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Read MoreWhy I Failed in the Music Business
Why I Failed in the Music Business and How NOT to follow in my Footsteps by Steve Grossman Musicians have a problem. They believe in differences between the Creatives and the Suits, the Right Brains and the Left Brains, the artists and the businesspersons; differences that keep them focused on their music and ignorant of what it takes to succeed in the music business. Steve Grossman should know. He failed...
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Read MoreYouth Ministry Is Easy
Youth Ministry Is Easy! and nine other lies by Aaron Shaver There are plenty of misconceptions, myths, half-truths, un-truths and outright lies about what a youth pastor is and what he or she is supposed to do. Most of these attitudes, misconceptions and… – alright, let’s just say it, lies – are not the result of some evil conspiracy. Nor are they the intentional manipulations of a...
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Read MoreMartyr’s Moon
The Council of Ebon encircle the Cauldron, their grotesque features shrouded in shadows. With voices like ice shards scraping against stone, they disclosed their dark prophesy. Mothers, guard babes; Fathers, draw steel, Thunder approaches, soon blood on the fields. Tempest of war, so black and so vile, Spreads o’er Allsbruth; lament suckling child. War between the dark nation of Ebon and rebel forces is...
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Read MoreTears of Min Brock
Areall crept toward the parchment as if an evil spirit possessed it. “Its beauty is its deception,” she whispered. “Burn it, child. Destroy it or you will curse us. The Cauldron will know. The Cauldron will see. They will come.” Elabea calmly lifted the parchment from the coals, where it had refused to burn. “How can something so beautiful be evil?” The Dark War is over. Betrayal, defeat and death forever...
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Read MoreCharles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’ novella, A Christmas Carol, first published in England on December 19, 1843, was almost single-handedly responsible for rejuvenating the old Christmas traditions of England, such as carol singing, while at the same time celebrating new traditions like the Christmas tree and sending Christmas cards. While the Christmas traditions portrayed in the novella are bursting with images of...
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Read MoreThe Awakening of Leeowyn Blake
I’m a normal teenager. I have a normal teenage life with normal teenage problems. The summer is my heaven. I live with my mom during the summer months. We stay in her tiny condo in Jacksonville, Florida. My parents split up when I was little. I’m not sure why. My mom never talks about it. Whatever it was, it was bad enough to make my mom pack me up in the middle of the night when I was four years old and...
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Read MoreEnd of Summer
A deeply moving and passionate book, Michael Potts’ End of Summer is a poignant literary novel about childhood and memory. This is contemporary Southern fiction at its best. In textured language and with heartfelt attention to detail, Potts’ nuanced portrayal of rural life in southern Appalachia and a young boy’s initial encounter with death reminds us that life at the economic margins can be culturally...
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Read MoreIlluminations
Illuminations Musings by Paula K. Parker Art by Tracy H. Sugg Illumination. In art, it refers to the decoration of ancient sacred manuscripts and books with colored, gilded pictures. The illuminations in these ancient parchments often appeared as involved miniatures, decorative initials or ornamental border designs. They were intended to add beauty and reverence to the Holy text. The illuminations in this...
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Read MoreYHWH
YHWH: The Flood, The Fish & The Giant Ancient Mysteries Retold by Paula K. Parker & GP Taylor Authentic Medic In a world where Children are probably more familiar with Harry Potter than Jesus, it’s often hard to encourage them to read the Bible in its traditional form. YHWH introduces the wonderful Bible stories to them in a way that captures their imagination YHWH is based on the scripture but...
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Read MoreJane Austen’s Sense & Sensibility
The Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, have very different ideas about the propriety of love. Elinor is temporate and rational, while Marianne is fueled by youthful passion. Cast from their childhood home by the whims of fate, the sisters still manage to attract suitors. Elinor’s quiet beauty attracts the equally quiet and reserved Edward Farrars, while Marianne’s impulsive zest for life...
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Read MoreJane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” It is no exaggeration to say that Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is one of the most beloved novels ever written in the English language. A 2003 BBC poll placed Pride and Prejudice in the #2 spot in their list of the “UK’s Best Loved Books, right behind Tolkien’s Lord of...
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Read MoreShameless Self Promotion
SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION and networking for Christian Creatives by Parker, Parker & Martin We’ve had the privilege to work with some of the top editors, influential writers, publicists, copy editors, and PR experts in the industry, many of whom we count as friends. One thing we’ve learned – everybody has a story. Another thing we’ve learned – not everyone knows how to tell their story...
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Read MoreMark Twain Presents The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
When The Adventures of Tom Sawyer first appeared in 1876 it was a dismal failure, selling fewer than 24,000 copies during its first year on the market. It wasn’t until Mark Twain published his masterpiece, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that Tom Sawyer truly gained an audience, perhaps due to the rapscallion’s brief appearance in that novel. Tom Sawyer, perhaps even more than Peter Pan, is...
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