“I hope you don’t change now that you’re going to be published. An author lives in our ward, and as soon as she got published, she became totally different. She won’t give us the time of day anymore.”
Just think about the ward you're in. Just the tithing on one middle-class full-tithe payer (in the USA) is enough to pay the utilities for the building. There's not many expenses left so the rest goes to Salt Lake. The Church of course does spend money building new buildings as ...
Guidelines for Writing LDS Fiction by Karen Jones Gowen, WiDo Publishing The LDS fiction genre encompasses everything from inspirational novels where characters accept the gospel and get baptized, to historical fiction about elements of Church history, and a whole lot in between. The LDS fiction lab...
Not a full, living, breathing, multidimensional love that can carry you through the joys and the gauntlets life lays out for you. We did not marry with that love, but it came to life for us in the small moments that create memories, history, trust. I remember the first time Elder Poul...
“When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more ...
“Sister Turner, unless you beat your ladies with baseball bats, you’re only in a forty-way tie for ward’s worst visiting teacher.” “But, I can’t sew blanket sleepers for every new baby, and cook dinner for every sick person! I’m not Janie.” The bishop blew out his breath....
)into South American tomb traps, Peruvian history, culture and actual legends gives the story credence and multi-cultural interest. This manuscript can work as a single title or grow into an adventure/thriller series.(Good–you’re thinking ahead, but not too far ahead. Don’t try to pitch...
There is an ancient legend about shining stones. About lights that never dim, never die. And the stones are old. Very old. Archaeologist Mathilda Howard believes in solid scientific fact and proven history. Not mythical stories about shining stones or prehistoric advanced civilizations. But when ...