December 1st. The first day you can officially open your advent calendar!
Enjoy this video from the UK!
Fun Fridays
Fun Fridays – November 24, 2017
The day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. has been tagged as the biggest shopping day of the year. But yesterday was a day to remind ourselves what we should be thankful for. This brilliant video from a church in Charlotte, NC embodies that reminder. Enjoy! You may have already seen this because it went viral a couple weeks ago. I figured you wouldn’t mind watching it again.
Fun Fridays – November 17, 2017
Dance! So many different styles. For any age. For any culture. Sort of like writing isn’t it? The arts are a wonderful thing to behold. Enjoy! Wait. Is that me at the 1:31 mark? Maybe not…
Fun Fridays – November 10, 2017
Today’s video can be seen as a visual metaphor of the writing and publishing experience. Can you tell me what is being represented?
Fun Fridays – November 3, 2017
With the U.S. baseball season finally complete and a new World Series champion crowned, I thought it fitting to post this story of a 99-year-old usher who works the Pittsburgh Pirates games. Think about it for a second. If he retired at the 65-year mark he has been enjoying his post-career years since 1983. I started my career in this industry in 1981 as a young college student. In other words, he …
Fun Fridays – October 27, 2017
Today is our grandson’s 2nd birthday. (Hooray Caleb!) Someday he may enjoy math, or science, or business, or the arts, or just rule the world like he does now (hah!). This video is for those who are fascinated by math and statistics. Who would of thought that sorting books could be so hard? (Do you shelf your books by color? Please say no.) In my years as a bookseller we did variations of …
Fun Fridays – October 20, 2017
A change of pace today. Do yourself a favor. Set aside 10 minutes. Turn up your speakers. Quiet your mind and heart. Close your eyes. Then play this video. The song “Alleluia” by Eric Whitaker is performed. (There is nothing to watch, only the album cover is displayed.) While you let the music wash over you, pray. Lift your burdens before the One and Only One who can help you carry …
Fun Fridays – October 6, 2017
“Destroy a Book Title with One Word” A fun game to play today! This hilarious pun-related exercise has been around for years but thought we might have fun with it today. Below are some Christian book titles which either have a word added, a word changed, or a letter added or changed, with bizarre results! The first nine are my own creations and the rest are ones I’ve come across …
Fun Fridays – September 29, 2017
Every. Single. Action movie trailer in one short visual instruction kit. While hilarious in it’s send up of cliches, it should make every author think of how they are pitching their current book to an agent or a publisher. This “formula” is a form of your competition for people’s attention. Enjoy