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Wednesday, September 1, 2021
It's time once again to enter the CWA first chapter contest
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Write Now Lit tour with James Ruvalcaba and remarkable love
Write Now Literary is pleased to be organizing a two-month book tour and $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway for
The Light Through the Pouring Rain by James Ruvalcaba
The book tour will run August 2- Sept 30, 2021.
Genre: Nonfiction
ISBN-13: 979-8575160397
1. Why do you write the kind of books you do?
I write romance, love & loss, and inspirational books.
2. Besides when you came to know the Lord, what is the happiest day in your life?
My happiest day was the day my book got published because it meant I came through on the promise I made to my Fiancé.
3. How has being published changed your life?
It gave me the confidence to know that I was meant to write.
4. What are you reading right now?
I am currently reading Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
5. What is your current work in progress?
I am writing my next installment in my book series.
6. What would be your dream vacation?
I don’t have a particular area, but somewhere by the water so I can hear the waves at night and enjoy the over atmosphere of peace being around.
7. How do you choose your settings for each book?
I only write non-fiction books, so I pick locations within the stories, but as far as the timelines go , I think of the moments that should be relieved.
8. If you could spend an evening with one person who is currently alive, who would it be and why?
I’d say Tyler Perry. I’d love to pick his brain about why he continued to push forward to overcome the obstacles that were placed in his life.
9. What three things about you would surprise readers?
I'm not very much into materialistic items
I have a phobia of holes
10. What are your hobbies, besides writing and reading?
I enjoy going to the Gym before and after writing and I enjoy being by the beach.
Tour organized by Write Now Literary Book Tours
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
What's in Your Salad?
Salad
Growing up in a household made up of a long line of
educators and farmers was mostly fun. Words, for instance, were always on the
menu. My great-uncle Fred, a farm-raised high school history teacher, has a peculiar
conscience about definitions and expectations. To him, salad means green
lettuce, with maybe some carrots and tomatoes and cucumbers; vegetables you
could walk over and pluck from the garden. To church ladies, salad has more
variety. Our favorite is gelatin salad, especially if whipped cream is one of
the ingredients. Fred gets this look on face whenever someone brings one of
these dishes to the table. It’s an abomination if marshmallows are involved. Naturally,
Thanksgiving always includes giggles, lime gelatin, pineapple chunks, cherries,
and lots of whipped cream. He has never taken it in good stride, even when we
try to remind him that one dictionary definition of salad is “hodgepodge.”
What’s in your salad? My salad has expanded with the size of our garden after relocating to a farm with retirement. We like to experiment with varieties of vegetables, and trade recipes with our Amish neighbors. There are endless varieties of tomatoes! My favorite is an heirloom called Anna Russian. Zucchini, once banned in our former garden, now competes with cukes and minced purple onions, cilantro, and the most beautiful fresh dark leaves of aromatic basil you ever inhaled. Dill…who’d have thought it would go on anything but pickles and tuna…um, salad? Fresh peas, even strawberry slices. With ingredients like that, we hardly need dressing. It’s really about expanding your horizons, trying new things, spreading your wings, and having fun. Taking things in stride, lightening up…throwing whatever comes into the mix and discovering stuff like…salsify. Or maybe not. And keeping a bag of marshmallows in your baking cupboard for those great-uncle emergencies.
Sunday, July 18, 2021
The 10 Win Commandments by Derrick Gray
Write Now Literary is pleased to be organizing a two-month book tour and “free e-book giveaway” for The 10 Win Commandments with by Derrick Gray. The book tour will run July 1-August 31, 2021.
Genre: Christian Nonfiction
ISBN-10: 1737398907
ISBN-13: 978-1737398905
Derrick Gray is a Christian Minister, business owner, filmmaker and author of The 10 Win Commandments. A Long Island native and purveyor of all things hip-hop, he knows God’s not through with him yet. Derrick lives in York, Pa with his wife and family.
Author Derrick Gray has written this debut masterwork that touches the soul with reliable guidance and masterful prose. The author guides us through worldly experiences as a quintessential mentor if life. Students, administrators, CEO's and ministry leaders will find his advice nothing less than masterful. This book profoundly dives into guidance that enables you to go through life at the level in which God intended. The execution of these words of wisdom lays out how victory is achievable for anyone.
It's all about self-appraisal, self-reflection, God's direction and personal growth. Everyone has a designed path and achievement is within anyone's grasp. All it takes is the correct compass, and no book maps it out better than Derrick Gray's 10 Win Commandments.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
New Spec Fiction from Robin Fuson
Interruption
Robin Fuson
Inspirational Speculative fiction
July 2021
207 pp.
Ebook $2.99
Print $8.95
Buy on Amazon
Robin Fuson
Inspirational Speculative fiction
July 2021
207 pp.
Print $8.95
Buy on Amazon
About the Book
A Christian Speculative Fiction Novella set in the 1930s through 1950s.
Child prodigy Jacquelyn (Jackie) Carter’s life is interrupted when she dies. From the beginning of her life, her Guardian angel, Faphick, senses Jackie is remarkable. God regards all His children as special and important to Him.
Faphick and a host of other Beings play out their roles in the spiritual dimension that surrounds her. Although unseen by Jackie, they are critical to her life.
A visit to Heaven feels like pure bliss, and although she would like to stay, Heaven isn’t ready to keep her. She’d always thought her vocation as a dancer-entertainer defined her life. Sent back to Earth to fulfill her purpose, with no instruction book, wrenches her soul.
As pressure mounts, will she overcome enormous obstacles and
find her God-given purpose? Will she accept Aunt Sherry’s help as prospects
around her dwindle? Faphick wants to keep evil away and shield her from any
distress. How much can he intervene?
My review
Fuson adds to her extensive repertoire of inspirational
fiction with a tale from the other side. If you’ve wondered about the role of
Guardian angels and heavenly Beings, Interruption offers a creative
answer.
Jackie is a special child endowed with beautiful gifts. She’s looked after, as are all humans, by heavenly beings who don’t interfere, she’s able to make life choices both positive and inappropriate. We are all give a purpose on Earth. Some of us find it sooner than later; some of us are able to whether storms better than others. When Jackie spirals out of control, everyone from the unseen, fearsome and loving Faphick to her earthly family gathers to help. Whether she accepts it is up to her.
Told in alternating viewpoints and timelines from Faphick to
Jackie, Interruption is sure to delight and provide thought-provoking
questions about life and faith to readers of inspiring fiction.
About the Author
Robin lives in Sugarmill Woods, Florida with her husband
Jimmy and their Belgian Malinois, Kenzi. She and her husband celebrate with an
overflowing cup of blessings with seventeen grandchildren. An award winner for
romance and flash fiction, Robin is multi-published in both fiction and
non-fiction and has written well over a hundred stories on her blog for
children. Two of her novellas are finalists in the 2020 Selah awards. Her
historical and contemporary romances, and Christian women’s fiction, are
wrapped around a twist of intrigue. The Rosita Valdez series for children lends
itself to a character-building lesson through an adventure. Robin is a member
of Word Weavers International, ACFW, and John316 Marketing Network. Robin loves
company and challenging her young guests to discover the many giraffes in the
obvious and hidden nooks and crannies of their home.
Saturday, June 26, 2021
New Cozy Mystery from Susan Van Dusen
The Missing Hand
Susa VanDusen
Cozy Mystery
Paperback, 266 pages, $16.99
ISBN: 978-1938436574
Barnes and Noble
A valuable heirloom has been stolen from a member of Julia Donnelly’s Torah study group. Grievous sins of the past have pushed their way into the present. Murder, distrust, and ill-gotten gains from World War II Bohemia threaten the peaceful Jewish community of Crestfall, Illinois. Julia, wife of this small town’s mayor and mother of two young adopted sons, is pressed into service to find the bejeweled heirloom which is called a yad, a Hebrew word which means “hand” in English. It is a rod-shaped item with a bulb on the top and a hand with a pointing finger at the bottom that helps keep one’s place when reading the Torah. This particular yad is covered with a fortune’s worth of jewels. With no experience except watching TV detective shows, Julia and Torah group leader Rabbi Fine attempt to solve the mystery and address the misery it causes. After finding the yad, another mystery, much deeper, explores good and evil in the character of the man who brought the yad to America and escaped punishment for his crimes after the war by posing as a Jewish immigrant. Heady stuff for a cozy, but humor takes the sting out. The Donnelly family goes at 90 miles an hour, hollering, hugging, and loving. It all works out in the end. Remember, we all have our own michegas. As we say in Yiddish, Plotsn zolstu—May you explode from pleasure after reading this book.
Susan Van Dusen is an award-winning writer of editorials and
magazine articles. She has written three books for children on the history of
Skokie, and The Synagogue: a Home for the Jewish People. The Missing
Hand is the debut book in a series of cozies based on a Torah group solving
mysteries using Jewish tradition. She is a member of OCWW, Chicago Writers
Association and Sisters in Crime. To learn more, please visit www.susanvandusen.com
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Essays and inspiration for difficult times
Resilience in Hard Times
Paulette Harper, editor
Nonfiction Anthology of personal essays and inspirational advice
Thy Word Publishing
June 15, 2021
Paulette Harper, editor
Nonfiction Anthology of personal essays and inspirational advice
June 15, 2021
Buy on Amazon
$1.99 ebook; $20.45 print, 222 pp.
About the Book:
Resilience in Hard Times are stories from twenty women who learned how to survive and pivot in the most troubling times.
People who read these incredible stories of….
How they overcame self-doubt and turned it into self-confidence.
How they faced odds and climbed those mountains to success.
How they choose to use their voices and experiences to lead them to victory.
How they decided not to allow the scars, pain, and uncertainties to defeat them.
These are stories about transformation, courage, and resolve from women who were determined to make a difference in their own lives and show others how it can be done.
These women are using their voices and influence to break chains and strongholds that once captured them.
Resilience in Hard Times are stories from twenty women who learned how to survive and pivot in the most troubling times.
People who read these incredible stories of….
How they overcame self-doubt and turned it into self-confidence.
How they faced odds and climbed those mountains to success.
How they choose to use their voices and experiences to lead them to victory.
How they decided not to allow the scars, pain, and uncertainties to defeat them.
These are stories about transformation, courage, and resolve from women who were determined to make a difference in their own lives and show others how it can be done.
These women are using their voices and influence to break chains and strongholds that once captured them.
My Review:
Twenty extraordinary authors share encouraging words,
prayers, and advice from the depth of their pain in this new collection from
Thy Word Publishing. Women candidly discuss topics from staying in love over
the long haul, parenthood, the sandwich generation, prejudice, betrayal, illness,
and every kind of dilemma that would break the heart of a lesser human—all with
a healthy appreciation for their strength of faith and the precious concept of
forgiveness for others and ourselves. “A resilient person has the ability to
bounce back and recover from horrendous events, hard times, and adverse
conditions. That’s how God created you. Yes, God created you with the bounce
back, but there are some things you need to do as well,” Paulette Harper says
in the opening selection.
Coming from all walks of life: medical specialists, career authors and publicists, homemakers, businesswomen, ministerial and educational professionals, the authors tell how they are facing down challenges from divorce to abortion, racism and sexism, physical setbacks, death of loved ones, job loss and financial difficulties, to self-doubt and suicidal thoughts. Their testimonies will promote and engender healing for everyone dealing with similar events. Each of the twenty stories relate a personal hard time and how they struggled and worked diligently to get a handle on their often heart-rending circumstance. “My hope is that by sharing this experience with you, it will guide you to recognize in yourself your deep desire for a life without worry, struggle, and pain,” Jana Marie Toutolmin writes.
Some of my favorite passages include:“I had finally realized I was never supposed to fit it! I was meant to be the STAR! My light is not to be dimmed. I am not to fit in. I am to let my light shine before others,” from The Journey to Becoming a STAR! by Alena Zachery-Ross, and “Praising the Lord through one of the hardest times in my life is what kept me emotionally, mentally and spiritually sounded,” from Pushing Past the Pain to Praise by Pastor LoNika A. Harris. Other passages of advice are equally inspired, like “Keep your prayers and positive affirmations all around you, and most of all keep encouraging people with wisdom by your side,” Tonja Harris Dews writes in I Don’t Look Like My Storm; “I knew I had to stop giving people the power to control my happiness” in Overcoming the Mean Girl Spirit by Yvonne R. Wilson, and the most reassuring of all in the final piece, Shattered Heart, by Marilyn Williams-Jerrels: “I had no clue about how God was going to help me survive, but I had faith that I would be carried.
For those who are going through a mild rough patch or a
calamity, these wonderful essays are sure to shine through your despair.
Especially recommended as a gift.
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