ShoutLife.com - a fresh approach to social networking
Marlo Schalesky Tales of Wonder ... Taking You Deeper Than Your Dreams
Interact with Marlo Schalesky
Send Shout-Mail
Send Instant Message
Invite to Group
Add to Friends List
Block User
Information
Online Status: Last On: Jul 1, 2009 - 5:53 PM
Profile Views: 3,836
Member Since: May 2, 2007
Location: Salinas, CA
ShoutLife Address: shoutlife.com/marloschalesky
Website: www.marloschalesky.com
Genre: Women's Fiction
Primary Publishers: Waterbrook/Multnomah - a Division of Random House
News Feed
Wednesday July 1
5:52 PM posted a new blog entitled "Shades of Morning ... DONE!"
5:51 PM is now friends with Richard, Kristen G. Johnson and Murthlene Sampson
Published Works
If Tomorrow Never Comes (2009)
They say you should reach for your dreams.
This time, they're wrong?

Childhood sweethearts Kinna and Jimmy Henley had simple dreams?marriage, children, a house by the sea?everything they needed for happily ever after. What they didn't plan on was years of infertility, stealing those dreams, crushing their hopes.

Now, all that's left is the memory of young love, and the desperate need for a child to erase the pain. Until?

Kinna rescues an elderly woman from the sea, and the threads of the past, present, and future weave together to reveal the wonder of one final hope. One final chance to follow not their dreams, but God's.

Can they embrace the redemptive power of love before it's too late? Or will their love be washed away like the castles they once built upon the sand? The past whispers to the present. And the future shivers. What if tomorrow never comes?

Buy If Tomorrow Never Comes Online

Beyond the Night (2008)
They say love is blind. This time, they're right.

A poignant love story . . .
A shocking twist . . .
Come, experience a love that will not die.

A Nicolas Sparks (The Notebook) type love story meets a M. Night Shymalan (The Sixth Sense) twist in this moving story of two people trying to find love in the dark. A woman going blind, a man who loves her but can't tell her so, a car crash, a hospital room, and an ending that has to be experienced to be believed.

Buy Beyond the Night Online

Veil of Fire (2007)
A Raging Firestorm . . .
A Light in the Hills . . .
And a Mystery Rises from the Ash.

In 1894, the worst firestorm in Minnesota history descends on the town of Hinckley. Heat, flame, and darkness sweep through the town, devouring lives, destroying hope. In the aftermath, the town rises from the ashes, its people determined to rebuild their lives.
But in the shadows, someone is watching. Someone is waiting. Someone who knows the secrets that can free them all. A rumor begins of a hermit in the hills - a person severely burned, disfigured beyond recognition. Doubts rise. Fear whispers. Is the hermit a monster or a memory? An enemy or a love once-lost?
Based on historical events, Veil of Fire beckons to a time when hope rose from the smoke of sacrifice, when trust hid behind a veil of fear, when dreams were robed in a mantle of fire . . .

Buy Veil of Fire Online

Only the Wind Remembers (2003)
Making peace with the past. . .
Discovering the only love that heals . . .

Based on actual historical events, Only the Wind Remembers recreates the remarkable journey of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, and the last "Stone Age" Indian in all of North America. Relying heavily on the historical account of Ishi, award-winning author Marlo Schalesky spins a fictional tale of love, truth, and the power of the cross.

In 1911, the last Yahi Indian walked out of the woods and into civilization for the first time. Driven from a life of hiding, Ishi longs for one thing - to tell a secret tale, a fable of his people that only he knows.

Allison Morgan understands how important it is to obey the tenets of propriety, especially when her anthropologist husband is entrusted with the care of the last Stone Age Indian in North America. Yet, something about Ishi stirs echoes of memories long forgotten, compelling her to defy the rules. Secretly, she learns Ishi's language. And then, the tale begins, bringing with it the promise of hope long abandoned.

But in the midst of renewed dreams, will a tangle of hidden motives, personal insecurities, and long-masked secrets destroy their one chance to discover the truth?

Buy Only the Wind Remembers Online

EMPTY WOMB, ACHING HEART: Hope and Help for Those Struggling With Infertility (2001)
EMPTY WOMB, ACHING HEART - a must-read for those on the infertility journey and others who care about them. Infertility strikes at the core of what it means to be a woman or man, tests marriages, and shakes faith. The honest, open, and emotionally resonant first-person stories in Empty Womb, Aching Heart help fill the knowledge gap by giving couples, pastors, and counselors a first-hand glimpse into the hearts and lives of others dealing with infertility.

Buy EMPTY WOMB, ACHING HEART: Hope and Help for Those Struggling With Infertility Online

Freedom's Shadow (2001)
1754, Colonial America. In this sequel to Cry Freedom, the French-Indian War rages on the frontier, while plots thicken in England. In the midst of war, three people are bound by the pain of the past, shackled by bonds of unforgiveness. For them, freedom is only a dream, and peace is as elusive as a shadow. But God is about to shine the light of truth into their hearts and chase away the darkness with the power of forgiveness given, and forgiveness received.

Buy Freedom's Shadow Online

Cry Freedom (2000)
The year is 1743. In the English colonies a religious revival, which will later be named The Great Awakening, is sweeping through every class of people, drawing the wealthy and common alike into a new and personal experience with God. But as the American colonists find their peace with God, England and France plot for war, the third of four such conflicts waged by the French and British for control of North America.
On the Pennsylvanian frontier, tensions mount as the Shawnee and Delaware ally with the French. Here the drums of war have already begun to beat. French-led war bands advance. Settlers tremble. Brave men, driven by the hope of freedom, grip their muskets in desperate hands.
And, in the midst of it all, one half-breed Indian girl dreams of what it means to be free . . .
.

Buy Cry Freedom Online

Groups
*Christian Fiction Reviews* , Hannah's Hope - infertility , Writer...Interrupted , Writers Resource Center
QuickLinks: About - Blog - Friends - Guestbook

About Marlo Schalesky
I'm the author of seven books, including my latest novel IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES, which is the second of my new LOVE STORIES WITH A TWIST (think Nicolas Sparks with a M. Night Shymalan twist!).

I've had over 600 articles published in various magazines, had my work included in compilations such as Dr. Dobson's Night Light Devotional for Couples, and am a regular columnist for Power for Living.

I'm currently working on three contemporary novels for Multnomah-Waterbrook Publishers, a division of Random House. (So fun! Stay tuned to my blog and profile page for release dates!)

I love iced white mochas (with peppermint, please!) from Starbucks, reading the New Testament in Greek, and watching the hummingbirds flit outside the windows of the solarium-turned-office in my log home in California.

But more than that, I love reading horse books with my 9-year-old daughter, doing workbooks with my 5-year-old daughter, playing chase-and-giggle with my 3-year-old twins (again, both girls!), and cuddling with my new baby boy. In my free time, between loads of laundry, changing diapers, and picking up toys, I run an engineering firm and a construction consulting firm, and of course, write!

I have a bachelor's degree in Chemistry (of all things!) from Stanford University and a Masters in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary (hence, my love of New Testament Greek). And that's all about me. :-)
Blog
Shades of Morning ... DONE!   7/01/2009 - 5:52 PM
Hi Friends, Just doing the happy dance here because my next "Love Stories with a Twist!" was due in to the publisher today and I just sent it in via email. Whoo Hoo! The title so far is "Shades of Morning," and it due to hit the shelves next May. ... (login or sign up to read more)
1 view - 0 replies
Praying for the   6/23/2009 - 11:11 AM
Hi Friends, I'd like to share an article that I wrote for Radiant Magazine that many people are finding useful as they encounter situations where others have a type of life situation that they're longing for and yet don't have. This article is ab... (login or sign up to read more)
3 views - 0 replies
Big Bold Beyond the Night News!   6/16/2009 - 5:46 PM
Hi Friends, Guess what - BEYOND THE NIGHT is now available as an audiobook! Yay! You can download on iTunes or through Amazon, etc. Just search for "Beyond the Night Marlo Schalesky" to easily find it. If you remember, Beyond the Night is my firs... (login or sign up to read more)
2 views - 0 replies
When God Lets Your Blocks Fall   6/10/2009 - 11:10 AM
Hi Friends, I was thinking about how I handle life when things go wrong, and I remembered this story. I found it helpful. Maybe you will too! Tommy sat at my feet in the church nursery with blue, red, and green blocks scattered all around him. He... (login or sign up to read more)
15 views - 2 replies - Most Recent Reply: 06/10/09 - 11:57 AM
Be in a Novel! +thoughts on singleness/infertility   5/27/2009 - 3:35 PM
Hi Friends, How would you like to be the one to name a coffee drink in my next novel - and donate to a great charity at the same time? Now you can, thanks to an online charity auction that's offering you this unique opportunity, and not just for m... (login or sign up to read more)
2 views - 1 reply - Most Recent Reply: 06/11/09 - 11:33 PM
Top Friends (773 total)
Tricia Goyer
Michelle Sutton
Brandilyn Collins
Donita K. Paul
Jennifer Saake, InfertilityMom :)
Todd Michael Greene
Marilynn Griffith
Sharon Hinck
Julie
Jill Elizabeth Nelson
JAN KERN
C.J. Darlington
Jennifer AlLee
DiAnn Mills - diannmills.com
The Steve Laube Agency
Melanie Dobson
Camy Tang
Sharon Norris Elliott
Elizabeth M. Thompson
Gina Holmes
Lyn Cote
Tiffany Colter
Colleen Coble
Ane Mulligan
Robin Lee Hatcher
Recent Guestbook Comments (9)  
Kristen G. Johnson on 7/01/09 - 8:30 PM
Congrats!! That must be a relief to be done. Are you going to relax, or jump straight into another book? (I hope you take some time to relax a bit. I don't know what the weather is like for you, but it's beautiful here!!)
Have a great day.
Kristen
Kristen G. Johnson on 6/29/09 - 11:10 AM
WOW!! Marlo, I can't see how you have any time to write!! You sound very busy having a lot of fun.
Hope your writing is going well, in whatever time you have for it.
Kristen
Haneefah Turner on 5/14/09 - 11:21 PM
Hello and welcome to Shoutlife. I hope that you will enjoy your time here. Lord bless you.

Haneefah Turner
www.ReflectionsOfAQueen.com


Susan Waters on 5/04/09 - 8:15 PM
Photobucket

Don't be a fence sitter!
Mass confusion, mob uproar - in Decision Valley! I call Heaven and Earth to witness against you today: I place before you Life and Death, Blessing and Curse. Choose life so that you and your children will live. Joel 3:14 Deuteronomy 30:19 The Message
I pray that every decision you make is a God-directed decision of Life, leading to His blessings for you.
Blessings,
Susan
Jennifer Saake, InfertilityMom :) on 4/29/09 - 7:03 PM
I am hosting a Virtual Spa Weekend this weekend at http://innerbeautygirlz.com/ that will have a lot of fun things to offer everyone - give-aways for books, chocolate, beauty products, jewerly and more - but also a special focus specifically for those dealing with infertility and/or pregnancy loss. Please pass the word along!
Susan Waters on 4/27/09 - 10:27 PM
Photobucket

He saved us from all that. It was all his doing; we had nothing to do with it. He gave us a good bath, and we came out of it new people, washed inside and out by the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:5 The Message
I pray that you see yourself cleansed - not by your own efforts, but by the grace of your Loving Abba Daddy.
Blessings,
Susan
Susan Waters on 4/21/09 - 6:36 PM


Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10 NKJ
I pray that no matter what you are facing, going through, or helping others through, your joy will remain strong, allowing God's strength to be mighty in you!
Blessings,
Susan
Susan Waters on 4/14/09 - 8:44 PM
Photobucket

If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. John 7:37 NKJ
I pray that you drink deeply of the goodness of God, of His love for you, and of His truth that will set you free. Drink deeply and drink often.
Blessings,
Susan
Susan Waters on 4/06/09 - 7:11 PM
Photobucket

Happy Easter! May we all have a greater revelation of His love for us on the cross. Praying you have a wonderful time with family and friends.
Blessings,
Susan