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Darlene Franklin’s greatest claim to fame is that
she writes full-time from a nursing home. She lives in Oklahoma, near her son
and his family, and continues her interests in playing the piano and singing,
books, good fellowship, and reality TV in addition to writing. She is an active
member of Oklahoma City Christian Fiction Writers, American Christian Fiction
Writers, and the Christian </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/7235592606874061776/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-texas-brides-collection-and-hidden.html#comment-form" title="57 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/7235592606874061776?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/7235592606874061776?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-texas-brides-collection-and-hidden.html" title="A Texas Brides Collection and Hidden Dreams by Darelene Franklin Ends May 27th" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dySRnKE0ClA/TIWcDHzV3PI/AAAAAAAAAQU/-Zyn1z58BKM/s72-c/darlenee.aspx" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>57</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkMEQng4fyp7ImA9WhBbFE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-2439162256586951830</id><published>2013-05-13T03:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-13T03:00:03.637-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-13T03:00:03.637-04:00</app:edited><title>2 COPIES of The Prodigal Son Returns by Jan Drexler ends May 20th</title><summary>



Jan Drexler, a recent graduate from Homeschool Mom-hood, devotes her time to the voices in her head who have been clamoring for attention during the last few decades. Instead of declining Latin nouns and reviewing rhetorical devices, her days are now spent at the computer where she gives her characters free rein.She lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota with her husband of thirty years, </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/2439162256586951830/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/2-copies-of-prodigal-son-returns-by-jan.html#comment-form" title="39 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/2439162256586951830?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/2439162256586951830?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/2-copies-of-prodigal-son-returns-by-jan.html" title="2 COPIES of The Prodigal Son Returns by Jan Drexler ends May 20th" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-87_C3Ws3SHc/UY0PIOasf1I/AAAAAAAABeI/EZekFQK_72g/s72-c/100_1464.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>39</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEYGSHw7cCp7ImA9WhBUGEs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-472629857204557079</id><published>2013-05-06T13:42:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-06T13:42:09.208-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-06T13:42:09.208-04:00</app:edited><title>  Captured by Moonlight by Christine Lindsay ends May 13th</title><summary>

Christine
 Lindsay is an award-winning writer of Christian Inspirational 
Historicals. SHADOWED IN SILK is her debut novel, which won the 2009 
ACFW Genesis award in the historical category. Christine, her husband, 
and their grownup family live in British Columbia, Canada. She loves 
being Nana to her 3 little grandsons. 

Christine is giving away an ebook of Captured by Moonlight. Leave a </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/472629857204557079/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/captured-by-moonlight-by-christine.html#comment-form" title="19 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/472629857204557079?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/472629857204557079?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/captured-by-moonlight-by-christine.html" title="  Captured by Moonlight by Christine Lindsay ends May 13th" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LRTPpu58b1M/UYfhBFKLv8I/AAAAAAAABds/esj0ZaQ7B1o/s72-c/Christine+Lindsay+Author+pic.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0cEQnw9fyp7ImA9WhBUF04.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-390867862455748862</id><published>2013-05-05T03:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-05T03:30:03.267-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-05T03:30:03.267-04:00</app:edited><title>Rekindled by Tamera Alexander and Before the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard TODAY ONLY</title><summary>

Day 7 of our release party for Kathleen L Maher! Wow I can't believe the week is almost over. It's been so much fun! I want to thank you all for coming by and celebrating with us. Today I'm giving away Rekindled by Tamera Alexander and Before the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard.

I want to share some reviews from some ladies who've read Kathy's novella. I've been raving all week about </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/390867862455748862/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/rekindled-by-tamera-alexander-and.html#comment-form" title="48 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/390867862455748862?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/390867862455748862?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/rekindled-by-tamera-alexander-and.html" title="Rekindled by Tamera Alexander and Before the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard TODAY ONLY" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L-nQAq5qB7o/T0G8kaupbzI/AAAAAAAAArQ/MQE2FJWcU80/s72-c/cake.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>48</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CkQDRXc5eip7ImA9WhBUF0w.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-5089656066560155720</id><published>2013-05-04T03:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-04T19:32:54.922-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-04T19:32:54.922-04:00</app:edited><title>Where the Wildflowers Bloom by Ann Shorey and a floral cup and saucer with English tea in a tin SATURDAY ONLY</title><summary>


Day 6 of Kathy's release party for Bachelor Buttons brings us a special guest. Kathy Maher's husband, John had a few words to say about his wife. It's a beautiful thing to see a husband so supportive of his wife's writing. I'm thinking romance, so I'm giving away a flower cup and saucer with English tea in a tin and Where the Wildflowers Bloom by Ann Shorey. Read below for more information.


</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/5089656066560155720/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/where-wildflowers-bloom-by-ann-shorey.html#comment-form" title="63 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/5089656066560155720?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/5089656066560155720?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/where-wildflowers-bloom-by-ann-shorey.html" title="Where the Wildflowers Bloom by Ann Shorey and a floral cup and saucer with English tea in a tin SATURDAY ONLY" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L-nQAq5qB7o/T0G8kaupbzI/AAAAAAAAArQ/MQE2FJWcU80/s72-c/cake.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>63</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkMEQ3g6eSp7ImA9WhBUFUs.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-521918642770191089</id><published>2013-05-03T03:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-03T03:00:02.611-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-03T03:00:02.611-04:00</app:edited><title>Bath Basket and The Centurion's Wife by Davis Bunn and Janette Oke FRIDAY ONLY</title><summary>

I love parties on Fridays! Today is day 5 of Kathy's release party for Bachelor Buttons. Have some cake and sweet tea to help us celebrate her wonderful news. And in honor of this event I'm giving away a fun bath basket AND a copy of The Centurion's Wife by Davis Bunn and Janette Oke. Plus we have grand prize bag of goodies we are giving away at the end of the week. Read below for more </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/521918642770191089/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/bath-basket-and-centurions-wife-by.html#comment-form" title="59 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/521918642770191089?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/521918642770191089?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/bath-basket-and-centurions-wife-by.html" title="Bath Basket and The Centurion's Wife by Davis Bunn and Janette Oke FRIDAY ONLY" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L-nQAq5qB7o/T0G8kaupbzI/AAAAAAAAArQ/MQE2FJWcU80/s72-c/cake.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>59</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0YFR3c9fyp7ImA9WhBUFU0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-4846037784531229858</id><published>2013-05-02T03:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-02T10:31:56.967-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-02T10:31:56.967-04:00</app:edited><title>A River to Cross and Cupcake recipes in Tin Box THURSDAY ONLY!</title><summary>

Day 4 of our release party for Bachelor Buttons and the second half of Kathy's interview. AND another fun prize! Be sure to read below to find out how to be entered! I'm loving having Kathy here this week.


 





What one novel did you
read that made you want to be a part of the story? None. Honestly, I think that is why I write. I’ve read books that I
love, but none of the characters ever </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/4846037784531229858/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-river-to-cross-and-cupcake-recipes-in.html#comment-form" title="62 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/4846037784531229858?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/4846037784531229858?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-river-to-cross-and-cupcake-recipes-in.html" title="A River to Cross and Cupcake recipes in Tin Box THURSDAY ONLY!" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L-nQAq5qB7o/T0G8kaupbzI/AAAAAAAAArQ/MQE2FJWcU80/s72-c/cake.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>62</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0EGQ3w_fip7ImA9WhBUE0Q.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-3942439865705244461</id><published>2013-05-01T03:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-01T03:00:22.246-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-05-01T03:00:22.246-04:00</app:edited><title>Where the Heart Heals by Ann Shorey and A Scented Candle giveaway.  WEDNESDAY ONLY!</title><summary>



















Day three of our blog party for my dear friend Kathleen Lee Maher. What a fun way to celebrate Bachelor Button's release! Today we are giving away When the Heart Heals by Ann Shorey and a yummy Better Homes and Gardens candle. To be entered in this great prize, answer the question: What is your most hideous piece of clothing that you just can't part with? Be sure to stop by </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/3942439865705244461/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/where-heart-heals-by-ann-shorey-and.html#comment-form" title="50 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/3942439865705244461?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/3942439865705244461?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/05/where-heart-heals-by-ann-shorey-and.html" title="Where the Heart Heals by Ann Shorey and A Scented Candle giveaway.  WEDNESDAY ONLY!" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L-nQAq5qB7o/T0G8kaupbzI/AAAAAAAAArQ/MQE2FJWcU80/s72-c/cake.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>50</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A08DSXc9eip7ImA9WhBUE0w.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-6498966134248200874</id><published>2013-04-30T03:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2013-04-30T07:04:38.962-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-04-30T07:04:38.962-04:00</app:edited><title>Beautiful bracelet and When the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard TUESDAY ONLY</title><summary>



It's another party day! Today in celebration of Kathy's debut novella, Bachelor Buttons, I am giving away  a beautiful bracelet and a copy of When the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard. Read below for more information. 




Kathleen
 L. Maher is a historical romance writer, represented by Terry Burns of 
Hartline literary Agency. Her Civil War novel took first place in the 
2012 ACFW Genesis</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/6498966134248200874/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/04/beautiful-bracelt-and-when-season-ends.html#comment-form" title="69 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/6498966134248200874?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/6498966134248200874?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/04/beautiful-bracelt-and-when-season-ends.html" title="Beautiful bracelet and When the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard TUESDAY ONLY" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L-nQAq5qB7o/T0G8kaupbzI/AAAAAAAAArQ/MQE2FJWcU80/s72-c/cake.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>69</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DUQMR30_eSp7ImA9WhBUEkk.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-7428543671850867700</id><published>2013-04-29T03:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-04-29T10:56:26.341-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-04-29T10:56:26.341-04:00</app:edited><title>Giveaways everyday for Kathleen L Maher's release party! </title><summary>

Do you know anyone who doesn't love a party? I've been anticipating the day that I'd be able to throw my wonderful friend and critique partner a party for her debut! It's an exciting day and one that Kathy deserves for all her hard work. So please congratulate Kathy on a job well done!

There are GIVEAWAYS EVERY DAY as well as a gift basket for the grand prize! Today Kathy is giving away an </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/7428543671850867700/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/04/giveaways-everyday-for-kathleen-l.html#comment-form" title="75 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/7428543671850867700?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/7428543671850867700?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/04/giveaways-everyday-for-kathleen-l.html" title="Giveaways everyday for Kathleen L Maher's release party! " /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L-nQAq5qB7o/T0G8kaupbzI/AAAAAAAAArQ/MQE2FJWcU80/s72-c/cake.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>75</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;Ck4GQX07fyp7ImA9WhBVGE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-7203271971934979728</id><published>2013-04-23T23:30:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2013-04-24T12:28:40.307-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-04-24T12:28:40.307-04:00</app:edited><title>Beauty in Disguise by Mary Moore Ends April 29th</title><summary>




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Mary Moore has
been writing historical fiction for more than 15 years. After battling and
beating breast cancer, Mary is even more excited about her career, as she
incorporates some of her struggles throughout her books, dedicated to encouraging
others in the Lord and using her writing for God’s glory. Her debut novel, The Aristocrat’s Lady, won several
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3/11    Overcoming With God      MaryLu Tyndall




3/12    Laurie Alice Eakes           Roseanna White





3/13    MaryLu Tyndall               Debbie Lynne Costello





3/14    Patty Smith Hall               Gina Welborn





3/15    Roseanna  White               Carrie Fancett Pagels





3/18    Gina Welborn                    Patty Smith Hall



</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/566382841917345067/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-vow-fulfilled-and-great-giveaway.html#comment-form" title="70 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/566382841917345067?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/566382841917345067?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-vow-fulfilled-and-great-giveaway.html" title="A VOW FULFILLED and great giveaway" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bhpAWhlwk48/UT5g65fiOFI/AAAAAAAAHSs/I6A8FM3QAH4/s72-c/giveaways.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>70</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;D0UFR38zeSp7ImA9WhBRGUU.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-2102641019161629001</id><published>2013-03-11T03:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-03-11T03:00:16.181-04:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-03-11T03:00:16.181-04:00</app:edited><title>Forsaken Dreams by MaryLu Tyndall ends March 18th</title><summary>

A
Christy Award finalist and best-selling author, MaryLu Tyndall dreamt of tall
ships and swashbuckling pirates during her childhood years on Florida’s
Atlantic Coast. Unfortunately, instead of pursuing that dream, she worked as a
miserable, landlocked software engineer for fifteen years. Only by the
grace and providence of God, did she decide to answer His call to write her
first trilogy, </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/2102641019161629001/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/03/forsaken-dreams-by-marylu-tyndall-ends.html#comment-form" title="52 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/2102641019161629001?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/2102641019161629001?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/03/forsaken-dreams-by-marylu-tyndall-ends.html" title="Forsaken Dreams by MaryLu Tyndall ends March 18th" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0x0L-t9YVI0/UTIvuBAMiPI/AAAAAAAABSY/PCPPm5IodhA/s72-c/MaryLutyndall4.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>52</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkcERn44cCp7ImA9WhBRE0U.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-1363135154255777284</id><published>2013-03-04T03:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-03-04T03:00:07.038-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-03-04T03:00:07.038-05:00</app:edited><title>Ring of Secret's by Roseanna White ends March 11th</title><summary>


Roseanna M.
White pens her novels under the Betsy Ross flag hanging above her desk, with
her Jane Austen action figure watching over her. When she isn’t writing
fiction, she’s editing it for WhiteFire Publishing or reviewing it for the
Christian Review of Books, both of which she co-founded with her husband.  www.roseannawhite.com 

 



Please welcome Roseanna White. A sweet fellow writer who</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/1363135154255777284/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/03/ring-of-secrets-by-roseanna-white-ends.html#comment-form" title="40 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/1363135154255777284?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/1363135154255777284?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/03/ring-of-secrets-by-roseanna-white-ends.html" title="Ring of Secret's by Roseanna White ends March 11th" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><thr:total>40</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0AARHc6eCp7ImA9WhBSGE8.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-2468151554929869620</id><published>2013-02-25T10:21:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2013-02-25T17:02:25.910-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-02-25T17:02:25.910-05:00</app:edited><title>Heart's Heritage by Ramona Cecil ends March 4th</title><summary>


Ramona K. Cecil is a wife, mother, grandmother, 
freelance poet, and award-winning inspirational romance writer. First 
published in poetry, she’s had ninety inspirational verses published on 
gift items sold by Dicksons, Inc., a leader in the Christian gift 
market. Her other publishing credits include five inspirational 
historical romance novels and two novellas.

Ramona
 lives in southern </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/2468151554929869620/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/02/hearts-heritage-by-ramona-cecil-ends.html#comment-form" title="43 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/2468151554929869620?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/2468151554929869620?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/02/hearts-heritage-by-ramona-cecil-ends.html" title="Heart's Heritage by Ramona Cecil ends March 4th" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J_uvdkTYtxE/TsEgA2o_c4I/AAAAAAAAAlQ/2epKou6IKLI/s72-c/1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>43</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;AkYFQ38zcCp7ImA9WhBSEUQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-4877241968227708614</id><published>2013-02-18T09:35:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2013-02-18T09:35:12.188-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-02-18T09:35:12.188-05:00</app:edited><title>Flora's Wish by Kathleen Y'Barbo ends February 25th</title><summary>


RITA
  and Carol award nominee Kathleen Y’Barbo is the best-selling,  
award-winning author of more than forty novels, novellas, and young  
adult books. In all, more than one million copies of her books are  
currently in print in the US and abroad, and her books have been  
translated into Dutch, German, and Spanish, to name a few. A  
tenth-generation Texan, Kathleen Y’Barbo has a daughter </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/4877241968227708614/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/02/floras-wish-by-kathleen-ybarbo-ends.html#comment-form" title="38 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/4877241968227708614?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/4877241968227708614?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/02/floras-wish-by-kathleen-ybarbo-ends.html" title="Flora's Wish by Kathleen Y'Barbo ends February 25th" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UJ6fBRs6thE/USI5Z_jZOxI/AAAAAAAABRY/wO5q72S4e8U/s72-c/kathleen+y%27barbo.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>38</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEIFQ3k-fip7ImA9WhBTEko.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-2118437828708854867</id><published>2013-02-06T23:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-02-07T16:28:32.756-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-02-07T16:28:32.756-05:00</app:edited><title>The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson and Before the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard ends February 11th </title><summary>&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;
 
  
 
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</summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/4962169406108593938/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/01/welcome-cindy-nord-author-of-no-greater.html#comment-form" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/4962169406108593938?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/4962169406108593938?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/01/welcome-cindy-nord-author-of-no-greater.html" title="Welcome Cindy Nord author of No Greater Glory" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YKOJ6hsVaDc/UPmW2KhmYOI/AAAAAAAABLU/M7RcnaVN-f4/s72-c/Cindy+Nord.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;A0EMQ3w8eyp7ImA9WhNUF04.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429940238116687889.post-8569306351596406265</id><published>2013-01-09T08:52:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2013-01-09T08:54:42.273-05:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2013-01-09T08:54:42.273-05:00</app:edited><title>For Maria and Katia by Bruce Judisch ends January 16th</title><summary>



BRUCE
JUDISCH is an analyst
on contract to the Department of Defense.  His fiction includes the above-mentioned prequel to For Maria,
Katia.  He is also the author of “A Prophet’s Tale” (The
Journey Begun and The Word Fulfilled,
as well as Ben Amittai: First Call, the prequel), a novelization of the story of Old Testament
prophet Jonah.  He is also published in a Department of Defense </summary><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/feeds/8569306351596406265/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/01/for-maria-and-katia-by-bruce-judisch.html#comment-form" title="21 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/8569306351596406265?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5429940238116687889/posts/default/8569306351596406265?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://theswordandspirit.blogspot.com/2013/01/for-maria-and-katia-by-bruce-judisch.html" title="For Maria and Katia by Bruce Judisch ends January 16th" /><author><name>Debbie Lynne Costello</name><uri>https://plus.google.com/110215078002287921811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-X5NydhEfhwg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABLM/SJUxMeTPzrk/s512-c/photo.jpg" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9oJXsmL1qyU/UB_ArOlIaUI/AAAAAAAAA-0/vwnK7qyttdA/s72-c/Author-photo.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry></feed>
