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|  | | Creating Fictional Characters
How to create believable characters readers will care about
Characters are the building blocks of fiction. Even in stories with lots of action, the action has to happen to characters. Phonetically, the word character begins with the word "care." Characters have to care about something for readers to care about the characters, and if readers don't care about your characters, they probably won't care about your plot, either. Learn how to find and create interesting characters that readers will care about. Reveal your characters, use point of view effectively, flesh out your characters, develop a background for them, put the right words in their mouths, g | |  | | Dream or Destiny
Marilee Anderson dreams about a murder and wakes to find it really happened. She and David Nichols, the victim’s brother, become the prime suspects. Though they have their secrets and aren’t sure they can trust each other, Marilee and David team up to find the killer.
Does Tess, “the crazy lady,” know anything about the murder or is she just delusional? Does the cheating couple on the victim’s floor have any information about the night of the crime? Why has the abusive father of the victim and her brother suddenly reappeared? What about Barbara’s ex-husband? Will Marilee and David find the killer? Or will they end up in jail—or dead?
Dream or Destiny is a romantic mystery with a touch of paranormal (a psychic dream) and a theme of domestic violence. | |  | | Fern's Fancies
A former business owner clashes with her new boss when she sells her interior landscape company.
When Fern Tate sold her interior landscape company to a national corporation, she didn’t expect to have a boss like Pendleton Morgenthal, III. Had she made the biggest mistake of her life? Pen never allowed a woman—especially a subordinate—to distract him from his fast-track career. What was it about Fern that made her different?
| |  | | Finding God in the Everyday
Christian devotional with 90 stories based on the author's experiences of finding God every day.
Ninety devotionals including an experience from the author's life, a relevant Scripture, and a prayer. The book may be used as a daily devotional for three months or read as a series of stories. | |  | | Finding the Information You Need: Research Tips
Research Tips for Your Family, Business, or Personal Pursuits
Research doesn't have to mean looking through microscopes in laboratories for science projects or reading musty history tomes for term papers. Learn how to find the information you need — whether it's knowledge critical for your family's health, intelligence important for the success of your business, facts useful in making buying decisions, or simply lore you want to know. Discover how to evaluate the reliability of the data you gather as well. | |  | | Jack Stories: Favorite Memories of Jack Jordan Ammann Jr
Jack Ammann touched many lives with his generosity, strong personality, loyalty, kindness, and humor--all reflected in these favorite "Jack stories," funny and serious, short and long.
Jack Jordan Ammann Jr was smart, funny, opinionated,assertive, upbeat, generous, tenacious, independent, determined, self-confident, perfectionistic, and unconventional. He enjoyed three careers during his lifetime: industrial engineer, peace officer, and school bus driver. His interests were many—amateur radio, guns, cars, and collecting (watches, key chains, flashlights, you name it).
After Jack's death, friends shared their favorite "Jack stories," funny and serious, short and long. Jack touched many lives with his generosity, strong personality, loyalty, kindness, and humor. Enjoy | |  | | Preserving Memories: How to Write a Family History
Tips on writing a family history or memoir--for yourself and family or for publication
Families often lose their histories through the generations, which may explain why genealogy — the process of trying to trace and recapture that history — is hugely popular. Learn how to preserve your precious family memories for future generations, whether you simply want to print a few copies on your computer or publish a hardcover book to sell to the general public | |  | | Stroke of Luck
After a devastating stroke, Debbie Hunt worries that she will never be independent again. Jake Dover wonders if he will ever find a career that doesn’t bore him. Could Debbie’s stroke be a stroke of luck for both of them?
As businesswoman Debbie Hunt struggles to recover from a devastating stroke, she is determined not to be a burden to anyone. When she finds herself falling in love with Jake Dover, her assistant, she tries to forget her romantic dreams and concentrate all her energies on her recovery and her business. Jake, who has recently been discharged from the Army, has never been ambitious, and he believes Debbie is too smart and successful for him. They come to recognize that what they thought was a tragedy was really a stroke of luck.
| |  | | The Glory of the Lord: Advent and Christmas Devotionals
Advent,Christmas, and Epiphany devotionals
Time set aside daily for prayer, Scripture reading, and meditating on God's Word will enrich your spiritual life as you prepare for the celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and for His coming again in glory. May His blessings abound in your time alone with Him in these devotions for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany.
The profits from the sale of the book will be donated to Love for the Least to share the compassion of Christ with an unreached world. L4L shares the Good News of the Gospel with the least and unreached by making disciples of Jesus who make disciple | |  | | The Secrets of Fantastic Houseplants
How to care for houseplants
You can learn to care for your houseplants even if you weren't born with a green thumb. All you need to have beautiful indoor plants is to know a few secrets and to give your plants a little love and attention. Turn your brown thumb green and take pleasure and pride in your houseplants.
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