BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER by KM Wilsher

BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER
BACK COVER BLURBS
I’m studying “back cover blurbs” and short one line synopses. The goal of this research started out egocentric really. I needed to know all I could about good summaries for back covers, because I want an outstanding back cover blurb for my work in progress.
As I thumbed through great synopses written by both published and unpublished writers, I realized I knew some pretty awesome writers. Thus the idea for this series was born. Why not share these great writers with everyone? Why not dive into conversations with the great writers I know and soak in the knowledge!
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I'm so excited to spotlight Kat Heckenbach. I met Kat Heckenbach through another ACFW member. A kindred spirit, Kat and I, both in Jesus Christ and in Fantasy/Science Fiction.

Kat Heckenbach is a freelance writer, homeschool mom, and magna cum laude graduate of the University of Tampa (Biology). Her short fiction ranges from light-hearted fantasy to dark and disturbing. You can enter her world and learn about her novels and other writing at www.findingangel.com and www.kat-findingangel.blogspot.com.

The recent Kat Heckenbach good news is that Christian Fiction Online Magazine published her piece EYES ON THE HILLTOP

The BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER, however, is spotlighting her premier novel FINDING ANGEL.

Below is a little teaser for FINDING ANGEL by KAT HECKENBACH.

"If magic were real—and on Toch Island it is—it would have nothing to do with (as Severus Snape says) “foolish wand-waving and silly incantations,” and everything to do with stretching the boundaries of physical laws.

But would your abilities be genetically determined?

Or…are they part of your soul?"

Intrigued? Come back tomorrow and read the "back cover blurb" for FINDING ANGEL by KAT HECKENBACH.

REGARDING HARRY POTTER

BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER "SUMMER MOVIES"
REGARDING HARRY POTTER
I ran into this post by Travis Inman and asked him if I could reference it here. I love what he has to say. Please click on the title below and read his post. (While you are there, check out his novel WHEN LOVE CALLS)

CLICK HERE FOR "REGARDING HARRY POTTER" AT THE BLUNDERING DISCOVERER by TRAVIS INMAN




www.travisinman.com
click here to shop for WHEN LOVE CALLS by TRAVIS INMAN at bookschristian.com



Just some of my thoughts on Harry Potter:
I have always felt drawn to Harry Potter by JK Rowling because it is a tale of good versus evil.
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12
I know the Potter world is not spiritual and I know it is dark, but the very thought that the reason Harry was not hurt by Voldemort’s curse is because of his "mother's love". . . well I like that message. Saved by Love.

BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER by KM Wilsher

And now the back cover "blurb" for SKY CHRONICLES WHEN THE SKY FELL by Mike Lynch and Brandon Barr.

The year is 2217 and a fleet of stellar cruisers led by Commander Frank Yamane are about to come face to face with humanity’s greatest threat—the Deravan armada. Outnumbered, outclassed, and outgunned, Yamane’s plan for stopping them fails; leaving all of humanity at the mercy of an enemy that has shown them none.

Faced with the planet’s imminent destruction, Commander Yamane has no choice but to seek the help of the Antarans, an alien civilization he had defeated in a war a decade before. Though they have every reason not to come to Earth’s rescue, Yamane sets forth on a desperate journey to the Antaran home world, knowing that the survival of mankind is hanging by a thread.

Follow the adventures of Commander Frank Yamane and his crew as they struggle to determine whether this will be Earth’s finest hour, or the destruction of us all.

BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER by KM Wilsher

BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER
BACK COVER BLURBS
I’m studying “back cover blurbs” and short one line synopses. The goal of this research started out egocentric really. I needed to know all I could about good summaries for back covers, because I want an outstanding back cover blurb for my work in progress.
As I thumbed through great synopses written by both published and unpublished writers, I realized I knew some pretty awesome writers. Thus the idea for this series was born. Why not share these great writers with everyone? Why not dive into conversations with the great writers I know and soak in the knowledge!

If you've read my blog more than just a couple times, you won't be surprised WHEN THE SKY FELL is up next in this 2009 summer series. I've posted a lot about this novel and the authors: MIKE LYNCH and BRANDON BARR - (click on their names to read more about them and their blogs)
Click here to read my initial review of the first two chapters.

I'm reading this book and I'm starting to get endeared to the characters and the pages are making me want to know what's going to happen next.

WTSF is pure science fiction with lots of techy stuff! There is plenty of passages that make one think of the Great God who created this earth and the skys and stars and the planets. The characters face big decisions that make them reach down and ask themselves: What kind of person am I?

Here's WTSF's great oneliner:

Since the dawn of time, an ancient evil has sought complete and unquestioned dominion over the galaxy, and they have found...us.


To order WHEN THE SKY FELL click here.

Hooked? Come back Wednesday for WHEN THE SKY FELL'S back cover!

BLOG DAYS OF SUMMER by KM Wilsher

Here is the promo for Rebecca Bruner's MARY'S PERFUME.

This compelling story is told from the point of view of Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, a woman who sat at the feet of Jesus. In scripture, she is introduced to us as “…that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair…,”(John 11:2), and Jesus tells His disciples that, “…wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memorial to her,”(Mark 14:9). “Mary’s Perfume,” takes us inside her heart and mind as she moves from fascination with Jesus, through doubt and disappointment, to the foreshadowing of His suffering and the realization that He will is worthy of all she has to offer, and more.

I love this one, hope you do too! (Read below for more information on Rebecca Bruner, Mary's Perfume, and how to get a copy!)