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Interact with Roseanna M. White
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Last On: Jan 5, 2011 - 2:10 PM
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Member Since:
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May 8, 2007
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Location:
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Cumberland, MD
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ShoutLife Address:
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shoutlife.com/roseanna_m_white
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Historical
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WhiteFire Publishing
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Oh my--everything! Seriously,
look at my shelves.
You name a genre,
and I have something in it.
I love classic literature,
I enjoy science fiction,
I adore romance of any variety,
I relish biting my nails in a good suspense or solving a mystery,
there's a special place in my heart for chick-lit,
and nothing tugs at me like a good women's fiction.
Non-fiction? Eh.
I've read some I enjoyed.
Authors I can't get enough of--Francine Rivers,
Nikki Arana,
Trish Perry,
Jill Nelson,
Nora Roberts (hey,
she's a local.
sort of) and a few dozen more.
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A Stray Drop of Blood (2009)
Beautiful is a dangerous thing to be when one is unprotected.
Born free, made a slave, married out of her bonds, Abigail never knows freedom until she feels the fire of a stray drop of blood from a Jewish carpenter. Disowned by Israel, despised by Rome, desired by all, she never knows love until she receives the smile of a stoic Roman noble.
Buy A Stray Drop of Blood Online
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Between the Lines (column) (2007)
My take on books, writing, authors. . . and anything they make me think about.
In spite of the "buy this" below, the column's free; that link'll just take you to it.
Buy Between the Lines (column) Online
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Don't you just love trying to figure out what total strangers would like to know about you? I'll try to come up with something interesting.
Let's see. First off, I'm a writer--you know, one of those who've been writing stories literally since I could write. I have one novel published, a Biblical fiction entitled A Stray Drop of Blood. (For more info on that, check out WhiteFire Publishing ) or their page here on ShoutLife. WFP is a small publisher just getting off the ground, for whom I also do some editing. You can check out my ShoutLife page for my editing at shoutlife.com/editing. And feel free to visit my website at RoseannaMWhite.com. And my blog at RoseannaMWhite.blogspot.com.
My other fashionable hat is reviewer. My husband and I run the Christian Review of Books ( www.ChristianReviewofBooks.com or shoutlife.com/crob ), which is pretty much what its name says it is. I read and review tons of books through the CRoB, and I just started a column called "Between the Lines" that I've used to alternately rant and rave (the good kind of raving) about the books I read and the topics they bring up. I'm also getting into conducting author interviews through BtL. Finally, I've been a member of ACFW for over 2 years, too.
And more personally. . . I live in western Maryland with my wonderful hubby David (married 7 years last June), my gorgeous 3-yr-old daughter, Xoë (pronounced like Zoe), and our one-year-old son, Rowyn. David & I both attended St. John's College in Annapolis, known as the Great Books school, where we read everything from Aristotle to Virginia Wolfe, philosophy to science. (Guess all those stuffy classics is what has influenced my writing such that everyone apparently thought I was 50!)
Hobbies. . . who has time for them? Between reading and writing and feeding my ever-hungry family, helping with the CRoB, serving as pianist, music leader, and printer for our fledging church (Full Gospel Seventh Day Baptist in Cumberland, MD), and occasionally taking time for luxuries like sleeping, I don't have time for much else. (Just ask the dust bunnies hiding under my couch.) |
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Remember When . . . The Pieces Clicked?
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7/21/2010 - 7:04 AM
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Sometimes when we're just reading through a short-ish book of the Bible like Esther, we tend to ignore little things like "and in the third year of the reign of Xerxes" verses "in the seventh year . . ." right? I know I do. But now that I'm concludin...
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My Friend Deborah - Interview & Giveaway
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7/09/2010 - 5:22 AM
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I'm happy to welcome Deborah Vogts to the blog today, to talk about her latest release, Seeds of Summer.
Deborah has offered a copy to one lucky winner, so leave your comments below with an email address for a chance to win!
~*~
About Debo...
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Remember When . . . You Weren't the Only Wife?
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7/07/2010 - 5:38 AM
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One of the most interesting aspects of my work in progress is the fact that my heroine is a member of a harem. She's the favorite wife, and in many respects that makes her relationship with her husband much like any monogamous marriage.
But in oth...
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Story Time . . . DRIFTWOOD LANE by Denise Hunter
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7/06/2010 - 7:09 AM
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I have now read two books by Denise Hunter (the first being Seaside Letters) and I can now safely say that I love this author. When Driftwood Lane arrived and I saw it was another Nantucket Love Story, I slid this one onto my personal to-read shelf...
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Modern . . . Independence Day
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7/05/2010 - 6:35 AM
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You know, I'm not sure, in thinking upon my contemporary stories, that I've ever included a July 4th Celebration. I've got on in my 20s historical . . . and it was a lot of fun. In Chicago's Little Italy, it was a party filled with those who had chos...
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Recent Guestbook Comments (8)
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Today, I sought a word from God to share with my SL family and friends, and came across this fabulous version of a timely word from Romans 8:34-39...I pray this blesses and encourages you as much as it did for me!
Romans 8:34-39 - The Message (MSG)
With God on our side like this, how can we lose? If God didn't hesitate to put everything on the line for us, embracing our condition and exposing himself to the worst by sending his own Son, is there anything else he wouldn't gladly and freely do for us? And who would dare tangle with God by messing with one of God's chosen? Who would dare even to point a finger? The One who died for us?who was raised to life for us!?is in the presence of God at this very moment sticking up for us. Do you think anyone is going to be able to drive a wedge between us and Christ's love for us? There is no way! Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not bullying threats, not backstabbing, not even the worst sins listed in Scripture:
They kill us in cold blood because they hate you.
We're sitting ducks; they pick us off one by one.
None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us. I'm absolutely convinced that nothing?nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable?absolutely nothing can get between us and God's love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us.
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Today, I prayed and thought of you, and the Lord led me to see that you could use a word of encouragement and rest.
"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me?watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."
Matthew 11:28-30 - The Message (MSG)
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What is love?
Have you ever asked yourself or others?
A song by GARY REVEL that answers that question.
To view the You Tube music video CLICK HERE
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A MESSAGE for the ages...
Matthew 28:6-8 - The Message (MSG)
The angel spoke to the women: "There is nothing to fear here. I know you're looking for Jesus, the One they nailed to the cross. He is not here. He was raised, just as he said. Come and look at the place where he was placed.
"Now, get on your way quickly and tell his disciples, 'HE IS RISEN from the dead. He is going on ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there.' That's the message."
The women, deep in wonder and full of joy, lost no time in leaving the tomb. They ran to tell the disciples. Then Jesus met them, stopping them in their tracks. "Good morning!" he said. They fell to their knees, embraced his feet, and worshiped him. Jesus said, "You're holding on to me for dear life! Don't be frightened like that. Go tell my brothers that they are to go to Galilee, and that I'll meet them there."
Once you receive this message, pass it on to the multitudes!!!
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WHAT EASTER MEANS TO MEAN ME!!!
Ephesians 1:4-10 - The Message (MSG)
Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we're a free people?free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth.
WHEN HE RETURNS, like the verse above says, "He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need," WE WILL ALL FLY UNITED, ONE IN THE KING, there's no need to pack, He has everything!
HAPPY EASTER to all my born-again brothers and sisters!
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Shalom Roseanna - May God continue to bless you and grant His unconditional favor in your ministry! I'm also grateful and honored to have you as one of my top 25 friends...
Pastor Paul
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