2012 Writing Contest Winner is….
With four great finalists to choose from, I hope you guys got a lot of entertainment value out of this contest. It was very close, and I hope no one tried to vote and gave up because of our site problems. (We’re working on them…again!) Of those of you who voted both in the poll…
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Kids–Try This at Home
Got a novel idea? It’s easier than ever to get published, but if the imprint on the spine of your masterwork is Xlibris or iUniverse, don’t expect placement on the New York Times bestseller list. There are always exceptions, such as Christopher Paolini, a hardworking homeschooler who completed his first dragon novel (Eragon) at the…
Read More2012 Writing Contest: Vote for a Winner!
I’m so excited to share our 2012 Writing Contest Short Story finalists with you all today! First, though, I’d like to say thanks to our intern, Autumn, who was kind enough to help us choose our finalists. We do have three finalists out of quite a few fantastic entries, and we’d like you to help…
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2012 Writing Contest: Book Review Winner
Last fall, we invited students of any age to submit original works in two categories: 1) book reviews and 2) short stories. The deadline for entry was December 15th, and believe it or not, we got some great entries! Tomorrow we’ll announce our short story finalists and let you guys vote for a winner. Today,…
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Bible Reading Challenge, Week 48
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Read MoreRR’s Top Ten Posts of 2012
In our last post, we looked at our Top Ten Interviews for the year. Today, it’s the top ten all-around posts, aside from the interviews. I doubt they’ll win any Pulitzer Prizes, but some might be worth a few minutes of your time. 1. Janie’s Hunger Games Review 2. Behind the Bookcase: A Clockwork Orange…
Read More2012’s Best Author/Illus Interviews
While we’re finishing off the Christmas cookies and figgy pudding (does anyone really eat figgy pudding? what is it anyway?!), Janie and I thought we’d celebrate the closing of the year with a few retrospective posts. If you’re new to the site, or if you just happened to miss a few, here are our ten…
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Les Misérables: A Movie Review
Merry Christmas! Les Miz opens todays in theaters, so I thought I’d share a few thoughts from the screening I attended a while back…. When Tom Hooper, award-winning director of The King’s Speech, chose Christmas day as the release date for his version of Les Miserables, it was no doubt a nod to the “reason…
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Our Best Christmas Posts
Hey guys! How’s that shopping and cooking and cleaning going? I’m pretty far behind, but I did get most of my grocery shopping done yesterday. Yum! With less than a week until Christmas, Janie and I thought we’d make a list of some of our best Christmas posts for you to peruse in your free…
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A Very LOGOS and Parnassus Christmas, Part Two
If you missed it, Part One of this series detailed my trip to a fantastic Nashville bookstore, Logos Bookstore. Today, I follow up that Christian bookstore with a secular bookstore, Parnassus Books. Owned by Ann Patchett, an award-winning author herself, Parnassus opened in 2011 to great fanfare. As an independent bookstore bucking the trend toward…
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