Hey, Everyone! Guess what?! Abingdon Press is offeringDEAD RECKONING for a FREE! FREE! FREE!! download from Amazon, Barnes&Noble.com, and Borders.comfor one week (till 9/29).So, if you haven’t had the chance to readmy spy thrillerand really wanted to–here is your chance! Barnes & Noble: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Dead-Reckoning/Ronie-Kendig/e/9781426713439/?itm=1&USRI=ronie+kendig
WOLFSBANE cover revealed!
I am thrilled to share the WOLFSBANE cover with you. Barbour and I went back and forth on many things on the cover, and I so appreciate their willingness to do their best to “get it right.” Here is the blurb from the proposal for this story that is very near & dear to my heart: Wolfsbane – July 2011 – Former Green Beret Captain Canyon Metcalfe is unnerved when Nightshade is sent to a South American jungle that holds an eerie similarity to a dark tragedy from his past. Addicted to painkillers, Canyon struggles to hide his secret. Escorting Danielle Roark, a demolitions expert who knows the location of a secret nuclear weapons silo, proves treacherous when they’re ambushed …
NIGHTSHADE TV/movie rights optioned
I am soooo excited to make this announcement: We’re thrilled to announce that TV/movie rights to Ronie Kendig’s NIGHTSHADE of the Discarded Heroes series have been optioned by Brad Keller’s production company. Steve Laube, agent for Ronie Kendig, negotiated the deal. In cooperation with Lori Twichell of Beyond the Buzz Marketing, they are looking at production options and putting together a pitch for a television series about the Discarded Heroes as a military drama. In July, I had the distinct pleasure of visiting Brad and discussing what direction he’d like to take the Discarded Heroes concept. Of course, our biggest obstacle (and the killer for nearly every TV/movie option deal) is funding. So, if you happen to have a couple …
Havah: The Story of Eve by Tosca Lee
Hey, everyone! I have a treat this week for you–I’m giving away a copy of Havah: The Story of Eve by the amazing Tosca Lee. If you love beautiful and masterful literary-flared fiction, you’ll love Tosca’s writing. About HAVAH:She knew this earth when it was perfect—like her, for a time. Made by God in a manner like no other, she lived in utter peace without flaw in paradise until one fateful decision changed everything. Now, all humanity suffers for her mistake. But what did it feel like then to first sin and be exiled, to see all innocence crumble so vividly, and a strange new world take its place? Experience the epic dawn of mankind through the eyes and heart …
ACFW Conference Favorites and Memories
((Dineen Miller & Sara Mills–two UH-MAY-ZING friends!!)) Each year in September, the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) holds its annual conference. And each year, the location is different, which is one thing I’m really enjoying since it enables me to visit cities I’ve never been to before. I joined ACFW just after the annual conference in 2004, and quickly grew jealous of the colorful discussions among the various writers on the main e-loop. I determined in my heart I wouldn’t miss the next one. First first conference was in September of 2005, and ACFW held it in Nashville. What I loved is that my first editor appointment was with WestBow/WaterBrook editor, Amanda Bostic. Ironically, it was her very first appointment …
BOB HAMER endorses DIGITALIS!!
Okay, I can’t resist posting this. If you’ve followed the blog, you know I reviewed Bob Hamer’s Enemies Among Us: A Novel. His style and voice are very unique and laden with the experience that comes from being a veteran FBI undercover agent. Bob and I have gotten to know each other a bit–and in fact, his wife read and posted a review of Dead Reckoning on Amazon. BLEW. MY. MIND! 😀 So as we were looking for suspense/thriller endorsers for DIGITALIS, I immediately thought of him and another as-yet-unnamed-person. Tonight, Bob emailed me with this blurb endorsement for DIGITALIS, which released January 2011. HUGE THANKS to Bob! You made my week! An action-packed thrill ride from start to finish…if …
NIGHTSHADE Giveaway
FREE!!! Don’t you love that word? I certainly do! And here’s your chance to get a FREE copy of NIGHTSHADE, Discarded Heroes #1! The Christian Manifesto will interview me next week, and in preparation for that interview, they are giving away FIVE COPIES of NIGHTSHADE! All you have to do is enter to win by providing them with one question you’d like to ask me. Check it out and enter to win a copy! http://www.thechristianmanifesto.com/index.php/2010/08/02/nightshade-giveaway/ Here’s the blurb for NIGHTSHADE:Soldiers all across the globe are returning home to their families after brutal tours of duty. They are discharged from the service. . .and on their own. Meet Max Jacobs, one of these discarded heroes, as he faces a wall of …
DANGER CLOSE by William Boykin
Last week, I was up to my eyeballs in edits for DIGITALIS (Discarded Heroes #2, January 2011). After twenty-eight hours of editing, I was still itching to get back to the read I’ve been looking forward to for months–DANGER CLOSE by William Boykin by FIDELIS Books. Blurb for DANGER CLOSE: Barely into his twenties and already a highly decorated military hero, Army Special Forces veteran Blake Kershaw is now going to college, studying while recuperating from wounds received in Afghanistan, and planning to re-enter the Army as an officer after graduation. But life tosses Blake a curve when his country approaches him about using his special skills to avert a terrorist plot to detonate a nuclear device in a major …
STOP and THINK! Crazy Love (Chan) cont.
So, I’ve been thinking lately that due to childhood abuses, I’ve pretty much been the type of person who just tucks their head and forges onward in the storm. I feel deeply, but I also bury deeply. As a child, the gift to forget hurts and painful experiences kept me sane and mentally intact. LOL But now…as a mom…a wife…a child of God…want to FEEL. In the last few months, I’ve come to embrace my sensitive side. It’s a gift. I can easily identify and imagine what others think/feel. Empathetic. Taht’s me. But sometimes, the depth of feelings overwhelms me, and I shut down. Get to where I can’t take it anymore. So, I again…duck/cover and keep moving. But that’s …
CRAZY LOVE by Francis Chan
Well, I’ve really been itching to get back to the REAL reason I started this blog–the whole “more of God, less of me” saying. In the last few months, I’ve really been aching for more of Him in my life because things have been pretty rough on me. After the release of my first book and many things that happened along the journey, I wanted to walk away. I was hurt–no, crushed. Disillusioned. Felt abandoned. And I knew–KNEW I could not continue on like that. And in that time, God has been teaching me to rely on Him for my affirmation. To stop looking to family, friends, “fans,” or even my dogs (fuzzy and cute as they may be). So …