Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Website of the Week

About six months ago, Matthew Sampson—a family friend—contacted me and asked if I’d like to have a free line edit done on my book, in exchange for writing a review of his work. Yes, please! My book needed a lot of help, as it turned out, and I’m very thankful for the time and effort he took in making it shine.

Just recently, he contacted me and told me that he has now launched his business, Red Pendragon.

Red Pendragon

Here’s the short review I wrote about his work:

Matthew Sampson edits with style, and the content he delivers is what you’d expect from a professional. Beyond sentence structure and grammatical fixes, he suggests simple changes that will make your work sparkle. His approach is logical and hard, but kind too, and if something doesn’t feel right, he’ll be sure to tell you. Overall, I highly recommend Matthew. I was very impressed with the quality and speed he demonstrated, and hope to work with him again in the future.

Matthew looks for a lot of things while he works:

  • Typos
  • Misspellings
  • Transposed words and letters
  • Grammar slip-ups
  • Inconsistencies
  • Redundancies
  • Repeated words and phrases
  • Awkward wording
  • and much more!

If you have a book that needs edited, check out Matthew’s site, and see if you can get him to help you with it. You won’t be disappointed.

Saturday, 7 February 2015

From the Dark to the Dawn: a FREE Book!

Hello, all!

Just stopping in quickly to tell you of a fun happening—remember the giveaway we had last week with Alicia A. Willis? She sent me an email this morning, telling me that one of her books is going to be FREE for two days (today and tomorrow) on Kindle.

“I felt the Lord strongly impressing me to make it free for the sake of the gospel presentation contained in the book.”

I thought that for those of you who didn’t win the giveaway, you might want to check this book out! I’ve been wanting to read it ever since it’s release probably around a year ago, and so I’m super excited to now have a chance.

Here’s a little about From the Dark to the Dawn: A Tale of Ancient Rome:

From the Dark to the Dawn: A Tale of Ancient Rome

Decadent Rome, 61 Anno Domini. The masters of the universe have crushed the Iceni rebellion with an iron hand, slaughtering and enslaving her people.

For Philip, his existence as a captive means living to hatred. He despises his rich, young master, resenting his life of servitude and the wrestling feats Marcus forces him to perform. Bitterness engulfs his soul until he only lives for the day when he will crush the might of Rome.

Then Christianity enters the picture. Taught by a Jewish breadmaker to know the man called Christus, Philip begins the struggle to forgive and honor his master. But forgiveness is not easy towards one who lives for himself.

Marcus Virginius knows nothing but power and pleasure. Destined to a successful career serving Nero in the Praetorian Guard, he wants no part of Christianity. And he is determined to crush Philip’s newfound faith – no matter what it takes.

Join Philip and Marcus in their journey of redemption, faith, and forgiveness. Is love enough to conquer hate? And will the light of the gospel ever surmount the darkness of Rome?

Persecution abounds – will the two young men survive its terrors and live to experience the bright hope of a new dawn?

One last note from Alicia:

“If you know anyone who is unsaved or struggling, please share it with them. It's God's book...let's see what He does with it!”

See the book here: www.amazon.com/dp/B00LH7GYOQ/

I hope you’ll be encouraged and inspired by this book, as I know I will be!
-Esther

Sunday, 1 February 2015

Announcing the Winner

Congratulations to…

Wild Horse!

You have won an eBook version of Rising to the Challenge!

Alicia Willis will be in touch with you shortly. :)