After five hundred years of oppression, the Seventh World is beginning to wake to the realities of the unseen world behind their own. The rise of the Gifted, young men and women with uncommon abilities, portends the coming of the King of ancient days-but evil is also waking. Aware that their control is beginning to slip, the Order of the Spider sets out to convert the Gifted or destroy them. Among those caught in the conflict are Nicolas Fisher, a young Gypsy running from the past, and Maggie Sheffield, driven underground in the city of Pravik. Others also stand against the Blackness: the young chieftain Michael O'Roarke, the mysterious healer called Miracle, and the indomitable rebels of Pravik. Together, they will unearth a terrible plot and stand against the greatest evil their world has ever known. As the world takes sides, their lives will play an integral role-in the coming of light, or the triumph of darkness. Burning Light is the second book in The Seventh World Trilogy.

Burning Light (Seventh World Trilogy)

Religion & Spirituality

Thomson, Rachel Starr

Christian Books & Bibles

Little Dozen Press

What the world needs is more of Jesus, and the way it is going to see more of Him is if we as Christians love Him more-know Him better-believe and trust in Him with all our hearts. This collection of essays is specially written for God's "Samuel Generation": every believer who wishes to know and do the heart and mind of their Father in Heaven. In a highly personal and encouraging style, they bring a fresh and convicting look at topics such as grace, love, trusting in dark times, unity, and the character of Jesus Christ.

Letters to a Samuel Generation: The Collection

Little Dozen Pr

What do you get when you throw 20 children, four parents, several cross-country trips, and a sense of humour between the covers of one book?  Lots and lots of big family fun that will tickle the funny bones and warm the hearts of your entire clan.  Rachel Starr Thomson is the oldest of twelve children. Carolyn Currey, her second cousin, is the oldest of eight. Not only are their families huge, they also homeschool! Drawing on some of their favourite memories, Rachel and Carolyn have written a book of essays that will make you laugh, think, and thank God for family.

Tales of the Heartily Homeschooled

Currey, Carolyn Joy

Biographies & Memoirs

The last enemy is Death in this classic Christian fantasy. Six there shall be; Six to see the seventh free. Six to know the coming day; Six to wake the fire. After rescuing the Gypsies from destruction, the warrior farmers of Pravik have returned home. But peace proves as dangerous as war-confined to the city and surrounded on all sides, they risk starving to death. When emissaries arrive inviting the Ploughman to form an alliance with the Empire, he rides for Athrom. But in doing so, he ignores the vision of the blind seer Virginia Ramsey, who has seen deadly consequences at the end of his journey. Desperate for help from another source, Virginia sets out on a journey of her own, accompanied by the Darkworld priestess Rehtse-a journey to find the King and bring him to Pravik's aid. Their parallel journeys will at last open the way to the worlds unseen, bringing in powers, terrors, beauties, and a final confrontation no one could imagine. COMING DAY is the last book in The Seventh World Trilogy, a Christian fantasy adventure with hints of steampunk and depths of spiritual truth. If you love page-turning action, memorable characters, and inspirational fiction that confronts darkness, reveals breathtaking beauty, and moves your heart to connect more deeply with God, this series is for you.

Coming Day

Poetry and short stories exploring the dimensions of grace -- peace, deliverance, and justice. Based on three ballet/spoken word compositions performed by Rachel Starr Thomson and Carolyn Currey of Soli Deo Gloria Ballet during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Pieces of Grace (And What They Mean)

Don't fall victim to the 12 fatal flaws of fiction writing
Fiction writers often struggle to improve their craft
And the biggest challenge comes from the inability to see what isn’t working. The prose feels off. The scene isn’t gelling. The dialogue sounds stilted or clunky. But they don’t know why or how to fix it.
This book lays it all out
5 Editors Tackle the Twelve Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing demonstrates the deadly dozen pitfalls on the road to a strong story, along with revisions that show writers exactly how to avoid novel failure.
No other writing craft book offers such detailed instruction in how to spot and remedy the major flaws of fiction writing.What makes this book an important addition to a writer’s bookshelf?<ul>
<li>More than 60 Before and After passages showcase each of the twelve fatal flaws, which are then picked apart and examined to help writers spot these flaws in their own writing and fix them.</li>
<li>Five editors with extensive background in both editing fiction and writing novels bring a wealth of insights, examples, and solutions to these flaws, using various genre styles and POVs.</li>
<li>Each chapter ends with a checklist to help writers seek and destroy these fatal flaws in their manuscript, followed by bonus Before and After passages to help them test what they’ve learned.</li>
</ul>
This in-depth guide to self-editing is an invaluable resource for any writer of any genre. It shows, not just tells, how to write better fiction. Using it, you’ll be armed with the tools and skills you need to conquer the twelve fatal flaws of fiction writing.Here are some of the 12 fatal flaws:<ul>
<li>Overwriting—the most egregious and common flaw in fiction writing.</li>
<li>Nothin’ Happenin’—Too many stories take too long to get going. Learn what it means to start in medias res.</li>
<li>Weak Construction—It sneaks in at the level of words and sentences, and rears up in up in the form of passive voice, ing verbs, and misplaced modifiers.</li>
<li>Too Much Backstory—the bane of many manuscripts. Backstory has its place, but too often it serves as an info dump and bogs down pacing.</li>
<li>POV Violations—Head hopping, characters knowing things they can’t know, and foreshadowing are just some of the many POV violations explored.</li>
<li>Telling instead of Showing—Writers have heard this admonition, but there’s a lot to understanding how and when to show instead of tell.</li>
<li>Lack of Pacing and Tension—Many factors affect pacing and tension: clunky passages, mundane dialogue, unimportant information, and so much more.</li>
<li>Flawed Dialogue Construction—Writers need to learn to balance speech and narrative tags and avoid “on the nose” speech.</li>
<li>“Underwriting”—just as fatal as overwriting. Too often scenes are lacking the necessary actions, descriptions, and details needed to bring them to life.</li>
<li>Description Deficiencies and Excesses—Learning how to balance description is challenging, and writers need to choose wisely just what to describe and in what way.</li>
</ul>
Don’t be left in the dark. Learn what causes these flaws and apply the fixes in your own stories.
No one need suffer novel failure. You don’t have to be brilliant or talented to write strong fiction. You just need to be forewarned and forearmed to be able to tackle these culprits. And this book will give you all the weapons and knowledge you need.
“This book should be on every writer’s bookshelf.” —Cheryl Kaye Tardif, international best-selling author

5 Editors Tackle the 12 Fatal Flaws of Fiction Writing (The Writer's Toolbox Series)

Reference

Patchen, Robin

Lakin, C.S.

Clare, Linda S.

Distler, Christy

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Ubiquitous Press

The battle is real. Page-turning, suspenseful Christian fantasy on the border between earth and spirit. When Tyler fishes the girl out of the bay, he thinks she's dead. She wishes she was. For Reese, life ended when the supernatural entity called the Oneness threw her out. For Tyler, dredging Reese out of the water means life is nothing he thought. In a world where the Oneness exists, nothing looks the same. Dead men walk. Demons prowl the air. Old friends peel back their mundane masks and prove as supernatural as angels. The Oneness changes everything. And getting Reese home, making her One again, will change Tyler-and his roommate, Chris, whose connections with the Oneness have been buried most of his life-forever. EXILE is the first book in The Oneness Cycle, an urban fantasy series of spiritual warfare novels. If you love page-turning suspense, heart-pounding plotting, and fiction that unveils truth, this series is for you. Warning: The Oneness Cycle will make you think, challenge your perceptions of the world around you, and call you to take your place in the battle of good vs evil. Not for the faint of heart!

Exile

"And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind . . ." What the world needs is more of Jesus, and it will see more of him when we love him more-know him better-believe and trust in him with all our hearts. This collection of essays is specially written for God's "Samuel Generation" every believer who wishes to know and do the heart and mind of their Father in heaven. In a highly personal and encouraging style, they bring a fresh and convicting look at topics such as grace, love, trusting in dark times, Christian unity, and the character of Jesus Christ. "Letters to a Samuel Generation keeps a balance in building faith, yet acknowledging pain. Calling to action, yet reminding people that BEing comes out of doing. And calling for unity, while still stressing the need to stand for truth." - Mercy Hope, Author and Speaker "To your description of what God's practical love is, my spirit shouted a resounding 'yes '" - Robin Gilman, Homeschooling Mother of 10

Letters to a Samuel Generation

"Devastatingly beautiful . . . I am amazed at every chapter how deeply you've caused us to care for these characters." -Gabi "Deeply satisfying." -Kapezia "Rachel Starr Thomson is an artist, and every chapter of Taerith is like a painting . . . beautiful." -Brittany Simmons When he rescues a young woman named Lilia from bandits, Taerith Romany is caught in a web of loyalties: Lilia is the future queen of a spoiled king, and though Taerith is not allowed to love her, neither he can bring himself to leave her without a friend. Their lives soon intertwine with the fiercely proud slave girl, Mirian, whose tragic past and wild beauty make her the target of the king's unscrupulous brother. In a land of fog and fens, unicorns and wild men, Taerith stands at the crossroads of good and evil, where men are vanquished by their own obsessions or saved by faith in higher things. The king's rule is only a knife's edge from slipping-and when it does, all three will be put to the ultimate test. Rachel Starr Thomson is also the author of Angel in the Woods, Lady Moon, the Seventh World Trilogy, and other novels and short stories. Taerith is one of the Romany Epistles, a nine-author series about nine exiled siblings abroad in a hostile world.

Taerith

Theodore Pharris Saves the Universe

Children's Books

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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