by Jason Joyner | Jun 25, 2007 | Blog, CFBA, prayer, TL Hines
If anyone’s read any of this blog, you’ll see that I am a member of the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance. It is a group of bloggers who hope to highlight new books in Christian fiction. We are readers and writers. Some just like a good book, others want to review fiction, and yet more are studying the craft of fiction. It is a great little community, and I invite you to check it out if you are interested.
The thing is, it wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for TL Hines. Tony is the brainchild of this group as a way to spotlight Christian books on the web. He’s an author and marketing guru. He figured out how to use our blogs’ collective influence to get a book noticed on Technorati, a major internet player. We had the privilege of featuring his first book, Waking Lazarus, a year ago. Tony got too busy to be in charge of it, but a lot of what my blog is about is due to him and the CFBA.
I’d like to ask you to keep Tony in your prayers.
Today on Infuze they posted that he has been diagnosed with a serious form of lymphoma (cancer of the lymph glands). I don’t know Tony personally, but have interacted with him over the web, and he is tackling this in true TL humor and style.
Read the TL lymphoma blog for more!
It would be great for anyone you know who is dealing with such a chronic, potentially fatal illness. However, it is also just great writing and an insight into an intelligent, funny, and poignant man.
Keep an eye out for his next book, The Dead Whisper On, and the accompanying blog tour later this summer. And remember Tony in your prayers as he battles. I’m sure he will fight the good fight, but we can lift his arms and spirits as well!
Blessings, Tony.
by Jason Joyner | Jun 25, 2007 | Blog, CFBA, prayer, TL Hines
If anyone’s read any of this blog, you’ll see that I am a member of the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance. It is a group of bloggers who hope to highlight new books in Christian fiction. We are readers and writers. Some just like a good book, others want to review fiction, and yet more are studying the craft of fiction. It is a great little community, and I invite you to check it out if you are interested.
The thing is, it wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for TL Hines. Tony is the brainchild of this group as a way to spotlight Christian books on the web. He’s an author and marketing guru. He figured out how to use our blogs’ collective influence to get a book noticed on Technorati, a major internet player. We had the privilege of featuring his first book, Waking Lazarus, a year ago. Tony got too busy to be in charge of it, but a lot of what my blog is about is due to him and the CFBA.
I’d like to ask you to keep Tony in your prayers.
Today on Infuze they posted that he has been diagnosed with a serious form of lymphoma (cancer of the lymph glands). I don’t know Tony personally, but have interacted with him over the web, and he is tackling this in true TL humor and style.
Read the TL lymphoma blog for more!
It would be great for anyone you know who is dealing with such a chronic, potentially fatal illness. However, it is also just great writing and an insight into an intelligent, funny, and poignant man.
Keep an eye out for his next book, The Dead Whisper On, and the accompanying blog tour later this summer. And remember Tony in your prayers as he battles. I’m sure he will fight the good fight, but we can lift his arms and spirits as well!
Blessings, Tony.
by Jason Joyner | Jun 25, 2007 | Blog, cooking, goofiness
I just had to show off my first attempt at making my mother’s famous rum cake recipe. She bequeathed it to my brother when she died, and he gave it to us a year later (ya know, just so he could torture us a year – love you too bro!).
You may not get the full effect, but I was quite proud as it tastes awesome. I suppose you could lick the monitor, but I don’t have that interactive of a blog.
Now taking orders at $25 a cake…
by Jason Joyner | Jun 25, 2007 | Blog, cooking, goofiness
I just had to show off my first attempt at making my mother’s famous rum cake recipe. She bequeathed it to my brother when she died, and he gave it to us a year later (ya know, just so he could torture us a year – love you too bro!).
You may not get the full effect, but I was quite proud as it tastes awesome. I suppose you could lick the monitor, but I don’t have that interactive of a blog.
Now taking orders at $25 a cake…
by Jason Joyner | Jun 21, 2007 | Blog, writing craft
When I first started this blog I was very coy about admitting I was trying to write a novel. It seemed somewhat presumptive when you have only written a few chapters as your claim to fame. Slowly I’ve been coming out of my shell regarding this. Last week I actually posted my progress (or lack of it). This acts as accountability to me – I see that number and say to myself that I want to see that change tangibly, and soon.
I’m also trying to embrace this more and take it on as my identity – not so I can claim something I’m not doing – but to own it more so that it becomes my second job. I write when I can wrestle the muse down at the same time I can plop in my chair. I know I need to write regardless of the presence of some mystical force that whispers in my ear.
To that end I’ve taken a couple more steps of faith. I’ve joined the American Christian Fiction Writers. I’m being more proactive in interacting with other writers here on the web. I know none of this means I am a writer too, but again it comes back down to accountability.
So off I go. Thanks for keeping me accountable, even if you didn’t know you were doing that! Just by posting this, it makes me get my rear in gear more. Whooooooooo.
