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Sleeping Beauty, A modern fairy tale by John Phythyon
by Sheila Deeth
May 14, 2013 09:07 PM UTC --     Greed wears more than one disguise in John Phythyon’s intriguing short story, Sleeping Beauty—the greed of a father denying his daughter freedom to protect her honor, the . . . more
tags: book review, short story, adult fairy tale
A letter for Saturday Writing Essentials
by Sheila Deeth
April 22, 2013 05:15 PM UTC -- To whom it may concern Our intent was not to annoy And if your heart was burned ‘twas no deliberate ploy We only hoped to turn Your mind to countenance True payment duly earned . . . more
tags: satwe, poem, letter
Immigrant journey for Sunday Writing Essentials
by Sheila Deeth
April 22, 2013 04:55 PM UTC -- Packing the bags was okay; Just lots of bags and lots of stuff And a last night sleeping on mattresses on the floor.   Packing was van was okay; We watched the guys pile everything . . . more
tags: sunwe, journey, poem
The days are too short - for Monday Writing Essentials and Mindful Poetry Chant
by Sheila Deeth
April 22, 2013 04:42 PM UTC -- The days are too short and the dreams are a long Time coming, a long way going; they leave me a long Way behind because Days are too short and the dreams are a long . . . more
tags: poem, mp2013, chant, mwe
The Reluctant Marquess, by Maggi Andersen
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 02:21 AM UTC --     Nicely researched and sweetly romantic, with plenty of period detail and pleasing characters, Maggi Andersen’s The Reluctant Marquess pits recently orphaned Charity against her . . . more
tags: book review, romance, sensual, historical
Ring Around The Rosy, by Jackie Fullerton
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 02:08 AM UTC -- When a very nice old lady is suddenly murdered in Florida her neighbors are shocked. But the neighbors' future-daughter-in-law Anne Marshall finds herself as much intrigued as horrified, and she . . . more
tags: book review, mystery, paranormal, contemporary, female protagonist
The Banana Police, by Katy Koontz
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 01:59 AM UTC -- In a world of perfectly delightful ecological balance, there’s a jungle where people and elephants and bananas co-exist. So postulates author Katy Koontz in her children’s picture . . . more
tags: book review, picture book, beginning readers
Darklings, by C. D. Davis
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 01:50 AM UTC --     3-Mice Productions have such a neat logo this Darklings just has to be a good book and it doesn’t disappoint. A tale of many mice, the odd rat, and some bats as well, C. D. Davis’ . . . more
tags: book review, middle-grade fiction, fantasy, historical
Hating Heidi Foster, by Jeffrey Blount
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 01:38 AM UTC -- Forgiveness is rarely easy, and anger can feel like the only thing that’s real when the world falls apart. At least, that’s how it seems to Heidi’s friend Mae who tells her story . . . more
tags: book review, middle-grade fiction, contemporary drama
Angel Eyes, by Jessie Pratt
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 01:28 AM UTC --     Want a short story you can read before the coffee’s begun to cool? Want an espresso shot of inspiration to warm you for the rest of the day? Jessie Pratt’s Angel Eyes packs . . . more
tags: book review, short story, faith, contemporary drama
The Rapture of Willard, by James Paul Caiden
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 01:20 AM UTC -- Twisting zombie fiction into a curiously different direction, James Paul Caiden's The Rapture of Willard imagines a dysfunctional family, united in an isolated farmhouse while the zombie apocalypse . . . more
tags: book review, zombies, dysfunctional families
Love the Wounded, by Lynn Dove
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 01:06 AM UTC -- Lynn Dove’s Wounded trilogy ends with this novel, Love the Wounded . I didn’t read the earlier two, but Love the Wounded stands alone pretty well and has an enjoyable sense of . . . more
tags: book review, christianity, faith, contemporary drama
Body and Soul: Reclaiming the Heidelberg Catechism, by M. Craig Barnes
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 12:57 AM UTC -- With a nice mix of historical derivation and modern-day application, M. Craig Barnes brings the faith of the Reformed Christian churches to life and relevance in an eminently readable format. . . . more
tags: book review, faith, christianity
The Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 12:41 AM UTC -- Subtitled “Love, Terror, and an America Family in Hitler’s Berlin,” the love and terror in Erik Larson’s The Garden of Beasts is carefully muted and well-hidden, clinically . . . more
tags: book review, history, wwii
Life without Limits, by Nick Vujicic (How Badly Do You Want it? Thurs WE4/18/2013)
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 12:22 AM UTC -- The Thursday writing essentials prompt was to write about achieving goals and answering the question, How badly do you want it? I finished reading this book today. It answered the question so . . . more
tags: thursday writing essentials, thursday gather writing essential, how badly do you want it, book review, self-help
A Persian Cat for All Seasons, for mindful poetry 4-18
by Sheila Deeth
April 19, 2013 12:05 AM UTC -- I walk the damp and lonely green Of wayward autumn grass and see A fluffball white as winter snow That proudly sits to preen. I watch the fluffball come and go Its . . . more
tags: mp2013, rubaiyat
Genesis People gets its first video trailer
by Sheila Deeth
April 17, 2013 11:54 PM UTC -- My publisher's offering Genesis People free on kindle from April 28th to May 2nd, so now I'm trying to do my best to promote it. I could try to find some cool music and make a great book trailer... I . . . more
tags: video, book trailer, childrens story, bible stories
Tie and burn my secrets... A late tyburn for Mindful Poetry
by Sheila Deeth
April 16, 2013 11:54 PM UTC -- Whisper Whisker Bending Blending Where the broken whisper whiskers its Secret, my ear’s bending, blending in. more
to group: Mindful Poetry
tags: mp2013, tyburn, poem
Black Widow's Welcome (WWE, 4/17/13,Bugs)
by Sheila Deeth
April 16, 2013 11:42 PM UTC -- Strangers in a strange land We didn’t know our way. Spider big as my little ‘un’s hand Blocked the light of day. Got no flyspray, got no swatter Strangers just arrived . . . more
tags: wwe, gather writing essentials, bugs
Changed. Luc bat for Mindful Poetry
by Sheila Deeth
April 16, 2013 11:23 PM UTC -- The dreams were never fair They poured like shadows, glared and grew To poisoned mists that flew To haunt her distance, new and old And in between and cold. Her hopes were bought . . . more
tags: luc bat, mp2013, poem
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