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Inspirational Quote Monday! #4 of 2013

Inspirational Quote Monday! #4 of 2013

It’s Inspirational Quote Monday! Here’s the quote for the week – “F@*# self-doubt. I despise it. I hold it in contempt, along with the hell-spawned ooze-pit of Resistance from which it crawled. I will NEVER back off. I will NEVER give the work anything less than 100%. If I go down in flames, so be […]

First Kiss Friday – The Courageous Heart by Merry Farmer

Today’s First Kiss Friday featured guest is Merry Farmer, author of historical romance The Courageous Heart.  Welcome Merry!  Here’s the first kiss between Ethan Windale and Joanna Dunkirke. Ethan was too cocky for his own good, but there she was, wishing he was telling the truth.  She set the scissors aside and reached for the […]

Knighthood

Knighthood

When you think of knights, you probably think of the gallant plate armored man atop a beautiful steed.  Did you ever wonder what it took to become a knight?  It was no easy task. It all started at a very young age, usually seven years old, when the child of a nobleman or knight would […]

Inspirational Quote Monday! #3 of 2013

Inspirational Quote Monday! #3 of 2013

It’s Inspirational Quote Monday! Here’s the quote for the week – “If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence. Determination. The will to endure to the end, to get knocked down seventy times […]

First Kiss Friday – The Heart of a Soiled Dove by Sarah Jae Foster

Today’s First Kiss Friday featured guest is Sarah Jae Foster, author of inspirational historical romance The Heart of a Soiled Dove.  Welcome Sarah Jae!  Here’s the first kiss between Aurora Young and Donovan Ramsey. “Three hundred and fifty dollars.” The air tingled, an uncertain shadow lingered, smothering everyone. Donovan’s deep voice carried an echo in the […]

Inspirational Quote Monday! #2 of 2013

Inspirational Quote Monday! #2 of 2013

It’s Inspirational Quote Monday! Here’s the quote for the week – “Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.” – Pope John […]