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Michelle Sutton, edition of Christian Fiction online Magazine, has chosen Scared<\/a> as this month's top book pick. You can see the review and ad here<\/a>. I am very excited about the good reports my first novel is getting. Hope you all enjoy it.<\/p>\n

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There are only 4 people on the planet, that I know of, outside the publisher who have a copy of book. Brandi McIlhaney is one, and she read the entire thing on the plane to Uganda yesterday. Quite a feat to knock out 300 pages that quick! Her blog is entitled, Living Freely<\/a>, and she will be posting about what what is happening in Uganda. Children's HopeChest<\/a> is very excited about our new ministry in Uganda and we want all of you who have a heart for that country to join us. Here's what she said:<\/div>\n

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"I'm here!  No time to write much b\/c it's 1 am here and I haven't slept in days.  Thanks for praying, I've been feeling it already.  We had great seats on the planes, but I didn't get much sleep.  I did enjoy myself though.  . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact. . .how about joining me?  Since I don't have lots of interesting stories to write about, how about taking the time to click over to amazon and pre purchase your copy of <\/span>SCARED<\/span><\/a>.  I got a pre-copy from Tom and read it on the plane here.  That's what I spent my whole last flight doing =)<\/span><\/div>\n

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It was AMAZING.  Seriously, a must read.  I don't even want to write more for fear of giving it away.  It was thrilling, captivating, dramatic, engaging, heart wrenching, sob invoking, God speaking, revealing. . . .and so many more things!  Truthfully, I was excited but nervous to read it.  I mean, what would I have said if Tom's first foray into the fiction world was just "so-so"????  Thankfully, it was REALLY good!  You guys know me and I rarely encourage anyone to actually BUY things, especially a book (I'm a library girl, myself).   This is SO worth it though!  Really, go buy a copy.  You're going to LOVE it!  <\/span><\/div>\n

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I can't wait to read it again with you guys!  Really, even if you don't have a huge passion for Africa, but you'd like to learn and be sucked into a great story at the same time, <\/span>BUY THE BOOK<\/span><\/a>!  Comment on this blog and we'll do a whole blog party about it!  There is so much I want to post about it and my thoughts, wrestling with God and my emotions.. .but not until you've read it.  I feel like I've learned something and been changed by the very reading of this "fiction" novel.  Thank you, <\/span>Tom<\/span><\/a>.  You pretty much messed me up."<\/span><\/div>\n

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