Not this Year

pen_paperIt was close, but Journey Thoughts and Word Salt fell short of the top prize at the 2012 Canadian Blog Awards.  I congratulate the winners and I thank all those who voted for my blogs over the past two months.  As they say, “There is always next year.”

For a complete list of winners and stats, please go to this website: http://cdnba.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/the-final-results-for-the-2012-canadian-blog-awards/

That said, I have been teaching some brilliant young writers this past term and I hope to have a sampling of their work on Journey Thoughts over the next few weeks.  Their assignment is to write a Christmas Devotional (between 250 – 500 words in length), which is asking a lot from these prolific writers.  All nine of them just participated in the NaNoWriMo challenge during the month of November (National Novel Writing Month) and they all exceeded our class word count goals!  One student even wrote over 50,000 words!  So to keep these young people to writing short devotional essays, may be a challenge all on its own.

I tell my students that “writing is the thing”.  Yes, we focus on the mechanics of writing: spelling, punctuation and grammar – but for the most part, we strive for putting our thoughts, our stories onto paper and glorifying God because He is the One that gave each of us the talents and gifts to use the written word to touch lives.  So, to those who faithfully read my little blog, please make a point of reading and encouraging my students over the next few weeks as they showcase their talents here on Journey Thoughts.  I know you will be blessed!

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Final Round of the Canadian Best Blog Awards

Hey guys! My blogs made it to the final round of voting in the 2012 Canadian Best Blog Awards. Would really appreciate it if you would vote for Word Salt under Best Culture and Literature category, and Journey Thoughts under Best Religion and Philosophy Category. (And you could also vote for InScribe Writer’s Online – Best Collaborative Blog – I am one of the contributing writers there.) Thanks so much! http://www.jkleiman.com/small-claims/vote/

Blessings to all of you who faithfully read my blogs!

Lynn

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Book Launch of Love the Wounded is TODAY!

Cover Design for Love the WoundedI AM LAUNCHING MY NEW BOOK  Love the Wounded, TODAY – October 30th!!

Love the Wounded is the final and dramatic conclusion to her brilliant Wounded Trilogy series that has followed the lives of teenagers Jake, Leigh, Mike, Dylan and Tim as they come to terms with a series of tragedies and events that have made each of them question why God allows “bad things to happen to good people.”

You can help me achieve ‘best seller’ status by purchasing the book at amazon.com TODAY – and receive all kinds of free gifts while you’re at it!

About the book:

Leigh does not know who to choose…her heart tells her she will always love Jake, but he has changed so much since the death of their friend, Ronnie, and with his mother going through breast cancer; he has totally closed himself off from her emotionally. Now she is dating Dylan and try as she might to accept him for who he is, she can’t stop thinking about Jake! Dylan has never gotten over the loss of his father and little sister, killed by a drunk driver when he was just a young boy.
After a horrific accident that has put both Tim and his little brother, Evan in the hospital, everyone knows that not only is he being bullied at school; he cuts himself to cope with it all. But meeting Cassidy has given him the courage to stand up to the bullies and at the same time give her what she so desperately needs…a life-giving bone marrow transplant. Jake’s mother keeps telling him that “God works all things out for good” but with all the things going on in his life and with his friends, he’s just not sure anymore. It is only after Mike is paralyzed in a car accident that Jake was partially responsible for that all the families and friends will be brought back together, not by coincidence, but by God’s design and then Jake will finally believe that God truly does “Love the Wounded”.

“A life of working with youth has inspired Lynn Dove, a Cochrane mother to turn her experiences into a book trilogy…(the Wounded Trilogy) series that parallels the struggles of students…(and) covers the angst of some of the real serious issues that teenagers face today, particularly with bullying and gossip. ” -Rocky View Weekly-

What others are saying:

“I couldn’t put the book down…(A) dramatic ending to a wonderful series about five teenagers and their families who are struggling through life,…Lynn Dove has created a cast of teenage characters we grow to love over this three book series,…It is a wonderful, good, clean book with twists and turns about issues on a young adult level that they will enjoy reading.” – Readers Favorite–

“A personal story of honest truth – offer(s) an uplifting spiritual message” – Cochrane Times –

Author bio:

Lynn Dove is a wife, mother, grandmother, teacher and writer.Winner of a Canadian Christian Writing Award in 2011, Lynn Dove’s debut novel, Shoot the Wounded, written for teens and young adults was a finalist in the 2010 Readers Favorite Book Awards. Heal the Wounded, released in 2010, the second book in this series won the Bronze Medal in the 2011 Readers Favorite Book Awards in the Young Adult – Coming of Age category. Love the Wounded is the final book in the “Wounded Trilogy.”

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Free Kindle version of Tracy Krauss’s best seller: Wind Over Marshdale

Autographed copy of The Chamomile by Susan F. Craft

Autographed copy of award winning They Stood Alone by Sandra McLeod Humphrey

Free ebook Fit for Faith by Kimberley Payne

Free PDF copy of Live Without Stress by Shelley Hitz

First Three Chapters of The Legacy of Deer Run by Elaine Cooper

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All if you buy your copy of Love the Wounded at amazon.com on Oct 30!

DISCLAIMER: This ‘Best Seller book launch’ has been coordinated with the help of the ‘John 3:16 Marketing Network’ and many other generous supporters. The free gifts are deliverable electronically over the internet or by email (or mail) by individual authors and supporters. They are not in any way associated with, nor deliverable by, amazon.com

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