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Heal the Wounded
Please check out the new cover of Heal the Wounded - the 2nd book in the "Wounded Trilogy" and sequel to Shoot the Wounded!
http://lynndove.wordpress.com/2010/09...
Blessings,
Lynn
Shoot The Wounded
Shoot the Wounded
http://lynndove.wordpress.com/2010/09...
Blessings,
Lynn
Shoot The Wounded
Shoot the Wounded
Writer's Block ("Blitz Amazon for Heal the Wounded)
It is with great delight that I announce the official release of my newest book: Heal the Wounded!
I invite you to read my latest blog: http://lynndove.wordpress.com/2010/11... and then tomorrow (Dec. 1) order your copy of Heal the Wounded from Amazon.com, Amazon.ca or through my website: www.shootthewounded.org on what I like to call "Blitz Amazon Day for Heal the Wounded"!
(If you live in the Calgary/Cochrane area, order through my website because I can guarantee delivery before Christmas).
I will have several book signings early in the New Year. When and Where details will be emailed out later.
Please do not hesitate to pass this information on to your friends so they can join in on the "Blitz" too!
Blessings,
Lynn Dove
www.shootthewounded.org
http://lynndove.wordpress.com/
Heal the Wounded
Shoot the Wounded
Shoot The Wounded
I invite you to read my latest blog: http://lynndove.wordpress.com/2010/11... and then tomorrow (Dec. 1) order your copy of Heal the Wounded from Amazon.com, Amazon.ca or through my website: www.shootthewounded.org on what I like to call "Blitz Amazon Day for Heal the Wounded"!
(If you live in the Calgary/Cochrane area, order through my website because I can guarantee delivery before Christmas).
I will have several book signings early in the New Year. When and Where details will be emailed out later.
Please do not hesitate to pass this information on to your friends so they can join in on the "Blitz" too!
Blessings,
Lynn Dove
www.shootthewounded.org
http://lynndove.wordpress.com/
Heal the Wounded
Shoot the Wounded
Shoot The Wounded
Shoot the Wounded and Heal the Wounded named as Anti-Bullying Resources
Shoot the Wounded and Heal the Wounded have recently been selected as Helpful Resources on the world's largest anti-bullying sites: http://www.bullying.org/htm/main.cfm?...
Quite an honour!
Shoot The Wounded
Shoot the Wounded
Heal the Wounded
Quite an honour!
Shoot The Wounded
Shoot the Wounded
Heal the Wounded
Book Launch Day of Heal the Wounded
Today is the day! Book Launch day of Heal the Wounded! Readers, stop in on my blog "Journey Thoughts" today for your chance to win some great prizes!
http://lynndove.wordpress.com/2011/01...
If you haven't done so already order your copy of Heal the Wounded on Amazon!
If you live in the Cochrane area, stop by in person to meet Lynn Dove for a time of fun, fellowship and Celebration at Bow Valley Baptist Church - 7:00 p.m.
http://lynndove.wordpress.com/2011/01...
If you haven't done so already order your copy of Heal the Wounded on Amazon!
If you live in the Cochrane area, stop by in person to meet Lynn Dove for a time of fun, fellowship and Celebration at Bow Valley Baptist Church - 7:00 p.m.
Finalist in the 2011 Readers Favorite Book Awards
So excited to announce that "Heal the Wounded" is a finalist in two categories: Christian General Fiction and Young Adult (Coming of Age) in the 2011 Readers Favorite Book Awards. My debut novel (and the first book in the "Wounded Trilogy" - "Shoot the Wounded") was a finalist in that same contest in 2010!
Winners will be announced in September but I am just thrilled to be included amongst such a great group of authors!
Winners will be announced in September but I am just thrilled to be included amongst such a great group of authors!
Winner! 2011 Readers Favorite Book Awards
Just found out that my book, Heal the Wounded, (the sequel to my debut novel, Shoot the Wounded) has won a Bronze Medal in the 2011 Readers Favorite Book Awards! It came in 3rd in the Young Adult – Coming of Age category and was also a Finalist in the Christian Fiction category!
I also saw that readers can get Heal the Wounded at Amazon.com today for $3.38. You save 81% on the book cover price…just sayin’… (hint, hint)…
I am doing a happy dance!
I also want to give a shout out to fellow John 3:16 member, Paulette Harper for winning a Silver Medal in the Christian – Non-Fiction category for her book, Completely Whole. See my interview with Paulette here!
Also kudos to Laura Davis, fellow Word Alive Press author, for receiving Honourable Mention in the Christian Historical Fiction category for her book, Come to Me!
I also saw that readers can get Heal the Wounded at Amazon.com today for $3.38. You save 81% on the book cover price…just sayin’… (hint, hint)…
I am doing a happy dance!
I also want to give a shout out to fellow John 3:16 member, Paulette Harper for winning a Silver Medal in the Christian – Non-Fiction category for her book, Completely Whole. See my interview with Paulette here!
Also kudos to Laura Davis, fellow Word Alive Press author, for receiving Honourable Mention in the Christian Historical Fiction category for her book, Come to Me!
The Little Engine That Could
I remember when I was a little girl one of my most favorite books was "The Little Engine that Could". Now for all of you X, Y, Z and subsequent generationers (...is thatuntitled even a word?), you may never even have heard about this book! Basically I believe that every Disney, Pixar, Family Channel movie etc. is founded on the same basic principle and message of this classic children's book. "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!" the Little Engine repeats over and over and over. It is the story of the littlest choo choo train accomplishing a task that other more powerful locomotives refused to try. It is the consumate underdog story of someone (or in this case something) who can accomplish BIG things if he will only believe in himself.
"A little railroad engine was employed about a station yard for such work as it was built for, pulling a few cars on and off the switches. One morning it was waiting for the next call when a long train of freight-cars asked a large engine in the roundhouse to take it over the hill "I can't; that is too much a pull for me," said the great engine built for hard work. Then the train asked another engine, and another, only to hear excuses and be refused. In desperation, the train asked the little switch engine to draw it up the grade and down on the other side. "I think I can," puffed the little locomotive, and put itself in front of the great heavy train. As it went on the little engine kept bravely puffing faster and faster, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."
As it neared the top of the grade, which had so discouraged the larger engines, it went more slowly. However, it still kept saying, "I--think--I--can, I--think--I--can." It reached the top by drawing on bravery and then went on down the grade, congratulating itself by saying, "I thought I could, I thought I could."
Now I'm a big fan of "underdogs". I love stories where the least likely of all the characters becomes the greatest of heroes. There is something so satisfying to have the "little guy" win against all odds even when pitted against the most powerful opponent.
Sometimes I think in the book publishing world, I'm this "teeny tiny little fish" swimming in the current with all these huge blockbuster "big fish" and every once in a while it is so satisfying to swim past them, even if it's just for a few hours. For a couple of days last week, Shoot the Wounded was actually on two best selling lists on Amazon.ca I felt sort of like the movie character "Jack" on the Titanic being "the king of the world"...well,.. for a few hours at least...then the boat sank...
Good thing I know how to swim!
My "Wounded Trilogy" has received praise from around the world and just recently the third book, "Love the Wounded" won not only the prestigious "Seal of Approval" but also the Silver Medal for Faith-based fiction from Literary Classics for excellence in children's and young adult literature. Although the accolades are wonderful the most heart-warming for me are the comments from my readers and most recently an excited call from a dear friend in Edmonton who said she "couldn't put the books down" and now she wants to give a copy to each member of her youth group. Wow!
I remember when I wrote "Shoot the Wounded" that I would be thankful if one person read it and I would praise God for that. Well, He has gone far and above what I could ever have hoped for; taking my little stories to heights I could never ever imagined. You could say that He pushed that little engine up the hill and I'm just hanging on enjoying the ride!
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
"A little railroad engine was employed about a station yard for such work as it was built for, pulling a few cars on and off the switches. One morning it was waiting for the next call when a long train of freight-cars asked a large engine in the roundhouse to take it over the hill "I can't; that is too much a pull for me," said the great engine built for hard work. Then the train asked another engine, and another, only to hear excuses and be refused. In desperation, the train asked the little switch engine to draw it up the grade and down on the other side. "I think I can," puffed the little locomotive, and put itself in front of the great heavy train. As it went on the little engine kept bravely puffing faster and faster, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."
As it neared the top of the grade, which had so discouraged the larger engines, it went more slowly. However, it still kept saying, "I--think--I--can, I--think--I--can." It reached the top by drawing on bravery and then went on down the grade, congratulating itself by saying, "I thought I could, I thought I could."
Now I'm a big fan of "underdogs". I love stories where the least likely of all the characters becomes the greatest of heroes. There is something so satisfying to have the "little guy" win against all odds even when pitted against the most powerful opponent.
Sometimes I think in the book publishing world, I'm this "teeny tiny little fish" swimming in the current with all these huge blockbuster "big fish" and every once in a while it is so satisfying to swim past them, even if it's just for a few hours. For a couple of days last week, Shoot the Wounded was actually on two best selling lists on Amazon.ca I felt sort of like the movie character "Jack" on the Titanic being "the king of the world"...well,.. for a few hours at least...then the boat sank...
Good thing I know how to swim!
My "Wounded Trilogy" has received praise from around the world and just recently the third book, "Love the Wounded" won not only the prestigious "Seal of Approval" but also the Silver Medal for Faith-based fiction from Literary Classics for excellence in children's and young adult literature. Although the accolades are wonderful the most heart-warming for me are the comments from my readers and most recently an excited call from a dear friend in Edmonton who said she "couldn't put the books down" and now she wants to give a copy to each member of her youth group. Wow!
I remember when I wrote "Shoot the Wounded" that I would be thankful if one person read it and I would praise God for that. Well, He has gone far and above what I could ever have hoped for; taking my little stories to heights I could never ever imagined. You could say that He pushed that little engine up the hill and I'm just hanging on enjoying the ride!
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
