by skimhenson | Dec 6, 2011 | book reviews and interviews
Why read a book when you know the outcome is what every parent dreads? Maybe because it also tells the story of what every parent hopes … to have a child who shines light in dark corners and wakes up the world to love. Jerry B. Jenkins’ book, As Good As She Imagined,...
by skimhenson | Oct 27, 2010 | letting go, relationships
“I didn’t kill him off; I found him dead,” said Jerry B. Jenkins when readers asked why he let their favorite characters die. In his interview with Writer’s Digest, Jenkins admits to being surprised, delighted, scared, disappointed and saddened by his characters’...
by skimhenson | Aug 16, 2010 | writing words to live by
C.J. Darlington, in 2008, was awarded a contract with Tyndale House Publishers by Jerry B. Jenkins at his Writing for the Soul Conference. C.J. began writing her novel when she was 15. Almost that many years later, she saw Thicker than Blood in print. And its...
by skimhenson | Jul 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
A friend recently gave the best advice for following someone’s example. “If you want what they have, you have to do what they do,” she said. So when I heard author Jerry B. Jenkins speak at a conference about two of Billy Graham’s life-changing practices,...