Today our son-in-law returns from Afghanistan. This is his third trip overseas and we are extremely happy that he returns safely. Our family wants to thank everyone for their prayers, for hanging their flags proudly, and for having their yellow ribbons prominently displayed. Today, we will take them down to mark his return.

My wife and I received the following letter…

         Joseph was born in the United States to an Iranian father and Jewish Christian mother, He knew little about his father’s home land until, as a young teen, his father decides to move the family back to Iran. The night before they are to leave, Joseph rebels and refuses to go. His father beats him badly and insists he has no choice.

         Once inside the…

Getting Back To It

I guess it's been a while, but Olivia and I have finally put together the fourth episode of Sons of the King. In case you are not familiar with it, this is the Christian sci-fantasy that I am co-writing with my nine-year-old daughter.

Sons of the King

Episode Four

The Thieves'…

Working at a dig in South America, Gabriel Celtic’s dreary existence is shattered by a one page telegram from back home, asking him for help on a murder… the murder of his friend!

Meeting a mysterious woman on the flight back, she seems to be trying unsuccessfully to drag him out of his dark mood. He is unnerved however, by the feeling that this “girl” seems…

Mark Miller and Bruce Spitzer are my guests today on The G-ZONE @ 11AM EST. Here is the link and a little something on one of Mark Miller’s series:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2012/07/19/mark-miller-bruce-spitzer-are-my-guests

Star…

I am posting this on purpose after the interview is over, and it was a blast, no if’s ands or buts. Tom King, Brad Thor and Ben Coes- It was Two hours of awesome stuff.

My suggestion to you is if you missed it live, keep this link and listen to it when you can on the archives. Here is the link for the show and a bit about Ben’s new novel “The Last…

           Nearly one hundred years after he died in the Mexican desert, Raul Sanchez has been miraculously resurrected to deliver incredible offers to skeptical twenty-first century occupants of Washington, DC

           These are not offers they can’t refuse; they are merely an opportunities for continued life, differently fashioned for each person. But if…

Brad Thor is makes his return to The G-ZONE today, we will be discussing his new novel “Black List”. Here is the link for the show and info on the novel:

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Weds. @ 10.30 AM EST I will host not one, not two, but three authors on my blogtalk radio show The G-ZONE. Tom King will be up first, we will be discussing his novel “A Once Crowded Sky”. The other guests: Brad Thor and Ben Coes. Here is the link for the show and a little bit on the novel:

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Marsha Hubler

AUTHOR OF THE LOVES OF SNYDER COUNTY

Quilting Circles: An Amish/Mennonite Tradition

            Would you pay $1500 for a quilt? How about just $800? What is it about quilts that make them so…

Scott woke up on the first day of summer looking forward to three months of sun and fun with his friends. But while in preparation for some harmless boyhood mischief Scott accidentally broke his Grandmothers prize china doll Babette. As luck would have it his friends Tyler and Jordan knew a couple of guys who could help Scott out. The Hearken Brothers, contemporaries of…

This Morning at 11 AM EST Murray Pura will be my guest on The G-ZONE, my blogtalk radio show. Murray was on as part of a panel a little bit ago and I am definitely happy that he has come back on again. Tune in for the fun, we will be discussing his soon to be released novel “The Face of Heaven (Snapshots in History)”.

 Here is the link to the show:…

The story tells of a homicide detective, Fran Anders, whose next case throws her into the lives of Mike and Alisa Jepson, a couple whose marriage is disintegrating fast. When leads coming into the precinct point at Mike Jepson as guilty of murder, Fran watches the damage wrought on this couple, yet is unable to ignore the incriminating evidence. When Mike ends up…

  Pann Haggarty, an Englishwoman of a ‘certain age’ leaves her life in England behind for a year long trip around America in a RV.  In search of new experiences and to find love.  Disaster is around every corner, but with her on this journey is “average” Joe, her protector and guide in this new and exciting country.  Will Joe help Pann find the love she rightly deserves? …

Here is snapshot of the upcoming guests on The G-ZONE!

I have changed the way my blog looks.

Is it okay?

What do you think I can and subtract and /or add?

How are the colors? Are they easier on the eyes.

I want to thank everyone that gave me advice a few weeks ago on what changes you felt I needed to make; I listened and hopefully made all the right ones. I want to tweak it a bit more though, and make it the best I can. I appreciate your input and thanks for being nice enough to look and take the time.  

If you…

Following the tradition of Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens) and Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery), Amish Friends Knitting Circle is a continuing story, broken down into 8 parts. If you liked receiving the installments of the best-selling, Amish Knitting Circle Series, (the prequel to this series), then join Granny Weaver as she invites her friends from the…

12 PM EST Today, Paul Levine is on The G-ZONE discussing “Last Chance Lassiter”!

Here is the link for the show, if you don’t get a chance to catch it live listen to it on the archives:

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Marsha Hubler is one of my guests today @ 3.30 PM EST on The G-ZONE! Here is the link for the show: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/gelatisscoop/2012/07/10/marsha-hubler-frank-robinson-join-me-today

John Friesen is a…

   After the most harrowing night of their lives Jack Fugazi and Danny Bend had finally managed to return to business as usual. The zombie army of Pain Eaters lay vanquished and all but forgotten. But The German has not forgotten about the two men who wrecked his operation and brought the Metaphysical Bureau of Investigation down on his neck. With Jack and Dan off…