Yet more reviews of Faith Awakened!

The response this week continues to be overwhelming! Here are the new blogs for today:

David Brollier's Day 4 at CFRB

Rachelle's review at Sojourner's Journey

Melissa's review at Bibliophile's Retreat

Bruce's review at BruceThinx

Virtual Book Tour de Net:
Karina's review
Karina's interview

Reviews also continue to appear at Amazon: here's the whole collection. I'm very pleased to see people tagging it as "christian science fiction" - there aren't many books in that category, making it easy to collect comapratively high tag counts.
Have fun surfing!

Day 3 of the Faith Awakened blog tour

Here are the new comments for today:

David's Day 3 post at CFRB

Cathi's article on hot topics in Faith Awakened

Cathi also posted the synopsis at her blog.

Rachelle also wrote a thoughtful new review at the Amazon page.

Thanks guys!

Blog Tour Day 2 - Faith Awakened

For the second day of this blog tour, a number of people have been active... here are the links:

Review by Frank Creed at A Frank Review

Review by Delia Latham on her website

Day 2 comments by David Brollier at CFRB

Review by Lyn Perry at Bloggin' Outloud

Cathi H's review repeated at Gather.com


And don't forget the reviews showing up at
the Amazon page for Faith Awakened (please add yours there if you can!)

and its Lulu page where you can get the e-book free!

Thanks everyone for taking part! Let's see what happens next...

Faith Awakened Blog Tour begins!

This week it is my great honour to have my book featured at the Christian Fiction Review Blog tour! Already, comments are popping up all over the Web. I'm going to try and collect links to them all here - If I've missed yours, just let me know and I'll add it...

David's Day 1 Comment at CFRB

Caprice Hokstad's blog

Cathi Hassan's blog

Carole McDonnell's blog

AND... the big surprise of the day... Faith Awakened has appeared at Amazon!
Here's the link:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1430311118/

This is actually a real miracle as we had a few glitches in the publishing process during October, and yet it has appeared at the planned time.

It's not too late to take part. You can download the e-book free from http://stores.lulu.com/grace1034 - if you write an original review (at least 200 words) and post it, I will send you a free copy of the book! Or a T-shirt, mousepad, soundtrack CD... whichever you prefer.

I'm greatly looking forward to the rest of the week with you all! Hugs all round :)

New Christian Novels out in November

Here is the November 2007 line-up of new Christian fiction releases! Time to add a few books to your Christmas wish list or find a great gift for a loved one. Be sure to stop by and visit the websites of the following authors. Enjoy!

1. A Christmas to Die For Book 2 in The Three Sisters Inn series by Marta Perry from Love Inspired Suspense. A holiday season among the Plain People swarms with hidden danger when an inn owner finds herself the target of a killer.

2.A Matter of Trust by Lisa Harris, from Heartsong Presents. With Ty back in her life, will Kayla be able to trust him when a dark secret comes to light and all evidence of the crime points to him?

3.Faith Awakened by Grace Bridges from Lulu Press and Waitemata Books. In virtual stasis to escape a deadly virus, an ex-slave in Ireland finds far more than just survival.

4.Just Jane by Nancy Moser from Bethany House. Historical novel about the life of author Jane Austen.

5.Standing Strong, Fourth and final book in the Homeland Heroes Series by Donna Fleisher from Zondervan. Four warriors. Two rival gangs. Is faith enough to win peace on the streets of Kimberley Square?

6.The Love of His Brother by Jennifer AlLee from Five Star, a division of Thomson Gale. A young, pregnant widow finds more than just support when her black-sheep brother-in-law comes home.

7.Within This Circle (mass market size) Sequel toA Vow to Cherish by Deborah Raney from Steeple Hill Books. After her mother’s death from Alzheimer’s disease, Jana McFarlane struggles to cope with her roles as wife and mother.

Happy reading~

More New Zealand

News - old news and new news...
I just wanted to let you know that things are going really well on my NZ trip - I'm outta here next Friday, but I have plenty of time before then if any of you are in the Auckand area and want to catch up. Guess what - I'm going to be on the radio on Friday!! There's going to be an interview between 10 and 11am on Rhema (Auckland 1251 am - not sure of the other frequencies...) and there will be giveaways if you want to listen out for that.

Later the same day there's an online chat at FabianSpace - 2pm on Friday November 2 for everyone in New Zealand, and for the rest of you, 9pm US-EST on Thursday November 1. It will run for two hours. Yes, New Zealand is 17 hours ahead of you! I think I told some people last week that it was at 4pm, well that was wrong, I'm sorry! I hope you can make it! All you have to do is follow the direct link from www.faithawakened.com, type a username - anything you like, but preferably one I'll recognise you by! - and click the button to enter the chat room. I look forward to "seeing" you there!

here's some more pics to keep everyone happy...



Sheep grazing on an inner-city volcano slope



Auckland city and harbour seen from One Tree Hill at sunset. See those bumpy hills everywhere? They're all volcanoes. We have 63 of them in town...



I went to a wedding on Saturday - this is a church family I know rather well :)



Written in stone, a dedication in paradise (Great Barrier Island again)

The Best Part of New Zealand

This week I had the chance to visit one of my most favourite places on earth - Great Barrier Island. Not the Great Barrier Reef - that one's thousands of km away in Australia, and we're in New Zealand right now in case you hadn't noticed yet. :P I do wonder if it was the same explorer that named both, and must question his logic... Folk from GBI here in NZ often find that their mail goes to Australia before it gets to them!
Well, anyway, I lived on GBI for a few months in '01 and look back on that time more than fondly. I worked as a volunteer at a Christian camp called Orama, which is where I stayed this time too, of course. It's tucked away in a sheltered valley at the end of a long ocean bay, an hour's drive from the island's main airport.
I took some interesting video footage of the air journeys in a little 5-seater plane - can't upload that at present with the connection speed I have here, but watch for it in a couple of weeks when I get back to Germany.
Anyway - this location's great significance in my life includes the fact that it's where I began writing Faith Awakened. The first thing I wrote in my big hardcover notebook was the title - I knew that right from the start - and here I penned about a third of the original chapters. Not the prologue - that came last year in Germany. But hey. Here's where it began.