I love this website...http://www.unlockingsecrets.com/

Candace was nice enough to interview me! (the link is on the home page of the website)

Thanks Candace!

Make sure you click on the "Hire Candace" tab...funny stuff!

And make sure to also check out her great resource page!

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My 15-year-old daughter took her brother to see Evan Almighty for his 18th birthday. (Awww ... it was so sweet of her that I didn't even mind that I wasn't invited!)

 

They LOVED the movie. They came home and told John and I that we HAD to see it. They are very picky movie watchers (I have no idea where they get that from!), and they both gave it two thumbs up.

 

On a side note, before they went they looked up the reviews on Yahoo. Leslie said it didn't get very good reviews from the critics. Cory answered, "Perfect, that means it's going to be good. Let's go."

 

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Tricia Goyer here. My next book to release is My Life, Unscripted. My hope is to get a buzzzz .... started and get people excited about the book before it hits store shelves in September. Here's what I was thinking ...

Recently I spoke with one of the head salesmen at one of the publishing companies I work with. He said that most important thing for him is to be able to tell booksellers WHY people will be coming into their store and asking for a specific book.

My next book is for teen girls. I'm really excited about this book because I truly believe it can transform lives. The main message of the book is that girls can Script their lives instead of just dealing with the teen drama as it comes along. (Something I DID NOT do, which you'll read within the pages of my book.)

Because I believe in this book so much, I'm trying to create a buzzzz ... to me this means getting teens excited about reading this book by themselves and in groups.

It also meaning giving youth workers a sneak peek so they can plan to use this book in the future.

I've asked my publishing house for a pdf file of the Introduction and First Chapter. It's my goal between now and September to get it into the hands of as many teens and leaders as possible.

You can read it for yourself here:

Download my_life_fmch1.pdf

Now, can you help me? Save the pdf file to your computer and then email an attachment it to the young women in your life.

And, if you like what you read, consider pre-ordering it on any on-line bookstore.

You can be the wind beneath my buzzzing.

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Are you part of a book club?

I'm offering book clubs free books and promotional gift boxes if your club will consider using my novel as their next read.

The gift boxes contain my book, A Valley of Betrayal, (Book One in the Chronicles of the Spanish Civil War) and some inexpensive (yet, cool) Spanish chocolates and trinkets. (Okay, since the chocolates are from Spain, they're not that inexpensive!) They also can register to win free copies of Book Two, A Shadow of Treason. A SHADOW OF TREASON comes out this fall!!!

So if you are a member of a book club, or know of a book club that might be interested, let me know! You can email me at fromdustandashes@hotmail.com
 

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Tricia Goyer here ...

 

What are some of your favorite movies? Have you seen anything good lately? Or perhaps you've been too busy focused on the drama of life to have time to go to the movies.Recently, I was talking to a teen. "Life is SO dramatic. I'm happy school's out for the summer," she told me, "because at school there is so much drama going on, they forget what the whole point is ... SCHOOL WORK."

 

I had to laugh, but I totally understand. In fact, I wrote a book about that very thing!My book, My Life, Unscripted will be out this fall. You can read the first chapter here.

 

Still, drama is going to happen around us no matter what. Life is like that. People are like that. What I've decided is that I often can't change people. And most of the time I can't really do much about the situation. But God is teaching me something, and that is that love covers a multitude of dramatic moments.

 

John 13:35 says, "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

 

Because we have God inside, we're able to act and react differently than 99.9% of the world. We can love others even when our first, natural, fleshly response would be to NOT to.And what does God says about that? "Cool, that's how they will know you're with Me."

 

So next time you find yourself in the middle of life's drama, ask how God can use you to show love. It will get noticed--God's love that is. And people will see Jesus like they never have before ... in you.

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(Marjie--one of the moms I mentor--and Destiny)

I have friends who DREAD summer. Personally, I think it’s because they feel they have to entertain their kids all day. (Often because the kids insist!) The kids are so used to being shuttled and scheduled they don't know how to entertain themselves.

That's another way I think my writing as REALLY benefited my family. Every afternoon, mommy would have "writing time." And the kids played. They colored, drew, played with Legos, dressed Barbies (or at least my daughter did), read books, etc. They were NEVER bored during their summers, they knew how to have fun. Of course, since they were homeschooled, for us this wasn’t just a summer thing.

Today my kids have GREAT imaginations. My oldest son is writing a novel. My youngest son gets about two requests a day for playdates. His friends' parents love having him over because he "entertains" their kids with his great imagination.

This week, my daughter is volunteering at VBS. Her job was to come up with snacks for the 6th grade. Do you think she went to the store and bought chips and cookies? No? She had these wonderful, creative snacks ... ideas that she found on-line.

In fact yesterday she made cupcakes, frosted them, and covered them with mini-marshmallows to look like popcorn. Then she wrapped them with red and white striped paper to look like popcorn bags. Man ... I should have taken a photo!

Anyway ... just a note to say don’t feel bad if you need time to follow your dreams. That solo play time WILL benefit your kids in the long wrong!

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Some of my favorite memories of growing up in the 70s and 80s was playing Barbies with my friend. When I was in 2nd grade my friend Laura lived in the house behind me. We spend HOURS setting up our play houses, dressing our Barbies, and just letting our minds wander as we played pretend.

 

A few years ago I received an email from Laurie. It was great hearing from her after so much time. You see, we I was in the 4th grade Laura moved away and we lost track of each other.Laurie emailed me and we talked about the fun we used to have. Laurie also said she discovered some of my Barbie items when she was going through her things. Can you imagine? She kept those things after 20+ years.

 

Yes, good memories are worth keeping around.Of course, things are different now. It’s sad, don’t you think that often little girls don't have the time just to play? One reason is that parents have the signed up for every activity under the sun. Six-year-olds need their private calendars just to keep track! (I devoted a whole chapter to this in my book Generation NeXt Parenting.)

 

Another reasonI think girls don't have time to play is that they seem to be growing up too fast—the clothes, the makeup, the music. It seems the stuff I was drawn to at sixteen is being marketing to girls at age six! (Don't get me started on this!)Amazingly, I discovered I’m not the only one who thinks little girls are growing up too fast.

 

Check this out: http://www.webelieveingirls.com/index.htmlMattel and Barbie have a new website to encourage parents, teachers, leaders to let little girls be little girls longer. Way to go Barbie! I knew I liked you.

Here is some of what they believe: (from their website)

• We believe in girls. In their dreams. And in their very natural, built-in desire to change the world.
• We believe in playtime (and more of it).
• We believe, in fact, that the magic of a happy, playful, inspired girlhood is the same secret ingredient that creates happy, inspired and powerful women.
• And the world could use as many of those as possible, right?

So, do you think little girls are growing up to fast? Check out the resources on this page and give voice to what YOU believe.

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Today is my son’s 18^th birthday. I put on a pretty skirt and curled my hair. It’s not every day one can celebrate growing a man!

He's a great guy--one of the best! And just think when I was his age I was already a mom ... to him.

Yes, some people say that teen pregnancy can bring nothing pain. But I say that God can turn ashes into beauty.

I gave my life to the Lord when I was pregnant with Cory. And now Cory is serving God, and wants to become a youth minister some day.

Beauty from pain. That IS something to celebrate!

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I am addicted to Christian Music. I sit in one place and play CD after CD for hours each day ... okay, I'm not just sitting here. I listen as I write.

Currently I'm working on a book for teens AND a historical novel. It's easy for me to change subjects as long as I have my music to keep me going.

As soon as one CD ends, I put another one in.

Over the last few days I've been listening to:

Matt Redman: Where Angels Fear to Tread

Women of Faith: Irrepressible Hope

WOW Hits 2007

David Phelps: Life Is a Church

David Crowder Band: Collission

The soundtrack to Narnia

Sarah Kelly

and

my new favorite ...

Aaron Shust

The music keeps my heart praising God and the lyrics remind me that I don't have to do this writing thing alone!

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