF THE WEEK – Cream Cheese Pumpkin Pie
> Nothing says autumn to me like the smell of pumpkin! I love pumpkin-scented candles, trips to Starbucks for the pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin pie, of course, and in the past I’ve tried to make pumpkin cheesecake. Without much success. The recipes were either too rich, too complicated, too lopsided, toooooooo . . . you know? So, I have this …
>Interview with Sarah Sundin
> I hope that you all had a chance to read about Sarah Sundin’s newest book, A Memory Between Us, in yesterday’s post. Today, I’m glad to have Sarah with me to answer a few questions. Thanks, Sarah, for being my guest here at the Café. Congratulations on A Memory Between Us. I’ve been excited about this book for a …
>A MEMORY BETWEEN US by Sarah Sundin – Book 2 in the Wings of Glory Series and a FABULOUS GIVEAWAY
> It’s no secret to my blog followers that I’m a big fan of Sarah Sundin and her debut Wings of Glory series set in WW II. I’ll be sharing my review below, but first, a bit about Sarah and the just-released second book in the series – A MEMORY BETWEEN US. Tomorrow, I’ll feature Sarah again in an interview where …
>SNOW DAY by Billy Coffey up on CFBA with My Review
> This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Snow Day FaithWords (October 11, 2010)by Billy Coffey ABOUT THE AUTHOR: When you’re raised in small-town Virginia by a redneck father and a Mennonite mother, certain things become ingrained. And when you marry a small-town girl and have two small-town kids, all you want to do is pass those ingrained things along. Like believing …
>Breast Cancer Awareness Month
> Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Denver October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – this year celebrating 25 years of awareness, education, and empowerment. Race for the Cure events are being held worldwide this month to remind women to have their annual mammograms and to work together so that more women might live. My sister is …
>Lagniappe
>I’m borrowing the title of this post from Jason Ashley Wright, the quirky Mississippi boy who’s one of my favorite columnists in our local paper. The first of the month he channels his Southern roots and throws in some lagniappe – a little somethin’, somethin’ extra, as he says. Last weekend I went to the Celebration of Books and attended …
>And the winners are . . .
>Thanks to everyone who celebrated with me on my three year blogoversary and left such nice comments. I must admit, I let yesterday slip by without drawing for the winners as I’d told you I would. Today I remembered and have notified the winners. Ready? Congrats to Carmen, Stina Rose, and CarolNWong! Hope that you enjoy the book and continue …