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Interact with Grace Bridges *writing GODSPEED*
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Last On: Nov 6, 2009 - 5:48 AM
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27,826
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Member Since:
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February 11, 2007
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Location:
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New Zealand
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ShoutLife Address:
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shoutlife.com/gracebridges
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Website:
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http://www.gracebridges.com
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Genre:
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Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Primary Publishers:
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Splashdown Books New Zealand
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Influences:
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Frank Peretti, Stephen Lawhead, Jeremy Robinson, Caprice Hokstad
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Similar To:
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Frank Creed, Karen Hancock, Kathryn Mackel, Nancy Moser
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Cats, chocolate, computers...
a bit of gardening, cooking and baking, travel!!! photography, graphic design, building websites, internet networking, and a bunch of other stuff
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Dave Grace, Detour180, Magnify (the New Zealand one!), DCT, MIC, The Lads, and a few movie soundtracks (see movies below)
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Karen Hancock, Kathy Tyers, Stephen Lawhead, Jeremy Robinson, Jane Austen; Frank Creed, Caprice Hokstad
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Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensibility, Star Trek, Wallace & Gromit, Asterix & Obelix (the one with the real actors!), Back to the Future, Ratatouille
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Camp:
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Orama Christian Community
Great Barrier Island, NZ, Non-US
1995 - 2008
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Church:
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Glenfield Presbyterian Church
Auckland, NZ, Non-US
1998 - 2008
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Church:
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Balbriggan Baptist
Balbriggan, Ireland, Non-US
2008 - 2008
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Para-Church:
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Lost Genre Guild
Online, Non-US
2006 - 2008
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College:
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University of Auckland
Auckland, NZ, Non-US
1997 - 2000
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Para-Church:
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Elkanah School of Music Ministry
New Zealand, Non-US
1995 - 2000
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Faith Awakened (2007)
Faith Awakened is set in Ireland of the future and explores questions of reality and virtual reality in a spiritual sense.
A computer technician gets more than she bargained for when she helps survivors enter virtual stasis to escape a raging plague. The technology takes them into a fantasy virtual world which they thought they'd designed, but they find themselves tightly under God's control at every moment.
Buy Faith Awakened Online
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About Grace Bridges *writing GODSPEED*
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Irish Kiwi, globetrotting, working on a few novels, Shoutlife addict... Here's some tweets that tell you what I'm up to:
You can read some of my writing at http://authorgracebridges.ning.com - including the free e-book download of Faith Awakened, my sci-fi novel released in 2007. You can also listen to a radio interview I did on its release day.
Currently I'm editing Legendary Space Pilgrims; have just finished the first draft of Cyberdublin; and work has begun on GODSPEED, the sequel to Faith Awakened. Watch this space!
Make sure you read some of my blogs here (further down the page) if you want to get to know me better. There's plenty in there!
Never miss another blog: Click Here to sign up for updates
Authors of SF/F: Join the Lost Genre Guild!
I am a cat person. Don't have any at the moment, because of the six people in the house, one is allergic. But as soon as I settle down somewhere of my own, just wait! I will find some. Cats are a necessity of life.
 IRISH PHOTO ALBUM HERE:
Grace in Ireland
I'm 28, a science fiction author and also a crazy Irish New Zealander living in Germany. I was homeschooled and because of that, I was able to read much more than other kids - and in the end it made me a writer!
Hear the Faith Awakened soundtrack at www.shoutlife.com/faithsongs !!!
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Books, Planes and Airports
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11/06/2009 - 5:48 AM
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So. Here I am, globetrotting almost done with, sitting in an airport with a couple of hours to spare. What am I going to do? Blog, of course!
Things have been exciting lately, as well as incredibly busy, culminating in the upcoming launch of the f...
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- Most Recent Reply: 11/06/09 - 9:06 AM
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Let's sell some books!
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9/11/2009 - 4:30 AM
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Well, here we are. Today I've set up the pre-order facility over at the Splashdown Books homepage, (preview at left) along with a dedicated page for each new release. The addition of shopping cart buttons drives in the fact that this is for real - an...
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- Most Recent Reply: 09/15/09 - 1:50 AM
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I shall not live by bread...AT ALL!
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8/20/2009 - 8:38 PM
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...AT ALL! Har-har, you thought I was going to say by bread alone, didn't you?
For some time I had been getting bored with my food. I was like, why bother? Sure, we have to eat and nourish ourselves, but so much of the everyday fare was driving me...
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- Most Recent Reply: 08/21/09 - 8:25 PM
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The Muse
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8/18/2009 - 9:53 PM
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Hey! This is the day I've been waiting for...the unveiling of the trailer movie for The Muse, a fantasy by Fred Warren - a new author to be published by my imprint, Splashdown Books.
You can find out more about The Muse and Splashdown Books at...
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Excess Exhilaration
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8/12/2009 - 7:31 PM
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I want...
to write the six books in my head.
to make movies for all of them. Several for each, in fact.
to start and finish my Travel Photography project and the several books and movies emerging from that.
to walk in forests and on mountains and...
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Top Friends (10,384 total)
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Recent Guestbook Comments (20)
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Grace! I haven't said hello to you in a long time sooooo HELLO! HELLO! HELLO! Wishing you the most blessed day ever!
PRAISE GOD!!!
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Lol, yet I feel the same way day after day after work.
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Eleon on 8/27/09 - 4:20 PM
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Thanks
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Eleon on 8/26/09 - 7:39 PM
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Oh, yeah, I guess I did take that off there. I'll send you an MP3 of it shortly. I'm doing great. I just had my day and week made, when I sent yesterday a comment to a top world new age musician. His name is David Helpling. I'll send you some of his music so you'll see where I get some of my style from. Anyway he wrote me back and this is what he had to say:
"Wow Eleon! Thanks for the wonderful words...Holy Moly! Your music sounds amazing to me! I look forward to hearing more...Cheers - DH"
Now that's an amazing comment from one of my favorite artist in the world. I'm going to see if he can help me get under the record label he's under, but I'll have to be so very tactful.
Ok, off to send you some tracks.
Mike
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Eleon on 8/24/09 - 10:04 PM
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hi grace. I've got a new track up called, "Autumn Leaves In Motion".
Mike
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Grace, but your beaches sure do beautiful well!
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G.R.F on 8/16/09 - 4:22 PM
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i got your messege and right now i am just hanging out with friends i hope to hear from u even though we talk so little, i pray that won't stop u from writing to me and i say this because i don't have full access to a computer right now.
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Hi Grace,
I have a new artist on my page, but he is an established musician who has sung and led worship all over the world. Roy Kendall is the staff worship leader for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ). He has taken some of the favorite worship songs of the contemporary age, and given them a new setting. These beautiful songs have been professionally recorded and orchestrated for a high quality listening experience. All of Roy's family has an anointing for various elements of worship, including singing, dance, and drama.
Shout Life's mp3 player is still a little funky, so the song by Roy is at the bottom of the play list, but the stuff on the top is really great too. So come by and take a listen. (and be sure to check out my new celtic style song, "Blow, Sweet Spirit")
Thanks,
Jim
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Eleon on 8/09/09 - 7:28 PM
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Hi Grace, just thought I'd let you know that my new album called, "Dwelling Places" which you probably already are keeping up with, will be on itunes by September 1st. Also, I'm starting a new Eleon album called, "Undiscovered Treasures". The first track, "Forgotten Kingdom" is here on my Eleon page. I should have this new Eleon album on itunes by the first part of the 2010. Don't forget under my, "Beyond Elements" name I'm also working on the, "Hidden Places" album and hope to have it up on itunes by the January 1st. Hope all is well.
Mike
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G.R.F on 8/07/09 - 5:20 PM
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i am reading my mail and i find it troubling to here such news
i am deeply sorry for i know what it is like to lose someone close to you.i will pray for you before i go to sleep tonight. may i ask how old he was. your friend george
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