Author of The Next Target, a novel exposing stock market fraud, and more award-winning fiction and non-fiction.
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I’m delighted to see my novels gaining worldwide attention. This tracker lets authors know where their books are selling in the world. This is a real blessing.
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If you’re interested in accurate history and an entertaining read, check out these award winning novels.
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These are age appropriate for 5th grade up. They are used in middle schools to teach Civil War History.
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Have you ever laughed and cried at the same time? That’s me today! I was so thrilled and honored and humbled to learn that my novel, The Next Target, won first place in the political intrigue division of this national contest.
It is strictly for self published authors (which I have been ever since I left my traditional publisher over ten years ago). I entered this contest once before several years ago, but didn’t even receive honorable mention. The competition is very stiff because there are so many self published authors these days. I cannot thank everyone enough who helped me in the process of writing this book. There were so many experts in various fields who shared their expertise. Most of all, I thank the Lord. Any talent I have came from Him.
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Recently I spoke with a woman from Poland who had read my Civil War books. She said she wished all Polish schools made my books mandatory reading because she had been taught such a wrong version.
After years of research, I tried extremely hard to write a balanced and accurate history. That is why 2 novels are from the Union perspective and 2 from the Confederate
In the years since these were published, I’ve received emails from all over the nation from educators and Civil War experts saying that I accomplished that accuracy.
If you haven’t read them, I hope you will. According to reviews and awards received, they are also very entertaining.
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I listened to Erika Kirk’s full speech at the memorial, and I want to share a few thoughts that came to me while live streaming the event. This is not political.
First, I should say that I grew up as a Muslim in a Muslim country. I don’t know enough about Christianity to say if what I witnessed is rooted in faith or culture. But what struck me most was how, even though death is heavy and this was by nature a sad occasion, the entire event carried a celebratory spirit that honored life.
That contrast hit me deeply. In Islam, even though we believe that good people go to heaven, the relationship with God is taught through fear. Funerals are overwhelmingly sad, often filled with warnings of the terrifying first night in the grave. Growing up hearing that, and then witnessing people celebrate life, speak of God’s love, and remember someone through the impact he had on others; it felt so refreshing, so positive.
Second, I was profoundly moved by @MrsErikaKirk’s words. I cannot fathom the strength it takes to stand and deliver such a meaningful speech after losing the love of your life. But even more than that, the grace it takes to forgive the very person who destroyed your world. I cannot imagine myself standing on a stage, sending love to those who cheered your husband’s murder, or inviting others to spread God’s love in response because, as she said, “we do not respond to hate with hate.” That is powerful beyond words.
Again, I am ignorant when it comes to Christianity, but if this is what it truly embodies, then I am envious of those who get to experience that feeling.
Serious question for readers. What book last kept reading all night, or at least later than you should?
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A middle school just notified me that they will be using A Boy Named David in the classroom this year.
Research and writing historical fiction is hard work when you care about accuracy This kind of message makes it worthwhile.
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Today as I was reading some remarks on my Facebook post about the shooter hoax at UofA, a friend asked, “What’s wrong with people?!”
Of course it was a rhetorical question. Even so we do constantly hear discussions about this because of the chaos in our world today. In my lifetime, our nation has changed so much that it is mindboggling. I know you’ve all heard, “When I was a kid, we never locked our cars or houses. The biggest problem in schools was bubble gum stuck under desks, and there were certainly no mass school shootings.”
I lived in that world, and although it wasn’t utopia, our country was a safer, more compassionate place, so it is worth a serious look at what has changed.
I’ll keep my answer simple. “Truth”
No, truth didn’t change. It can’t. Truth will always be truth, yet somewhere along the way, the culture’s conception of truth altered drastically, leading me to ask the smart aleck question, “How’s that working out for us?” Obviously not good.
You will never actually hear someone say, “A lie will set you free!” Yet we are constantly bombarded with lies touted to “set us free.”
Most of us are very familiar with the phrase, ‘the truth will set you free’, and yet what is truth? It is certainly a valid question.
I challenge all of you who struggle with the question to do something that will take some time and some serious commitment. History is a great teacher. Study past civilizations that collapsed and the common denominator their culture had always embraced before the end. Don’t take my word for it, but I will give you a hint, they always embraced what the Bible says is rebellion to God.
(I figure my agnostic and anti-religious friends just started rolling their eyes, but please consider what I’m saying).
Facts are facts. I didn’t live in those cultures, but I am witnessing the exact same actions in the decline of ours and the harm and destruction being done to us and to our children. Don’t get me wrong—there was most certainly evil in the time of my childhood, but here’s what I KNOW has changed about what is taught in our schools, our common beliefs, and our core values since then.
Then: The Bible is the standard of morality Now: The Bible is narrow-minded and bigoted
Then: God created. Now: Creation came from nothing and everything just evolved.
Then: God created them Male and Female. Now: You choose
Then: Marriage is between one man and one woman. Now: Anything goes
Then: Humans were created in God’s image and life was sacred, a gift from God: Now: An unborn life is often treated like unwanted tissue.
Then: There is such a thing as sin and God determines what it is. Now: We decide
Hey, I’m all about freedom. Each person is free to believe what they want. I even think you should be allowed to say what you believe loud and clear, even if I totally disagree with it. But if we disagree let it be with words and not violence.
So to sum it up, what is truth? I will end this post by stating what Jesus claimed of himself: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”
That’s my belief in a nutshell. Jesus is truth and rebellion to him and his teaching is exactly what is causing the collapse of our society. Prove me wrong.
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Honestly, several readers said they read all night. Made me happy. 😊
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