February 2011 Blog Posts (149)

By not celebrating Christmas would send this economy into a tail spin.  Everybody would be affected- from Taxi cab drivers to baby sitters, airlines, hotels, gas stations, etc.  I cannot think of any industry that would not be affected.  Even China would suffer. Just think if all the Christians just decided to not buy gifts, cards, or candy at Christmas.  I bet a lot of Jewish retailers would convert to Christianity.  Everybody would be once again proclaiming Merry Christmas again.  Large…

The week is winding down and we are still blazing a hot trail here @ Gelati’s Scoop. We had a fun interview this morning with Laurie Bowler, the vampire/paranormal/romance author of Moon Rising, Across the City and many other novels. Please check our archives for the post we had on those novels. Non-fiction is not something I pick up too often, but when I see something inspirational like this, it just seems to jump into my hand. Have you seen the movie, ”The Blind Side”? Yeah, this is the…

Last few days to vote for my novel, The Trojan Project on http://www.peoplesbookprize.com/book.php?id=495

Please help me out here. I need more votes.

Cheers,

Eileen

Following the release of Dylan's Tale, the second book in my Harry Porter's Dog Tales series, here's a short excerpt from the book, which I hope readers might enjoy. Dylan's Tale is available from Amazon.com and…

"Aunt Lou's kitchen wraps kids in an Easter story that is as sweet and welcoming as the scent of those famous chocolate chip cookies, just waiting for youngsters to drop by."

 -- Lisa Wingate, National Bestselling Author of Larkspur Cove and Dandelion Summer

Perhaps you've heard the buzz around MY MOTHER THE MAN-EATER lately. If the title doesn't grab you, maybe the cover art will. Curious? Hopefully, because FEBRUARY 24 is the official 'best seller' book launch of the book. buy MAN-EATER from amazon.com and get all kinds of free gifts from generous supporters. for more go to my website: http://www.tracykrauss.yolasite.com/book-launch.php

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Hi, it is me, the G-man, Giovanni Gelati, he of Gelati’s Scoop blog and The G-Zone blogtalk radio show. I am going to get right to the point because I don’t want to waste your time or mine.

I’m going to sound a bit pretentious here, but what I have been building and the direction in which I want to go is a departure from the stale same old, same old. What is different that I have to offer and sets me apart from other services out there? Simply I am not in the same sandbox as they are.…

My midweek blog post tells the story of artist James Whistler's favorite dog and an ENT surgeon.

Whistler’s Poodle and the Eminent Surgeon.

American born, British based artist, James Abbott Whistler (1834 - 1903) famed for paintings such as ‘Arrangement in Grey and Black, the Artist’s Mother’ (yes, the picture in the first Mr. Bean movie!) and Old Battersea Bridge, was an animal lover. Whistler owned a tortoiseshell cat, but his favorite pet was…

Under the duress of the sacrificial Cross

and positioned between two thieves,

the culmination of grace for the World

was granted - via Jehovah’s heavenly reprieve.



Surrounded by the stench of death,

Christ uttered famous words of forgiveness;

enduring human suffocation with each dying breath,

His Light steadfastly opposed foreboding darkness.



His heart was forcefully punctured,

by a soldier’s upward, piercing blow.

Ripping the spear from the…

Man-made structures can’t last

against the blows of a spiritual blast.

As demonstrated at Jericho, walls tumbled down;

its destruction was truly inevitable!

For it was illegally stationed on holy ground.



Inside out, God moves on our heart from within;

subtly He motivates us to have Him purge our sin.

Against the barriers of our personal defense,

His Holy Spirit continually and lovingly flows,

easily overtaking our five,…

Got Vampires? Looking for a coven? Laurie Bowler has that and much, much more here in Moon Rising. Before we get to the novel, a piece of business: Laurie will be our guest on our blogtalk show The G-ZONE, on Thursday at 8am EST. You read that correctly, the live time is 8am EST. Laurie lives in England so there is a bit of a time difference. Our breakfast is her late lunch. What is between the covers of this vampire/romance/paranormal novel you ask?   

“Marinette (Nessy) is half…

I'm pleased to be able to add that my new release, Dylan's Tale is now also available from Amazon.com…

I have put all my books on Kindle for just $.99 for the duration of one month to see how this can affect sales. So if you've ever wanted to read any of them, and you have a Kindle Reader, now is the time!

To read more about the experiment or to see a list of my books with their perspective Kindle and other links at A Book Inside Blog at http://abookinside.blogspot.com).

Best Regards,
Carol Denbow
Author 101

I highly recommend the following list of books to help promote and generate social media marketing buzz and (ultimately) revenue for your written works. After procrastinating, and working an extra [part-time] gig, I committed to purchasing at least two per month. It was a gutsy call, but the investment in ones dream is always well worth it!

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Addiction: The Manifestation of Unnatural Habits by T.F. Hodge

You do anything long enough to escape the habit of living until the escape becomes the habit. ~David Ryan

When most people think about addiction, they usually associate it with drug abuse. Obviously, there is good…

Lost Angel Walkabout-One Traveler’s Tales bagged the Bronze in the North

American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) 2010 competition in the travel

Narrative/Guidebook category! This awards competition, now in its 19^th year, honors

the “best of the best” in travel writing and photography.

“We were extremely pleased with this year’s (500) entries; they were outstanding, both

in quality of work and range of coverage, “said…